It was a pandemic-era betting craze that contributed enormously to the Philippine economy throughout COVID-19. But e-sabong – where players watch and bet on cockfighting via online platforms – came at ...

MANILA, Philippines — To cushion the blow of losing billions in revenue from banning Philippines offshore gaming operators (POGOs), a House of Representatives leader on Tuesday proposed for the ...

In clandestine dirt rings all over the country, or private, secret patches of earth, game fowls are still fighting – day and night, 24/7 – and these fights are streamed to thousands of online gamblers ...

In the Philippines, the 6,000 year-old sport of cockfighting has been transformed into a fully-legal, billion dollar industry. Known locally as sabong, it takes place in 2,500 dedicated stadiums ...

Between 2021 and 2022, 34 individuals associated with cockfighting, known as sabong, a cultural phenomenon and one of the most popular activities in all of the Philippines, were reported missing in ...

MANILA: In 2022, a young mother sold her own infant to pay off her online sabong debt—an unthinkable crime for which she was convicted in 2024. The baby—then just eight months old —became a casualty ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Alan Peter Cayetano recently said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s executive order maintaining the suspension of e-sabong operations nationwide is a “necessary step” ...