2. •Presidential Decree No. 1602
(Prescribing Stiffer Penalties on
Illegal Gambling)
as amended by
•Republic Act No. 9287
•(Increasing Penalties For Illegal
Numbers Games)
3. I. Gambling Activities under PD
1602
II. Definition of Terms
III. Punishable Acts and Penalties
under PD 1602
IV. Punishable Acts and Penalties
under R.A. No. 9287
4. Presidential Decree No. 1602,
enacted on June 11, 1978,
listed gambling activities and
their corresponding penalties.
I. Gambling Activities under PD 1602
5. II. Definition of terms
Collector or Agent - Any person who collects,
solicits or produces bets in behalf of his/her
principal for any illegal numbers game who is
usually in possession of gambling paraphernalia.
Coordinator, Controller or Supervisor - Any
person who exercises control and supervision over
the collector or agent.
6. Maintainer, Manager or Operator - Any person,
who maintains, manages or operates any illegal
number game in a specific area from whom the
coordinator, controller or supervisor, and collector
or agent take orders.
Financiers or Capitalist - Any person who finances
the operations of any illegal numbers game.
7. III. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND PENALTIES
under PD 1602
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Directly or indirectly took
part in illegal gambling
and any person who
permits illegal gambling.
Prision correccional
(6m1d-6y). Fine
(Php1,000-6,000)
Recidivist: Prision mayor
(6y1d-12y) or fine
(Php5,000-10,000)
8. III. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under PD 1602
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Maintainer or
conductor in gambling
Prision correccional
(6m1d-6y) or fine of
Php 6,000.00
Maintainer, conductor
or banker is a
government official
Prision mayor (6y1d-
12y) and temporary
disqualification or
Fine of Php6,000.
9. III. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under PD 1602
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Possession of illegal
gambling
paraphernalia
Prision correcional or
fine Php 400 -
2,000.00
Barangay Official who
fail to take action on
illegal gambling within
area
Temporary
disqualification
10. III. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under PD 1602
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Security officer who
failed to take action on
illegal gambling in area
Prision correctional or
fine Php500 -
2,000.00
11. IV. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under RA 9287
PUNISHABLE
ACTS
PENALTIES
Bettor Imprisonment of
30 days to 90
days.
Personnel or
staff of an illegal
numbers game
Imprisonment 6
years and 1 day
- 8 years.
12. IV. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under RA 9287
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Person who allows his
vehicle, house, building
or land to be used in
the operation
Imprisonment of 6
years and 1 day – 8
years.
Collector or agent Imprisonment from 8
years and one 1 day
to 10 years.
13. IV. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under RA 9287
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Coordinator, controller
or supervisor
Imprisonment of 6
years and 1 day – 8
years.
Collector or agent Imprisonment from
ten 10 years and 1
day - 12 years.
14. IV. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under RA 9287
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Maintainer, manager or
operator
Imprisonment from
12 years and 1 day –
14 years and 10
days.
Financier or capitalist Imprisonment from
14 years and one 1
day - 16 years.
15. IV. PUNISHABLE ACTS AND
PENALTIES under RA 9287
PUNISHABLE ACTS PENALTIES
Any law enforcer in the
case of failure to
apprehend perpetrators
of any illegal numbers
game.
Administrative
penalty of suspension
or dismissal.
Liability of Government Employees and/or
Public Officials.
Any person who shall knowingly permit any form of gambling referred to in the preceding subparagraph to be carried on in 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 malfactor shall be punished by prision correccional in its maximum period and a fine of six thousand pesos.
The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period or a fine of six thousand pesos shall be imposed upon the maintainer or conductor of the above gambling schemes.
The penalty of prision correccional in its medium period or a fine ranging from four hundred to two thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any person who shall, knowingly and without lawful purpose in any hour of any day, possess any lottery list, paper or other matter containing letters, figures, signs or symbols pertaining to or in any manner used in the games of jueteng, jai-alai or horse racing bookies, and similar games of lotteries and numbers which have taken place or about to take place.
The penalty of prision mayor in its medium period with temporary absolute disqualification or a fine of six thousand pesos shall be imposed if the maintainer, conductor or banker 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. (amended)
The penalty of temporary absolute disqualifications 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 therewith.
The penalty of prision correccional in its maximum period or a fine ranging from five hundred pesos to two thousand pesos shall be imposed upon any security officer, 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.
. Punishable Acts and Penalties under Republic Act 9287
Any person who participates in any illegal numbers game shall suffer the following penalties. (Sec. 3)
The penalty of imprisonment from thirty (30) days to ninety (90) days, if such person acts as a bettor.
The penalty of imprisonment from six (6) years and one (1) day to eight (8) years, if such person acts as a personnel or staff of an illegal numbers game operation.
The same penalty shall likewise be imposed to any person who allows his vehicle, house, building or land to be used in the operation of the illegal numbers games.
The penalty of imprisonment from eight (8) years and one (1) day to ten (10) years, if such person acts as a collector or agent;
The penalty of imprisonment from ten (10) years and one (1) day to twelve (12) years, if such person acts as a coordinator, controller or supervisor.
The penalty of imprisonment from eight (8) years and one (1) day to ten (10) years, if such person acts as a collector or agent.
The penalty of imprisonment from twelve (12) years and one (1) day to ten (10) fourteen (14) years, if such person acts as a maintainer, manager or operator;
The penalty of imprisonment from fourteen (14) years and one (1) day to sixteen (16) years, if such person acts as a financier or capitalist;
In the case of failure to apprehend perpetrators of any illegal numbers game, any law enforcer shall suffer an administrative penalty of suspension or dismissal, as the case may be, to be imposed by the appropriate authority. (Sec. 5)
