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Two people were arrested by the Pasil police in Cebu City for playing “tong-its,” which is a violation of a presidential decree.

Genelyn Racuba Nabua and Jonie Lerma Barillano, residents of Barangay Calamba, were caught playing the illegal cards game on April 20, 2019 at 3 p.m. in “plain view,” according to the police report.

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AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL NUMBERS GAMES, AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1602, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Congress Assembled: Section 1.

Another man who was with them managed to escape and evade authorities.

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Police recovered one set of playing cards and P40 worth of cash as bet money from the suspects.

“Tong-its” is a popular street card game that involves three people who agree on a certain stake at the beginning.

These stakes may be of any amount but it usually ranges from 1-3-5 pesos and may go as high as P10, P30 and P50.

The game has been described as a combination of poker, mahjong, “pusoy dos,” “pusoy” and gin rummy.

Against the law

Playing “tong-its” is unlawful under Presidential Decree 1602 as amended under Republic Act 9287 since it is considered illegal gambling.

PD 1602 prescribes stiffer penalties for illegal gambling which includes the following:

• Games of cockfighting, jueteng, masiao, last two, jai alai or horse racing to include bookie operations and game fixing, numbers, bingo and other forms of lotteries;
• Cara y cruz, pompiang and the like;
• 7-11 and any game using dice;
• Blackjack, lucky nine, poker and its derivatives, monte, baccarat, cuajao, panguingue and other card games;
• Paik que, high and low, mahjong, domino and other games using plastic tiles and the likes;
• Playing slot machines, roulette, pinball and other mechanical contraptions and devices;
• Dog racing, boat racing, car racing and other forms of races;
• Game fixing, point shaving and other machinations that involves basketball, boxing, volleyball, bowling, pingpong and other forms of individual or team contests;
• Banking or percentage games, or any other game scheme, whether upon chance or skill, wherein wagers consisting of money, articles of value or representative of value are at stake or made

Even those simply possessing gambling paraphernalia or materials related to illegal games and activities aforementioned may be apprehended.

A person can be imprisoned from 30 days up to 16 years, depending on whether they are a bettor, a staff of an illegal numbers game operations, a collector or an agent, a controller or supervisor, a manager or operator and a financier or a protector.

Presidential Decree No. 1602 (PD 1602) is a law that was passed by the Philippine government to simplify and provide tougher penalties for illegal gambling activities or violations of Philippine gambling laws. Signed into law by then President Ferdinand Marcos in 1978. In the opening statements, it says that this law was passed as there was an urgent need to provide a clearer understanding of Philippine gambling laws. Especially articles 195-199 Republic Act 3063 (Horse Racing Bookies), Presidential Decree 499 (Cockfighting), Presidential Decree No. 483 (Game Fixing), Presidential Decree No. 519 (Slot Machines), Presidential Decree No. 1036 (Jai Alai Bookies), and other ordinances since they have become plentiful, confusing and ineffective.

Does PD 1602 Make Licensed Offshore Online Gambling Illegal?

No, PD 1602 makes no reference to online gambling. Offshore online gambling is legal but Philippine residents are encouraged to only participate at licensed online sites that are in compliance with their local gaming regulators for their own protection.

Violations Defined In Presidential Decree 1602

Section 1 of PD 1602 outlines the violations and penalties for anyone caught directly or indirectly taking part of illegal game wagering. In its medium degree, a person caught faces a fine from 500 pesos to 2,000 pesos while a re-offender can face a fine of 1,000 pesos to 6,000 pesos. Illegal games, illegal bookie operations and game fixing schemes in any of the following games or similar operations are considered illegal and punishable by this law. Games include: blackjack, lucky nine, Russian poker, monte, baccarat, other card games, palk que, domino, high and low, slot machines, roulette, pinball, dog racing, boat racing, car racing, basketball, volleyball, soccer, boxing, seven-eleven dice games, game fixing, point shaving, and any other game scheme consisting of money being wagered without a franchise from the national government.

Anyone who knowingly allows any of these illegal operations to take place in any building, place, vessel or transportation owned or controlled by them will face the maximum punishment and a fine of 6,000 pesos. A prison sentence and a fine of 6,000 pesos will be imposed upon a conductor or upon the maintainer of the gambling scheme. A medium degree penalty of prison mayor, temporary absolute disqualification and a fine of 6,000 pesos will be levied if the conductor, banker or maintainer is a government employee. The same goes for any player, promoter, referee, umpire, judge or coach that participates in game fixing, point shaving, or a similar scheme.

Illegal game organizers, maintainers or conductors who without lawful purpose is caught in possession of any lottery list, paper or other matter containing letters, figures, signs, or numbers which pertain to any game of jueteng, jai-alai, horse racing bookies or similar game or lottery will face a penalty of prison correctional and a fine of up to 2,000 pesos.

Bangary Officials

A bangary is the smallest administrative division of government in the Philippines and bangary officials are elected representatives of those villages. PD 1602 states that any bangary official whose jurisdiction is found to have a gambling house and is known to have a reputation for a gambling house shall face a penalty of prison and a fine of 500 to 2,000 pesos and will be temporarily suspended from his post.

The revised penal code considered the skill of the player in determining whether the game is considered gambling, now under PD 1602 that does not matter. Any game can be considered gambling where there is money wagered and a participant hopes to win a prize. Under the old code, the skill of the player that outweighs the possible chance of winning the game is considered a sport and not gambling. Under PD 1602, a players skill is irrelevant and any form of gambling is illegal unless authorized by a franchise. Betting or wagering determines if a game is gambling or not.

Games which are exempt from placing bets but are still illegal include monte, jueteng, lottery games, dog races, slot machines, and other similar games. These games are addictive, habit forming and bring harmful effects to the player’s families and personal finances. Possession of an illegal lottery list is a punishable crime whether it refers to a past or future drawing.

Informers Reward Offered Through PD 1602

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PD 1602 rewards informants that lead officials to an illegal gambling arrest. Section 3 states that anyone who leads law enforcement to an arrest and a conviction of an illegal gambling scheme in violation of Philippine gambling laws shall be rewarded with 20% of the confiscated cash money. This gives informers an incentive to help law enforcement crackdown on illegal gambling operations.

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Effective Date of Presidential Decree 1602

Pd 1602 Gambling

PD 1602 took effect in 1978 but has since been amended by the Republic Act 9827 (RA 9827) which increased the penalties for illegal number games and amended certain provisions. PD 1602 and RA 9827 are both still in effect and the Philippine National Police are still combating illegal gambling operations.