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Regulatory · Philippines · Sat 10 Oct · 1 min read
POGOs still running via AI and bribery
What happened
South China Morning Post's investigation confirming that POGOs continue operating despite the 2022 shutdown order, sustained by corruption and AI-assisted evasion, is the most consequential story of the day for Philippine iGaming. This is not residual gray-market activity: it is an organized, technologically sophisticated continuation of banned operations inside the same jurisdiction that licensed operators must compete in.…
Sources: Google News
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