MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) raided last week a cockpit arena in Quezon City and arrested 10 employees for allegedly operating online sabong. Agents of the NBI ...

As online gaming goes grassroots, you can now bet on fighting cocks without having to jostle your way inside a crowded, noisy cockpit. The rising popularity of online cockfighting (locally known as ...

AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones. Photo: House of Representatives AGAP Party-list Rep. Nicanor Briones on Tuesday confirmed that he is the lawmaker caught on camera watching an online cockfighting ...

Strangers and friends alike are now hooked on e-sabong, the online version of that age-old national obsession bequeathed to us by the Spaniards. Men, young and old; happy or depressed; rich or poor ...

Going strong: An employee of a cockfighting arena holding a wager machine during a cockfight in Bulacan province, north of Manila. Cockfighting has long been a national obsession in the Philippines, ...

MANILA, Philippines—As sabong (cockfight) went online in 2018, the House of Representatives already expressed its concerns, but as COVID-19 lockdowns were implemented in 2020, the craze even went ...

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) inspected several online cockfighting or e-sabong venues as part of their investigation into the several dozen missing cockfighting enthusiasts. According to ...

AT a recent gathering at the SMX Convention Center, one could observe an economy operating without spreadsheets, algorithms, or formal regulation—and yet functioning with remarkable precision.

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