POGO industry claims 23,000 jobs at stake if offshore gaming banned - BusinessWorld Online

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The closure of Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs) will lead to the loss of over 23,000 jobs held by Filipinos, the POGO association said. READ:

The Association of Service Providers and POGOs and their workers appealed to the government yesterday to weigh the economic contributions of the online gambling industry.

“We thus appeal to our government — President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. and our senators in particular — not to look at the POGO sector as the enemy but rather an ally in nation building,” ASPAP spokesperson Paul J. Bongco said in a briefing.ASPAP, whose members account for less than half of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp.’s 35 registered licensees, counts among its workforce 11,776 Filipinos directly hired and 11,342 working indirectly. Its tally for foreign nationals is 17,130.

 

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