Has the Philippine POGO really cooled down? No, there are several tricky operations!

1. Only an executive order was issued, without specifying any law.

2. Offshore gambling operators that have been banned may continue to operate by changing the nature of their business registration and claiming to provide non-gambling related services (such as technical support, software development, BPO).

3. Banning gambling and issuing executive orders, if put nicely, is to eradicate social cancers; if put bluntly, it is to reshuffle and redistribute interests.

4. There are still tens of thousands of foreign POGO employees who have not been downgraded and left the country, and Filipino employees are also very resistant.