PNP: Illegal e-sabong websites, pages turned over to DILG, Pagcor

E-sabong involves remote betting on cockfights.

Philstar.com

MANILA, Philippines — A number of websites and social media pages illegally operating e-sabong operations have been referred to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation for their endorsement to the Department of Information and Communications Technology and Facebook for immediate deletion, the Philippine National Police disclosed Monday.

Per a statement sent to reporters, Police Brig. Gen. Robert Rodriguez, director of the PNP Anti-Cybercrime Group already submitted a Special Report to the office of DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya on the investigation conducted by PNP-ACG on websites and other social media platforms being used by illegal operators of E-sabong.

“Administrators and Operators of e-sabong take advantage of a crowd of faceless anonymities to continue to operate online sabong despite the President’s pronouncement for its immediate stoppage,” Rodriguez said.  

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