Inside Asian Gaming

IAG SEP 2019年9月 亞博匯 18 亞博匯早報 BREAKFAST BRIEFS PAGCOR PUTS FREEZE ON APPROVAL OF NEW POGO APPLICATIONS PAGCOR凍結批准新離 岸博彩營運牌照申請 PHILIPPINES gaming regulator PAGCOR has temporarily stopped accepting applications for Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) licenses while it addresses a variety of concerns over the scheme. The decision, announced by PAGCOR chair Andrea Domingo, comes after the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines issued a statement in early August expressing its concerns over the proposed transfer of Chinese workers employed by POGOs to self-contained hubs and warned against the illegal inducement of Chinese citizens to gamble either online or in Philippines land-based casinos. Domingo has also noted the need for tighter measures concerning the entry of foreign nationals to work in the Philippines amid suggestions the POGO market may already be saturated. According to the PAGCOR boss, there are currently 58 licensed POGOs in the Philippines employing around 138,000 Chinese workers, with another three license applications pending. 菲律賓 博彩監管機構PAGCOR已暫時停止接受菲律賓離岸博彩 運營（POGO）牌照申請，同時在處理該計劃的後續事宜。 該項決定由PAGCOR主席Andrea Domingo於週一做出宣 佈。本月早些時候，中國駐菲律賓大使館曾發表聲明，表達了對將 POGO僱用的中國工人將被轉移到獨立中心之提案的擔憂，並對 非法引誘中國公民於網上或菲律賓內的陸上賭場進行博彩活動 作出警告。 Domingo指出，由於有關POGO市場可能已經飽和，有必要 對外國公民進入菲律賓工作採取更嚴格的措施。據其稱，目前菲 律賓目前有58家獲得牌照的POGO公司、僱傭了大約13.8萬名中 國工人，另有三家待批。