Quote from: stadus on August 16, 2025, 11:21:23 PM

Quote from: bhadz on August 16, 2025, 10:30:04 PM

Just to satisfy the people from these lawmakers. They did put Gcash and commanded together with Maya(another ewallet) to unlink all casino related things inside their platform. Because a user can actually gamble inside of these financial app(e-wallet). So, pretty much that it's a nothingburger and people can still gamble and go to online casinos and still use them personally. And to be specific on the usage, that's how the actuality goes from the lawmakers about their command to these apps. Without understanding the whole context, it looks big news and I thought that it was but upon realizing the whole thing, it's just a move to say that they've done something.

They’ve done something big with this. IIRC, the aggressive marketing only really started when casinos were linked to GCash accounts. That’s because casinos already saw the market, so all they had to do was push advertising to lure more people into gambling. And it was so easy, once you had a balance in your e-wallet, you could gamble right away, unlike before when you had to manually send to the number they gave just to top up your account.

The point is, gambling will still exist, but with this mandate to unlink, there’s going to be a huge effect on revenue.

I’m pretty sure a lot of gamblers will stop, and that will hit the operators hard, but not enough to bankrupt them.

That's right, gambling is still there and the unlinking is a good step but knowing our fellow countrymen and gamblers, if there's a way, they'll still have to do it manually. While it can discourage a lot to stop if the only wallet they know is Gcash. But if they're explorer and have the will to continue gambling, no one can stop them.

Quote from: stompix on Today at 04:07:47 PM

Yup, they did something. Grin

Like those pop-ups ads that you have to click yes, I'm over 18 to look at porn!
It for surely stop youngsters from watching porn just how this will stop people from gambling!

It might stop a lot but once the news blows again that they can still do it manually and there are still ways to bypass that wallet, you know what's gonna happen next.