MANILA -- Online casinos in the Philippines catering to overseas customers have closed ahead of the government's year-end ban, with around 24,000 foreign workers leaving the country.
Economy
Philippines' online gambling ban prompts foreign worker exodus
As offshore operators shut down, more than 20,000 have left country
Authorities post a "Closed" sign on a building used by an offshore gaming company at Island Cove in Cavite province on Dec. 17. (PAGCOR)
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