Government workers cannot play but politicians can own a casino?

[robelneo]

Government workers and politicians are not on the same level whatsoever. The former is on the pay roll of the latter.

They both get their salaries on the government revenues coming from the taxes of the people, and it is assumed that both are public servants and government worker, the only difference is government workers working on various departments have security of tenure while politicians are not because they are elected, they are government workers but differ in their status and privileges.

[blockman]

I'm ok with laws that prohibit government workers from playing in casinos, but I'm baffled that politicians can own a casino. One example, our country, the Philippines, has many casinos, online or offline, that are owned or operated by politicians, or they have a share from the family corporation that owns casinos in the country.

One congressman admitted to operating an e-sabong in his province, and one mayor is a major shareholder and founder of the company that operates BingoPlus and related gaming brands.

I don't want to spotlight these politicians, but records show that they have shares on this casinos online and physical casinos

I know this guy and that's in the surname of Benit3z. Others can do the research on their own if they want to dig about this information. That politician is known to be a billionaire. I have no idea if that came mostly from the revenue related to gambling and his other businesses. Because being a billionaire in PH peso through politics is more possible through kickbacks and not with salary alone.

So what's the difference between an average government worker and a politician? I consider them both as government workers, as they get their salary from the taxes of the people.

Correct me if I'm wrong with my assumption that they both should have no connection to a gambling platform.

You're right, they're both government workers and in service of the people. But you know it's different in our country where these politicians think that they're gods themselves and they can bend the law. 

[Jubilee58]

I'm ok with laws that prohibit government workers from playing in casinos, but I'm baffled that politicians can own a casino. One example, our country, the Philippines, has many casinos, online or offline, that are owned or operated by politicians, or they have a share from the family corporation that owns casinos in the country.

One congressman admitted to operating an e-sabong in his province, and one mayor is a major shareholder and founder of the company that operates BingoPlus and related gaming brands.

I don't want to spotlight these politicians, but records show that they have shares on this casinos online and physical casinos

So what's the difference between an average government worker and a politician? I consider them both as government workers, as they get their salary from the taxes of the people.

Correct me if I'm wrong with my assumption that they both should have no connection to a gambling platform.

Honestly, if their is a law prohibiting government workers from gambling, or owning a casino company, the same law is surposed to affect the politicians too. The reason for these is because, both the government worker and the politicians are part of the government and are both paid from the same source. There is one thing that some politicians like doing, when they are on seat, they make laws that will be more favourable to them and such laws demands an amendment since they all operate in the same government.

This scinerio depends on the country of residence any way. In may own country, there is no restrictions on who   to gamble or not as anyone can own a casinos company so far you have all the necessary requirements and have been licenses by the state or federal government.

[Coyster]

It would have been much better if you had provided the news report that all civil servants are banned from gambling in your country, the Philippines. I understand banning politicians from placing bets in prediction markets, because they could have inside information on the outcome of the bet, which gives them an unfair advantage.

That said, i do not see any reason why civil servants should not gamble, what's wrong in them enjoying sports betting or slots like the rest of us. I cannot also find any news that states there is a complete ban of such.

[Dunamisx]

This life is not balanced we all know that, there are things a common Man cannot afford to do while there are some certain things that we all know that those in politics can afford achieving them, the way we are all open to opportunities varies and some take advantage of this for their own personal interest to embezzle money from the government post and use it for their own use, while some that also have the same opportunity but couldn't afford something big because their hand couldn't reach, this is the difference we have between a politician and a government worker.