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MANILA, Philippines — Last week's tragedy at the Resorts World Manila hotel and casino complex has revived initiatives in Congress to impose a hefty entrance fee to ensure only those with the means to can hit the gaming tables.

One bill recently filed by Isabela Representative Rodolfo Albano III seeks to authorize the collection of a P3,000 fee from people entering 'any and all casinos and similar gaming establishments for the purpose of engaging in gambling and other related gaming activities.'

'The purpose of this act addresses the need to ensure that persons entering any and all casinos have the resources to engage in any form of gambling and related activities … and to strengthen the regulation of gambling activities in the country,' the bill says.

A similar bill filed earlier by Misamis Oriental Representative Peter Unabia seeks a P3,500 casino entrance fee on Filipinos 'with a gross income for the previous year of at least P50,000.'

The bill allows free entrance for tourists and foreigners who are not residents of the Philippines.

Patterned after the rules in Singapore, Unabia's measure is meant to 'dissuade (Filipinos) from gambling and therefore minimizing the impact of casinos on local residents.' Free poker texas holdem wpt.

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Albano, who was one of the lawmakers who inspected the Resorts World during Wednesday's congressional hearing into the carnage, said the incident brought to public attention 'the sad state of regulation an administration of gaming establishments in the country.'

It also 'called attention to the sinister effects of gambling addiction especially among those who do not have or can ill afford the financial resources needed in casino gambling,' he said in the bill's explanatory note.

The entrance charge to be collected by the establishment where the casino is located will be used to create a special fund for the setting up and maintenance of children and youth welfare centers under the supervision of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Fifty percent of the amount collected will be allocated for the children and youth welfare programs in the city or municipality where the casino is located.

The Department of Budget and Management, Department of Finance, Department of Interior and Local government and the DSWD are tasked to draft the implementing rules and regulation of the proposed measure.

Resorts World Manila Casino Entrance Fees

AFTER the tragic attack at a luxury casino hotel bared the extreme consequences of gambling addiction, a lawmaker is now seeking to impose a P3,000 entrance charge from all gamers to serve as a 'deterrent,' more specifically to 'poor addicts.'
The House bill, filed by Isabela Representative Rodolfo Albano III, will mandate 'all person' entering 'any and all casinos and similar gaming establishment' with a purpose of engaging in gambling to pay P3,000, except casino officials and employees.
According to Albano, the bill will mostly be targeted against 'poor people' who end up gambling 'all they have left.'
'It only seeks to address some poor people who have no money yet go inside and gamble all they have left of their families…Deterrent also to poor addicts,' Albano said in a phone interview
The proposal came after the recent tragedy that struck Resorts World Manila, after a lone assailant later identified as ex-Department of Finance tax specialist Jessie Javier Carlos engaged in a shooting spree and torched gaming tables, causing fire that led to the death by suffocation of 37 victims.
Carlos reportedly sold his family's properties to sustain his addiction, which caused his estrangement from his wife. His wife had even sought the help of Pagcor to ban him from all casinos.
According to the bill, the proceeds of the entrance fees will be under the Department of Social Welfare and Development's supervision, and shall be utilized 'for the establishment and maintenance of children and youth welfare centers to be established nationwide.'
'[The] fifty percent of the amount collected in any casino shall be for children and youth welfare programs in the city or municipality where the casino is located,' the bill read.
Several government agencies are currently conducting their investigation on the circumstances surrounding the Resorts World Manila attack. (SunStar Philippines)

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