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PAGCOR orders gambling advertisers to remove outdoor ads by 15 August

Regulation

PAGCOR ordered licensed online gambling operators and related providers in the Philippines to remove outdoor gambling advertisements by 15 August. It is preparing further rules that would restrict advertising locations and television times, including bans near churches, schools and hospitals and during prime-time slots. PAGCOR and the Ad Standards Council plan to formalise their advertising-monitoring partnership on 16 July.

Operators and service providers face an outdoor-advertising removal deadline and proposed limits on other advertising placements and times.

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