I have read somewhere the newly elected president and its administration will still ban the online sabong just like what the outgoing administration did. Sure the Philippines need the revenue but they cannot afford the consequence.
Before there was no E-Sabong here in the Philippines that's why I think the revenue coming here will be easily covered by the government. Supposed to be one of the good sources of revenue for the government during the pandemic but ended up in a worst result to the lives of people.
I don't see a declined revenue here because like I said, the hype of e-sabong was just around 2 years in operation here.
People here already accept that there's no e-sabong right now because there are still lots of e-gambling here as an alternative.
Certainly the revenue of E-Sabong has been a big help in the Philippines and it will still be of help if its operation will continue but the effect is just too great to deal as it is the lives of people we are talking and the government couldn't afford that kind of result.
The government can still find another alternative on where to find some good clean revenues without destroying some lives along the way, there's still a lot of option though.
Though it's a big help but we cannot deny the fact that it's not good for the poor, why? Because majority of the audience of e sabong are poor people, instead of using their money for the basic needs, they try to gamble it hoping that they'll win which we know gamblers would lose most of the time, so it's not really good.
Logically right poor people, even in the real world sabong, are mostly the participants of this kind of gambling.
They are most willing to try their luck and hope that they can easily double their funds with luck, unconsciously
realized that instead of using the money to buy food for their family, they lose everything and find themselves
problematic in finding how to cover those lose money. It's better this way, limits the access of those people who got
addicted and give them time to have a normal life.
