Topic: Gambling Is Legal In Our Country But if You Promote It Online You'll Go To Jail? - page 8. (Read 1521 times)
March 16, 2024, 02:46:27 AM
Based on the url or article, I see that you are from the Philippines. It's kinda strange because gambling is allowed in your country but there's a law being proposed to charge and penalize people for talking or posting about online gambling. Maybe they aim to control gambling problems, especially influencers who cannot control their problem with excessive gambling. I hope that they can balance between controlling gambling issues and allowing people to express themselves freely
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March 15, 2024, 09:53:18 PM
That's why if you win on gambling games, you don't have to posts your winning to your social media or tells to many people around you. That's for your save from any bad guys or any regulations like that. By keeping your winning secretly, you can enjoy the wins money for yourself. But the regulations in one country will be different than in other countries so that will depends on how people will react if they win much money by playing gambling. They can still posts their winning from gambling especially if there is no regulations like that because they thinks that posting their winning in the social media is like a prestigious.
March 15, 2024, 08:11:40 PM
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Any person who will be found publishing gambling-related content may face six months to one year imprisonment or a fine ranging from P300,000 to P500,000.
Senate bill seeks ban on pro-gambling online contentI'm sure Senator Robin Padilla feels that gambling in the Philippines should be reduced, and as long as this bill is not approved, then I don't think the warnings regarding uploading content about gambling on social media will be realized.
March 15, 2024, 07:20:11 PM
Any chance this bill will be approved?
And its such a big amount compare to other crimes, the heck Sen Padilla. because this I think will affect Filipinos here in the forum if they proved us to be promoting casinos. I did have a medium account where I wrote some articles about gambling and added my referral links and I did create a youtube channel for it.
I get where the senator is coming from but it does sound extreme. Being in an early stage, there is likely to be changes about the bill (if approved) as well so I'm expecting it to be laxer.
I also doubt the bill would be retroactive -- means past actions will not be counted because it doesn't sound fair if it's retroactive. Plus, they would need to fine the influencers first so imagine the noise from that community lol.
But I guess this is one of the reasons why I try to stay private on bitcointalk because you never know what happens next.
March 15, 2024, 06:59:06 PM
At least, that law, if ever it will be passed, will restrict those braggers from posting their winnings, especially streamers.
It's for the safety of the users as well and these people will learn how to just keep low-key with their winnings.
For the fairness of both parties, since gambling is an important part of the economy of the country, it should be regulated.
Is it good for you to see those chillers and influencers doing gambling content freely luring many people?
It's for the safety of the users as well and these people will learn how to just keep low-key with their winnings.
This is just absurdity coming in from the government. Most of the laws and ordinance from the Philippines related to gambling contradict each other. It's like they are protecting something, but at the same time, lets the actual danger roam around and take people's hopes. If they want to ban advertisements but not gambling, then they are just subtly promoting gambling since people will look in places just to know what platforms are out there to play on.
For the fairness of both parties, since gambling is an important part of the economy of the country, it should be regulated.
Is it good for you to see those chillers and influencers doing gambling content freely luring many people?
March 15, 2024, 06:54:01 PM
Every country has its own funny rules that can make you wonder what could lead to their drastic rule against their citizens.
This makes to ask, what could be the cause of this? For your country, Senate members think of passing this kind of bill against gamblers who would like to talk about their gambling experiences(winning or losing) openly for others to learn from it. However, every country wants to protect its citizens from not having financial deception from other citizens. Let everyone not be deceived that gambling makes one millionaire by betting hugely. I think that should be one of the reasons the bill was passed by your country's Senate members
This makes to ask, what could be the cause of this? For your country, Senate members think of passing this kind of bill against gamblers who would like to talk about their gambling experiences(winning or losing) openly for others to learn from it. However, every country wants to protect its citizens from not having financial deception from other citizens. Let everyone not be deceived that gambling makes one millionaire by betting hugely. I think that should be one of the reasons the bill was passed by your country's Senate members
March 15, 2024, 06:48:15 PM
The law is strange but nothing new. There are many countries where gambling is legal but there are some strict rules that must be followed. The exact rationale behind making all these rules is that if the government does not make any strict laws to promote gambling then all classes of people in that country will be so strongly attracted to gambling that the entire eco system will be ruined. Especially youth below 18 years will involve themselves in gambling without complying with the government regulations and thus their life along with their career will become miserable. That is why the government has not banned gambling but has strictly prohibited the promotion of gambling and in such cases promotion will be punished with severe penalties.
March 15, 2024, 06:40:00 PM
This is just absurdity coming in from the government. Most of the laws and ordinance from the Philippines related to gambling contradict each other. It's like they are protecting something, but at the same time, lets the actual danger roam around and take people's hopes. If they want to ban advertisements but not gambling, then they are just subtly promoting gambling since people will look in places just to know what platforms are out there to play on.
March 15, 2024, 06:27:09 PM
If your government would enact a law that you can't promote anything that relates with gambling then there is no need to keep gambling in that country its better to restricts gambling than enacting such law to be abide by their citizens which is very difficult in my opinion. I can't see any season to people gambling not to mentioned anything that is related to gambling and probably mentioned then such person's or groups of people has to pay penalty for mention and promoting gambling site, don't you think is better to ban gambling in that state region?
If that can solve the problems because I know too well that some people do love sharing their winning on their social media handle and are they also monitoring the social media page of everyone to know if they violates the rules by promoting external material that is purely on a gambling benefits?
If that can solve the problems because I know too well that some people do love sharing their winning on their social media handle and are they also monitoring the social media page of everyone to know if they violates the rules by promoting external material that is purely on a gambling benefits?
March 15, 2024, 06:17:47 PM
So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?
I think the goverment they are only trying to regulate gambling in your country so that it won't be abused. Maybe they think promoting gambling and advertising gambling can make Young people to show much interest on it which can later be a difficult for challenge for them . Maybe the government is trying to control gambling just because of the side effect which can be serious of problem to the citizens of this country, I think this could only be the reason for this .I think the goverment just want the citizens to just play their gambling online and never to talk about outside or public places. This is to say that the government is against the promotion of gambling so that it won't affect people to get addicted.
Regulating the industry and controlling where and how gambling activities are advertised are the policy to mitigate the risks of addiction and minimize the impact on society. Encouraging online gambling, where activities can be more easily monitored and controlled, may indeed be part of the government's strategy to regulate gambling in a more controlled environment. Online platforms make gamblers easier to set limits on their spending and time spent gambling.
March 15, 2024, 06:17:23 PM
I find this unusual and weird I live in a country where gambling is legal there are lotto outletss in every corner, there are horse racing betting outlet and there are online betting station that originates in our country and yet there is a pending bill that if you're going to post or talk about gambling you'll likely going to get fine of 500k pesos or $90k and you will also land in jail.
So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?
It's pretty much like that US law where prostitution is legal, but if you were caught getting paid in money as a prostitute, you're going to be jailed. It's pretty much a way for the country's government to either pass up laws that wouldn't necessarily violate some human rights, or in this case in particular, to literally solve a fucking problem. So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?
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"In this regard, this representation proposes the prohibition of online publication of materials that instruct or demonstrate gambling, commentaries, and advertisements that promote awareness of gambling activities,"
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Any person who will be found publishing gambling-related content may face six months to one year imprisonment or a fine ranging from P300,000 to P500,000.
Senate bill seeks ban on pro-gambling online contentAs somenoe who's gained access to the Filipino internet community's trends and setups, I knew for a fact just how massive online gambling ads are in this fucking space. Every micro-blogger/internet vlogger you would see out there is either sponsored by an unlicensed online gambling platform, or is a direct partner of theirs, luring and leading people into thinking that they can earn quick cash by playing in their site as compared to the regular casino's discretion of warnings, (you'd literally see these people saying how easy it is to earn $200 on a single session of betting, and to top it all off, they don't require any form of KYC) so yeah, glad to see that for once the government is looking at an issue at hand and is doing whatever they can in their power to solve a running problem.
March 15, 2024, 06:11:40 PM
I don't understand any rules of the law and it seems very strange to me that in a country where gambling is legalized, posting or commenting or advertising about gambling in that country will be fined a huge amount.
If such a penalty system is done with legalization then I don't see any reason to legalize it. Gambling has been legalized in different countries of the world and allowed enough to promote but I found the first country where even if gambling is legalized only to promote it has to pay huge fines.
But OP's post doesn't make the whole thing clear, I think there are some government rules where gambling is legalized and some specific regulations are given to promote it. If it can be promoted in any other way outside of that specific regulation, then maybe fine will have to be paid.
If such a penalty system is done with legalization then I don't see any reason to legalize it. Gambling has been legalized in different countries of the world and allowed enough to promote but I found the first country where even if gambling is legalized only to promote it has to pay huge fines.
But OP's post doesn't make the whole thing clear, I think there are some government rules where gambling is legalized and some specific regulations are given to promote it. If it can be promoted in any other way outside of that specific regulation, then maybe fine will have to be paid.
March 15, 2024, 06:07:38 PM
That's a quite strange law because they are allowing gambling casinos and outlets to work without any restriction but when someone talks about it they will get penalized. If they really don't like gambling then they should take proper actions against the casinos and those lotto outlets, however, i they don't want to do that then they should allow citizens to talk about betting.
This wasn't a law yet, it is just a bill proposal that anyone who promote gambling content online get penalized. I do not find this kind of proposition to be strange. This kind of proposed bill is expected if the person wanted to limit gambling activities in the country. This does not contradict with the legality of gambling n a country since it targets the publication of online gambling content that may encourage people to gambling. This is more or less prohibiting online promotion of gambling.
March 15, 2024, 05:59:42 PM
"The lawmaker said the proposed legislation is deemed instrumental to lessen, if not at all eliminate, the exposure and impact of gambling to the general public, especially the youth, that brings lasting damage to individuals, families, and even communities."
This is another way of the government saying that if you gamble, gamble privately which is how it should be without letting everyone know that you are into gambling. Many people have picked up the trend of always posting their activities online, even when they gamble. It must have been very rampant for the government to formulate such policies. Besides, I can't believe someone will really post their winning bets in lottery or horse racing to the public?
You better believe it, there are people who happen to be gamblers too, they cannot do without posting online, there is nothing like a private life to these people. Many celebrities and influencers are like this. 
March 15, 2024, 05:59:09 PM
That's not weird or strange. Sen. Robin Padilla is shit on some of his actions as a Senator but I support him on that bill he's proposing. If you try to visit some gambling-related groups on social media, especially on Facebook, there are several posers around just to advertise the site they are promoting.
The site is not publicly posted by these posers and fake accounts but you need to PM them. It might lead to some users ending up playing on a scam site just because of these free offers from these posers. If that is regulated, it can somehow minimize the worst-case scenario that newbies might end up.
The site is not publicly posted by these posers and fake accounts but you need to PM them. It might lead to some users ending up playing on a scam site just because of these free offers from these posers. If that is regulated, it can somehow minimize the worst-case scenario that newbies might end up.
March 15, 2024, 05:53:17 PM
So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?
You don't fully understand the law mate. It's about publishing gambling-related content that seems to attract more users.
If the post were done in a simple "Yey I won on Lottery", that wouldn't be subject to getting penalized. The law is honestly good because there are lots of users on social media who are posting gambling links as they are gathering referrals and not using real accounts.
Besides, I can't believe someone will really post their winning bets in lottery or horse racing to the public?
March 15, 2024, 05:42:36 PM
So if you post that you won in horse racing or you post the winning bets in daily lottery you will likely get charged and penalize, so what do you think of this law, is this right?
I think the goverment they are only trying to regulate gambling in your country so that it won't be abused. Maybe they think promoting gambling and advertising gambling can make Young people to show much interest on it which can later be a difficult for challenge for them . Maybe the government is trying to control gambling just because of the side effect which can be serious of problem to the citizens of this country, I think this could only be the reason for this .I think the goverment just want the citizens to just play their gambling online and never to talk about outside or public places. This is to say that the government is against the promotion of gambling so that it won't affect people to get addicted.
March 15, 2024, 04:55:29 PM
I've seen several people in my country promoting non-licensed casinos with their full name on facebook and other social media without any real consequences from authorities.
The issue in countries where gambling has become legal is that so called "legal" licensed gambling providers spend too much money on promotion so they've created sort of a monopoly where if you are a promoter it's only really worth it to promote them and no one other. So unlicensed casinos have a hard time getting a footing in these types of countries. Casinos that feature crypto tend to be more competitive and earn more players through word of mouth, but can't compete in any way to the affiliate budget of the "legal" ones. Because these casinos have a higher house edge and rather spend all their money on affiliate marketing.
The issue in countries where gambling has become legal is that so called "legal" licensed gambling providers spend too much money on promotion so they've created sort of a monopoly where if you are a promoter it's only really worth it to promote them and no one other. So unlicensed casinos have a hard time getting a footing in these types of countries. Casinos that feature crypto tend to be more competitive and earn more players through word of mouth, but can't compete in any way to the affiliate budget of the "legal" ones. Because these casinos have a higher house edge and rather spend all their money on affiliate marketing.
March 15, 2024, 03:58:06 PM
This is very understandable. What the senates are trying to do is regulate the way people gamble and react to gambling in their country. Truth be told, online gambling promotion is a partner.
The reason why the gambling industry is getting the kind of attention it's getting is because of the pattern most people use in promoting gambling online, like the way they promote it as if it's all that easy to win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth do not rush into it with further study of how the gambling industry works.
The reason why the gambling industry is getting the kind of attention it's getting is because of the pattern most people use in promoting gambling online, like the way they promote it as if it's all that easy to win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth win without losing in the gambling, which is part of the reason why most youth do not rush into it with further study of how the gambling industry works.
Deception is what you are talking about here. They are showing that it is quite easy to win but in reality it is not. Who knows, they are only showing the winning clips and not the losing ones. Most of the time, they are editing their videos to make it look like, they are always getting the jackpot.
Gambling laws can be a puzzling maze. On one hand, some forms of gambling are legal, on the other, advertising them is strictly forbidden. It seems counterintuitive, doesn't it?
Let's peel back the layers. This law isn't about stopping people from gambling altogether. It's about creating a safeguard against exploitation. Imagine a world bombarded with flashy casino ads, promising easy riches. Vulnerable individuals, enticed by these deceptive portrayals, could be lured into a dangerous cycle of addiction.
These fake social media influencers and telegram groups are like digital sirens, luring unsuspecting victims onto the gambling rocks. The law wants to silence these deceptive voices, protecting people from falling prey to their manipulative tactics.
The law doesn't judge the gambler, it protects them. It allows individuals to make informed choices, free from the pressure of relentless advertising. Imagine a casino with a big sign outside, but no salespeople allowed on the street. People can still walk in if they choose, but the decision is theirs, unclouded by aggressive marketing tactics.
Let's peel back the layers. This law isn't about stopping people from gambling altogether. It's about creating a safeguard against exploitation. Imagine a world bombarded with flashy casino ads, promising easy riches. Vulnerable individuals, enticed by these deceptive portrayals, could be lured into a dangerous cycle of addiction.
These fake social media influencers and telegram groups are like digital sirens, luring unsuspecting victims onto the gambling rocks. The law wants to silence these deceptive voices, protecting people from falling prey to their manipulative tactics.
The law doesn't judge the gambler, it protects them. It allows individuals to make informed choices, free from the pressure of relentless advertising. Imagine a casino with a big sign outside, but no salespeople allowed on the street. People can still walk in if they choose, but the decision is theirs, unclouded by aggressive marketing tactics.
What more can I say? A lot of influencers are being paid to promote a site. Hence, the government is just giving some protection to its people, particularly those gullible individuals who can't tell the difference of fake and genuine ads or promotion. For sure, many people are being the victim of false hopes from these streamers, thinking that they can also get such winnings but in reality, winnings is quite slippery to get.
March 15, 2024, 03:17:29 PM
I think it may be a promotion-oriented assessment, everyone who talks or mentioned betting could be engaging in promotion, some without interest, others instead to promote their betting businesses.
In my country, advertising of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages is not allowed, but they are sold left and right.
In my country, advertising of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages is not allowed, but they are sold left and right.
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