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IAG JAN 2020年1月 亞博匯 15 PAGCOR EYEING “MORE SOPHISTICATED” REGULATION IN 2020 PAGCOR專注於2020年實施「更為成熟的監督」 PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo says the moratorium placed on the issuance of both new land-based and online gaming licenses by President Rodrigo Duterte is aimed at giving the Philippines regulator time to fully develop its regulatory policies. “As far as POGOs (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) are concerned we have stopped acceptance of new applicants. This is to give us time to mature ourselves at PAGCOR so we can put in all of the regulations that we need to put in,” she said during a speech at G2E Asia @ the Philippines in December. “The offshore gaming here is two-and-a-half years old and we have learned 90% of what we need to but the remaining 10% is so reliant on technology that we just have to learn more about it. “We’ve done the computations, the policies and I think by 2020 we will have addressed 95% if not 97% of POGO including the dark side – prostitution, kidnapping, financing. “We have a very complete understanding of what we have to do so by next year, first quarter, you will see us going into a more sophisticated way of operations in our own casinos and of regulation of the licensed operations.” PAGCOR 主席及行政總裁Andrea Domingo表 示，菲律賓總統杜特爾特關於暫停發出新實體及 網上博彩牌照的命令，目的是要給菲律賓監管機 構時間去全面發展其監管政策。 她說：「對於菲律賓離岸博彩營運商而言， 我們已經停止接受新的申請。這是為了給我們時 間，去讓自己變得成熟，以便投入一切需要的監 管手段。」 「離岸博彩在這裏有兩年半的歷史，而我們 也對於我們所需要學習之事學會了90%，但最後 10%則非常依靠科技，因此我們需要學習更多。」 「我們已經完成了計算以及政策的部分， 而我認為到了2020年我們將能夠處理95%甚至 97%關於POGO的部分，當中包括那些比較陰暗 的一面，如賣淫、綁架及融資等。」 「我們對於我們需要做的事已經有一個非 常完整的理解，因此，到了下一年第一季度，你將 會看到我們 在自家賭場及監督持牌營運商方面 進入一個更加成熟的運作方式。」