ONLINE GAMBLING WILL BE BANNED IN THE PHILIPPINES

[xuan87]

The newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte wants to stop the online gambling here in the Philippines. Its because they cannot collect tax from it and they don't want people to become addicted to it. What is your side ?

Well, this only means good news to bitcoin, since everyone in Philippines that wants to gamble, will simply download a bitcoin wallet and start gambling in bitcoin where there is no censorship or any limits, and gobs can't do nothing about it.

well its not quite true, the government has the right to banned the gambling site including the bitcoin gambling, and in my country they have law that stated if you get caught gambling online the penalty is the same with physical gambling, bitcoin gambling will be illegal

in my opinion there are a good side if the president really want clear the country from gambling, gambling is really attempting activity, if you become addicted to it, its a very dangerous for yourself for the neighbour and the country( the crime rate will increase)

[deadlyunknown]

As of now, Duterte doesn't know what bitcoin is. But I think soon the Philippine government will ask the telco companies to block all online gambling sites (both fiat and crypto) if BTC is popular in the Philippines.

[enhu]

As of now, Duterte doesn't know what bitcoin is. But I think soon the Philippine government will ask the telco companies to block all online gambling sites (both fiat and crypto) if BTC is popular in the Philippines.

The only they can block are those known gambling sites but the newer might not be.
but then again the use of VPN will still be a possible solution for us. if would be a disaster if some exchange like yobit be blocked as they do have dice game.

[deadlyunknown]

As of now, Duterte doesn't know what bitcoin is. But I think soon the Philippine government will ask the telco companies to block all online gambling sites (both fiat and crypto) if BTC is popular in the Philippines.

The only they can block are those known gambling sites but the newer might not be.
but then again the use of VPN will still be a possible solution for us. if would be a disaster if some exchange like yobit be blocked as they do have dice game.

Yes, Filipino users still can enjoy bitcoin gambling without the help of VPN as this was not a big deal yet right now.

[Gustavv]

So sorry to hear that, its not a good idea but hey is it will work if we use other country VPN
Iin my country also ban gambling but online gambling is not but i dont what the future i am sure it will be banned too

[European Central Bank]

judging by how whacked out and right wing this guy is, i'd say that was the least of the average filipino's problems.

[JesusHadAegis]

As of now, Duterte doesn't know what bitcoin is. But I think soon the Philippine government will ask the telco companies to block all online gambling sites (both fiat and crypto) if BTC is popular in the Philippines.

The only they can block are those known gambling sites but the newer might not be.
but then again the use of VPN will still be a possible solution for us. if would be a disaster if some exchange like yobit be blocked as they do have dice game.

Yes, Filipino users still can enjoy bitcoin gambling without the help of VPN as this was not a big deal yet right now.

I think once the Mayor of the Philippines has decided on something, it is not easy to contradict or give another insights because, we got to admit online gambling is the as gambling but it is not easy to monitor. And it would be hard if BTC would really become popular in the philippines as our tax is considered to be high. I'm sure we could all understand the reasons why he would ban online gambling.

[Nahl]

As of now, Duterte doesn't know what bitcoin is. But I think soon the Philippine government will ask the telco companies to block all online gambling sites (both fiat and crypto) if BTC is popular in the Philippines.

even bitcoin not so popular in Philippine but i saw that several people already use it and i think block all online gambling sites won't stop people to gambling and such as porn sites in my country even my government block them but many people still can visiting and use porn sites and will not so different too for gambling sites blocking the particular sites doesn't stop people to use it

[retrocoingames]

Good luck enforcing that... Will be like making alcohol illegal 

[electronicash]

Good luck enforcing that... Will be like making alcohol illegal 

its sort of like that.
 no one still can bann alcohol since its the preferred drug of all time. Gambling is addicting and preferred way to lose money as well.
It isn't a cheap entertainment  but people spend money just to gamble. And most of us do it.

[thejaytiesto]

The newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte wants to stop the online gambling here in the Philippines. Its because they cannot collect tax from it and they don't want people to become addicted to it. What is your side ?

Well, this only means good news to bitcoin, since everyone in Philippines that wants to gamble, will simply download a bitcoin wallet and start gambling in bitcoin where there is no censorship or any limits, and gobs can't do nothing about it.

well its not quite true, the government has the right to banned the gambling site including the bitcoin gambling, and in my country they have law that stated if you get caught gambling online the penalty is the same with physical gambling, bitcoin gambling will be illegal

in my opinion there are a good side if the president really want clear the country from gambling, gambling is really attempting activity, if you become addicted to it, its a very dangerous for yourself for the neighbour and the country( the crime rate will increase)

My point is that governments are free to pass as many anti bitcoin laws as they want, but people will still be able to gamble because the bitcoin protocol doesn't care about government laws. If the gov in your country bans access to all gambling sites, simply get a VPN and you are gambling again, easy.

[minime0105]

Good luck enforcing that... Will be like making alcohol illegal 

its sort of like that.
 no one still can bann alcohol since its the preferred drug of all time. Gambling is addicting and preferred way to lose money as well.
It isn't a cheap entertainment  but people spend money just to gamble. And most of us do it.

They cant do it, the technology not is just too advance to do it in a one whole country.

[StoreBit]

if gambling is not banned in Philippine then why will they banned it online. i do not think so i think these are just the false news about bitcoin and there is no reality about this.

[lionheart78]

I have watched this news.  It doesn't necessary says all online gambling.  As what I understand, they are targeting the online gambling that were built locally and that these gambling site are not regulated by PAGCOR.  So they are asking PAGCOR to investigate about this online gambling site and have it shutdown.  And if in worst case ONLINE GAMBLING is banned in the Philippines, they can't control or stop people from accessing and playing it even if they required all the TELCOs to block all gambling site. They can just use VPN.

[target]

if gambling is not banned in Philippine then why will they banned it online. i do not think so i think these are just the false news about bitcoin and there is no reality about this.

Its more of getting tax to these online gambling sites. cock fight is the most common gambling in the country, its a huge business and they can't hide such event to the public. it has become part of the culture already so its legal and the local government can tax. Online gambling can't be monitored so they better ban it.

[olubams]

The newly elected President Rodrigo Duterte wants to stop the online gambling here in the Philippines. Its because they cannot collect tax from it and they don't want people to become addicted to it. What is your side ?

That's the very lame excuse to give by a responsible government for a reason for ban. I think its just a means to call a dog a bad name in other to hang it and from my position that's just it. What a reasonable government is to put in policies and machineries to reduce the extent of tax evasion in that area to increase revenue... My 2 cents...

[The Sceptical Chymist]

Wow, I'm surprised at the poll results.

I don't care what the Philippines does,  honestly,  but I think it is wrong for their government to do that.  Same thing with the United States.   It's a personal freedom.   What we do with our hard earned money is our fucking business,  and gambling in and of itself isn't illegal,  so governments should stay out of regulating it to the point of banning it.

[Capradina]

Bad news and good news. The bad news is for those who expect the extraordinary profits in gambling or those wishing to hone his abilities in the game they love, while wish benefit. The good news is this could make the pencandu gambling that wants to get out but cannot, they can take advantage of this to come out in the gambling

[TippingPoint]

Filipino poker players are some of the best I have seen.  Seriously.  They pay close attention to what is happening, and they usually sense when an opponent is holding a strong hand.  And that is about 90% of what is necessary to be a winning player.  But right now, President Rodrigo Duterte is tightening the screws.

[gabmen]

I don't think gambling will be banned entirely in the Philippines. the reason the president would like to have this banned is mainly because the government is having a hard time taxing online gambling institutions. I think they will find a way around this and not by banning it because a lot of people in the Philippines are in a way doing online gambling.