The Philippine Senate building (PNA file photo by Avito Dalan)
MANILA – Senators on Thursday pressed regulators to tighten controls and weigh an outright ban on online gambling, warning that addiction and related crimes are eroding Filipino families, communities, and values.
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, author of Senate Bill No. 47 or the “Anti-Online Gambling Act,” said the lure of instant wealth pushed many into debt, despair, and crime.
At the Senate Committee on Games and Amusement hearing led by Senator Erwin Tulfo,…