Philippine gambling sites start moving to other apps


A teenage boy was caught playing an online casino game last June in Manila. - PDI/ANN

MANILA: The fight against online gambling is far from over as the firms behind its operations shift to other mobile applications, Sen. Erwin Tulfo warned on Sunday (Aug 17).

While the government, mainly through the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), tightened regulations on the use of money-transfer platforms, or e-wallets, for online gambling, these firms have also doubled their efforts to tap other mobile applications, such as Viber, Telegram, Lazada and other apps.

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