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Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda, who has previously called for calm regarding talks on Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogo), said that he hopes the government finds a way to ban the games without affecting the new internet gaming licenses (IGLs).
Salceda in an interview on Monday — right after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. announced in his 2024 State of the Nation Address (Sona) a total ban on all Pogos — said that Pogos only play a small part of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) revenues on IGLs.
“It’s an executive discretion. The key there is that Pogo is just part, small part of a bigger pie called IGL, which is the internet gaming licenses, that’s 43 percent of Pagcor. P1 2 billion lang ang Pogo, so ang ibig sabihin n’yan, I hope they find a way of banning Pogo without having to affect the IGLs,” Salceda told reporters.
