Move aimed at promoting responsible gaming
Pagcor bans 406 problem gamblers
The Philippines regulator explained that out of the 406 persons banned from casinos, more than 50% are cases of self-exclusion.
2017-06-15
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The Philippines regulator explained that out of the 406 persons banned from casinos, more than 50% are cases of self-exclusion.
"They asked us to ban them for 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 5 years. They are saying, 'I cant help myself, please don't allow us to come here,' and we do that," said Andrea Domingo, chair of Pagcor.
This was the case of a former government employee, Jessie Javier Carlos, who set fire to gambling tables and tried to steal casino chips at Resorts World Manila earlier this month.
Carlos was banned from all Pagcor-regulated casinos about a month before the night of the shooting. Pagcor issued last March 24 a "player exclusion order" restricting Carlos' entry to all state-operated and regulated casinos from March 27, 2017 to March 26, 2018.
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