And talking about the Philippines and SEA in general, here is the data that I found,
https://seasia.co/infographic/20-biggest-gambling-countries-in-asia-2024
If you haven't posted this image, I am about to post it after reading the OP. https://seasia.co/infographic/20-biggest-gambling-countries-in-asia-2024
I was surprised to see that they have a lot of casinos? More than the Macau itself?
Yes, offline and online. We've got a lot of it and that stats speak for itself because of how gambling addiction became rampant due to the accessibility of online casinos. While the offline casinos, they're like for the average to rich gamblers and online gambling is solely like in the threshold of poor to middle class.So no wonder there are a lot of problems right now in the country as the proliferation of land base casinos and offline casinos are rampant.
It's due to the online casinos because the offline casinos here are included in a hotel business so, the average and rich people are the only ones able to afford going there.