The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BPS) on Thursday said it has ordered e-wallets to take down icons and links of online gambling platforms within 48 hours.BSP Deputy Governor Mamerto Tangonan made the announcement during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement, saying that the directive was given within the day.
He affirmed that by Sunday, e-wallets will no longer have ties with online gambling platforms.
“The monetary board of the [BSP] has approved our policy that we asked for or we ordered, directing the BSP supervising institutions to take down and remove all icons and links redirecting to gambling sites,” Tangonan said.
Panel chairman Erwin Tulfo warned that he will cite the BSP official in contempt if he finds by Sunday morning that e-wallet providers still have links to online gambling
Inalmahan ng Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) ang pagpataw ng total ban kahit sa mga lisensyadong online gambling site sa bansa dahil malaki ang naitutulong ng ibinabayad nilang buwis sa iba’t ibang programa ng gobyerno.
Ayon kay PAGCOR Assistant Vice Pres. Jessa Fernandez, sapat din daw ang regulasyon na ginagawa ng kanilang ahensya para matiyak na walang dayaang mangyayari.
“Sa halip na tuluyan na ipagbawal (ang online gambling), mas mabuting (magpatupad na lang) ng mas mahigpit na mga regulasyon,” saad ni Fernandez sa pagdinig ng Senado ngayong Huwebes, August 14.
haha malapit na kasi silang ma-dissolved as agency magmula nung ma-ban ang POGOs, i’m on their side actually, para sakin i see gambling as businesses na mapagkukunan ng income ng government, kaya kung ako ita-tax ko lang sila nang todo-todo instead of banning, yan din ginawa ni digong sa POGO, pinatawan lang ng tumataginting na tax