As long as they're paying a lot of money to the protectors then they will be protected. Maybe next time we'll see a lot of them being exposed and it's all just a matter of time when. Or when the administration changes and we're in a new governance, they should be fair to all but it's all about how much money their competitors can give to whom who.
These illegal POGOs operated like shabu laboratories in the past, often hidden inside hotels and private subdivisions where they went undetected. Recently, our city mayor declared that our city was free from illegal POGOs. However, just a month later, an illegal POGO was raided, highlighting the authorities’ oversight.
Doesn't matter how many prohibitions and regulations authorities create and enforce, illegal gambling will continue existing. If not physically, it will be virtually.
The point is that illegal gambling houses don't force anyone playing there. People gamble because they want. If governments want to fight gambling disfunctional adoption by its citizens, they have to invest in education instead of prohibitions. Enlight people about the dangers and consequences of gambling, and if these are smart people, they won't maintain their frequency in gambling houses like before.
When something is forbidden, but people don't know why it's forbidden, it just encourages them to seek the pleasure for the unknown.