Your Daily Asia Gaming eBrief: Bureau of Immigration joins POGO crackdown efforts

Good Morning. Philippine National Police is seeking better coordination with the Bureau of Immigration and PAGCOR in line with operational measures of the crackdown task force. Senators call for a bipartisan bill to ban online gaming. At home, Alvin Chau’s trial S1E2 is underway, while Macau statistics keep on plunging.

What you need to know

• Philippine National Police forges better coordination with the Bureau of Immigration, PAGCOR in line with the crackdown task force operations.
• Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva submitted a bill banning all online gaming, including both POGOs and PIGOs, garners bipartisan support.

On the radar

• Macau August visitor arrivals drop by 19 percent.
• Macau July merchant receipts drop by 71 percent.

Suncity's Alvin Chau Trial

• Alvin denies Suncity junket business ran online betting.
• Alvin says under-the-table betting happens every day.

AGB Intelligence

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Bureau of Immigration joins POGO crackdown efforts

Industry Updates

• Wynn donates MOP80m in support of UM’s research.
• BetConstruct introduces updated android SportsBook App.
• IAGR announces digital ticket to Melbourne conference.

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