00:00Meanwhile, the government turns up the heat on influencers promoting illegal online gambling
00:04with the Cybercrime Investigation Coordinating Center giving them until today
00:07to voluntarily take down promotional content or face legal action.
00:11Starting next week, influencers who fail to comply will be issued notices and possibly charged
00:16as authorities warn that promoting illegal sites, no matter the number of followers, is already a crime.
00:22Harley Valbuena narrates the report.
00:26I'm constrained to give them up until today, the end of the day.
00:30Para ho, sila nang amag-kusa.
00:32Natanggalin na ho, una, tigilan.
00:36Tigilan yung pagpapromote ng mga illegal online gambling sites.
00:40Starting next week ho, CICC will take action.
00:44This is the warning issued by the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center
00:50against social media influencers and content creators who promote illegal online gambling.
00:56This is part of the intensified campaign against rampant operation of illegal online gambling in the country.
01:05Starting next week, CICC will send notices to explain to influencers who won't comply with their deadline.
01:13Then the agency will give them five days to comply.
01:16And if they will submit unsatisfactory answers, cases will be filed against them.
01:22The law does not require na merong number of viewers, correct?
01:28The fact that he, that person for example, has advertised an illegal gambling site and even encouraged.
01:36So, it already constitutes in itself as a crime.
01:42Anti-online illegal gambling advocate, Digital Pinoyce, added that by endorsing illegal online gambling,
01:49influencers earn lucratively as high as 10 million pesos.
01:54If we're going to base doon sa lifestyle na pinoproject nila, they might, they could be earning around 10 million pataas eh.
02:05Napakasarap ng buhay ano po, may mga mansiyon, may mga sports car.
02:10CICC has already identified 150 websites possibly used for illegal gambling.
02:17And it is monitoring 20 big social media influencers but declines to name them for now.
02:23It also warned that even if the influencers comply with the deadline, they are still not yet off the hook.
02:30Especially if the online gambling sites they advertise were able to victimize bettors through game manipulation and cheating.
02:39One of the dangers of illegal online gambling is hindi natin nare-regulate.
02:43Ibig sabihin, hindi natin malalaman kung namin-manipulate din yung gambling nila,
02:47na ma-manipulate your results, na ma-manipulate yung mechanism ng gambling nila.
02:52Hindi na nila makash out yung mga napanalunan nila.
02:57After nila manalo, nirestrict yung access nila dun sa platform.
03:02So hindi na nila makuha yung winnings nila.
03:04Meanwhile, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation or PAGCOR ordered the immediate removal of all billboards and out-of-home gambling advertisements
03:15as part of stricter regulation on promotion of gambling in public places.
03:21Licensees, suppliers, system administrators, and gaming venue operators are also tasked to take down gambling ads,
03:30including those displayed in trains, bus, jeep, and taxis.
03:36They are given until August 15 to comply.
03:38They should also submit inventory of all existing billboard and wallscape ads until July 16.
03:47Harley Valbena from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.
