Philippines e-Sabong Laws – HB 8910 (Sabong Arena)
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E-Sabong
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E-Sabong
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00000622
While there are no Philippine gambling laws regarding e-Sabong that are currently enacted in the Philippines, legislation to outlaw underground online cockfighting has been introduced and overwhelmingly approved at the congressional level. Called House Bill 8910, this law is awaiting the signature of President Rodrigo Duterte as of late 2021.
HB 8910 would not only make black market online sabong illegal, but it would also give oversight of the market to the government’s gambling regulators, who would then legalize the pastime and standardize many aspects of the sabong betting industry as a whole.
Details of HB 8910 – which merges HB 4843 (“An Act Strengthening The Games And Amusements Board And For Other Purposes”) and HB 6983 (“An Act Strengthening The Role Of The Games And Amusements Board In The Operation Of Cockfighting In The Philippines, Amending The Cockfighting Law Of 1974 And For Other Purposes”) – include the following items, among others:
Expand the GAB (Games and Amusements Board) with regulatory and judicial sabong oversight
Supervise and regulate all professional sports, including sabong
License all sports-related bodies and athletes, including cockpit operators
Tax collection of gate receipts at cockfights
Testing standardization for all sports, including sabong
Increase sabong chicken fight oversight with new rules
Bar illegal e-Sabong while legalizing domestic e-Sabong in a regulated capacity
Create the Philippines Anti-Illegal Gambling Unit
Clearly, when it comes to e-Sabong, there are some very important allowances in HB 8910. Once the bipartisan bill is signed and goes into law, e-Sabong is expected to be the first form of domestically legal online gambling in the islands, and it could open the door to expanded online sports betting for Filipino punters.
Source: legalsportsbetting.ph
