Philippine gaming regulator PAGCOR has made it clear that it maintains regulatory oversight of the Freeport Area of Bataan following recent comments from one of its own suggesting the opposite.
In a statement issued early Tuesday, PAGCOR refuted the comments of Joseph Lobo – a senior official of its Offshore Gaming Licensing Department – who stated last week that the agency has no authority over a suspected POGO operator in Bataan and pointed to the Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan (AFAB) as the relevant regulatory body.
PAGCOR “seeks to rectify this statement,” it said.
