MANILA, Philippines—Following the order of President Rodrigo Duterte, the state-run gambling regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) has stopped e-sabong, or online cockfighting, ...
At its peak in Nov. 2021-Apr. 2022 e-sabong grossed P3 billion a day. It was second only to shabu among lucrative vices. The difference was that e-sabong was legal while shabu wasn’t. But e-sabong, ...
MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went ...