REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 
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Senate Bill No. 1 084 ., 
Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to increase the penalties on illegal gambling amending for 
the purpose Presidential Decree No, 1602 entitled, "Prescribing Stiffer Penalties 
on Illegal Gambling," 
The proliferation of illegal gambling activities throughout the country has 
been observed to be constantly on the rise and along with it, social ills such as 
drug addiction, crimes against person and property, and broken family relations, 
Illegal gambling is directly or indirectly, perceived to be the reason why 
said social ills abound. Drug users, alcoholics, and similar deviants resort to 
gambling to support their addicting vices only to realize later that they are deep in 
debt due to gambling losses. Their predicament leads them to resort to crime as 
a means of acquiring fast money thereby threatening the peace and order of our 
society. 
The penalties imposed by present laws have become inadequate or 
obsolete to discourage, if not stop, these noxious activities, The impossible 
penalties 
on 
illegal 
gambling are 
already impractical, 
ineffective, 
and 
unresponsive to the present norms of conduct and behavior of society because 
laws on the matter were enacted more than two decades ago. 
The penalties for illegal gambling must be increased to make it more 
effective in stopping this social menace which has fostered wrong values and 
false among our countrymen, as well as dissipated the much needed energy and 
resources of the people, 
In view of the foregoing consideration's, approval of this measure is 
earnestly enough. 
MAN YVi LLAR 


REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
FIFTEENTH CONGRESS 
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Senate Bill No.1 084 
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Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
AN ACT PROVIDING STIFFER PENALTIES ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING, 
AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED 
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND TWO, AS AMENDED 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Presidential Decree No. 1602 entitled, 
"Prescribing Stiffer Penalties on Illegal Gambling" is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"SEC.1 Penalties. - The following penalties are hereby imposed: 
(a.) 
The Penalty of prison correccional in its (medium) 
(1) 
x 
MAXIMUM period or a fine ranging from (one thousand to 
six thousand) FIFTY THOUSAND (P50,OOO.OO) TO ONE 
HUNDRED THOUSAND 
(PIOO,OOO.OO) 
PESOS 
OR 
BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE, and in case of 
recidivism, the penalty ·of prision mayor in its (medium) 
MAXIMUM period or a fine ranging from (five thousand to 
ten thousand) NINETY THOUSAND (P90,OOO.OO) TO 
ONE 
HUNDRED 
FIFTY 
THOUSAND 
PESOS 
(P150,OOO.OO) OR BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE 
shall be imposed upon: . 
x 
x 
(2) Any person who shall knowill'gly permit any form of gambling 
referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph to be carried on in an 
inhabited or uninhabited place or in any building, vessel or other 
means of transportation owned or controlled by him. If the place 
where gambling is carried on. has a reputation of a gambling 
place or that prohibited gambling is frequently carried on 
therein, or the place is a public or government building or 
barangay hall, the malefactor shall be punished by (prision 
correccional) MAYOR in its (maximum) MINIMUM period and a 
fine of (six thousand) ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND 
PESOS (P150,OOO.00). 
(b) 
The penalty of prison (correccional in its maximum) 
MAYOR IN ITS MEDIUM period or fine of (six 
thousand) TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS 
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(P200,OOO.OO) OR BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND 
FINE shall be imposed upon the maintainer or 
conductor of the above gambling schemes. 
(c) The penalty or prision mayor in its (medium) MAXIMUM 
period 
with 
(temporary) 
PERPETUAL 
absolute 
disqualification or a fine of (six thousand) TWO HUNDRED 
FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS (P250,OOO.OO) OR BOTH 
IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall be imposed if the 
maintainer, conductor or baRker of said gambling schemes is 
a government official, or where such government official is 
the player, promoter , referee, umpire, judge or coach in 
case of game-fixing, point-shaving and machination. 
(d) The penalty of prision correccional in its (medium) 
MAXIMUM period or a fine ranging from (four hundred to two 
thousand) TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (P20,OOO.OO) TO 
FIFTY THOUSAND 
PESOS 
(P50,OOO,OO) 
OR 
BOTH 
IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall be imposed upon any 
person who shall, knowingly and without lawful purpose in 
any hour or any day, possess any lottery list, paper 
pertaining to or in any manf')er used in the games of jueteng, 
181 alai or horse racing bookings, and similar games of 
lotteries and numbers which have taken place or about to 
take place. 
(e) The penalty of (temporary) PERMANENT absolute 
disqualification shall be imposed upon any barangay official 
who with knowledge of the existence of a gambling house or 
place in his jurisdiction fails· to abate the same or take action 
in connection herewith. 
(f) The penalty of prision (correcional) MAYOR in its 
maximum MINIMUM periods or a fine from (fine hundred 
pesos to two thousand pesos) TWENTY THOUSAND 
PESOS (P20,OOO.OO) TO FIFTY THOUSAND PESOS 
(P50,OOO.OO) OR BOTH IMPRISONMENT AND FINE shall 
be imposed upon any security, security guard, watchman, 
private or house detective of hotels, villages, buildings, 
enclosures, and the like which have the reputation of a 
gambling place or where gambling activities are being held." 
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its approval. 
Approved, 
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