The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has launched a assertion following a growing fashion of illicit on line gaming webweb sites the use of the PAGCOR brand to feign authenticity.
The PAGCOR brand, a pink and blue motif, has been discovered on numerous on line on line casino web sites that don’t preserve any legitimate licences.
An research is being held with the aid of using the Philippine National Police, in addition to to the Department of Information and Communication Technology and the National Bureau of Investigation.
Alejandro Tengco, PAGCOR Chairman and CEO, said: “So far, we had been capable of close down maximum of those illicit web sites, however a number of them are capable of straight away create new ones so we actually need the general public’s cooperation and vigilance to assist us weed out those scammers.
“In coordination with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), we are able to additionally keep to observe up on unlawful webweb sites which have now no longer been blocked or taken down.
“Another alternative is to create a touchdown web website online to redirect bettors to a internet site to be able to warn them approximately unlawful webweb sites that they’re accessing.”
In addition to casting off the web sites while they’re uncovered, PAGCOR is taking steps to touch fee vendors to prevent bills toward unlawful playing web sites.
The threats from unlicensed playing web sites are severa and variety from monetary scams to stealing non-public statistics.
The Government emphasises that there are some of assets to be had for clients to test the authenticity of on line playing web sites earlier than they devote any non-public statistics or monetary method to them.
PAGCOR urges the general public to test the listing of licensees at the respectable authorities internet site to peer if the operator is at the permitted listing or now no longer, in preference to genuinely trusting the presence of the PAGCOR brand at the web website online.
Earlier this summer, PAGCOR introduced a rebranding attempt to privatise forty five casinos throughout the country.