What people don’t realize is that many of these fake PAGCOR sites are actually run by the same criminal organizations that got kicked out when Philippines banned POGOs. They just moved their operations underground and started creating hundreds of fake casino sites. The scary part is they have professional web developers, they copy real casino games, and they even have working payment systems at first to build trust. Then once you start winning or try to withdraw a larger amount, suddenly there are “technical difficulties” or they ask for additional verification documents (which they use for identity theft). The fact that PAGCOR had to create a whole new portal just this year to help people verify legitimate sites shows how bad the problem has gotten.