Courtesy: Senator Joel Villanueva’s Official FB Page
Senator Joel Villanueva on Sunday strongly rejected proposals to revive online cockfighting or e-sabong to replace loss revenues due to the total ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs).
Conceding that the government badly needs revenues, Villanueva said the choice should not be “between the devil and the deep blue sea.”
“We want our revenues coming from legitimate, legal, and sustainable sources,” he pointed out.
The senator, who has been actively demanding to stop all POGO operations, said the country just defeated an enemy with the POGO ban.
“And now some are considering resurrecting e-sabong, which is far worse because it directly targets our kababayans from all walks of life.”
Villanueva earlier filed Senate Bill No. 1281, seeking to prohibit all forms of online gambling in the country.
“No matter how you look at it, the social costs of gambling overshadow the intended benefits,” he said.
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