Philippine-based gaming technology provider Philweb Corp.’s plea for their license to be renewed has fallen on the state-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation’s (PAGCOR) deaf ears.

PAGCOR chairman Andrea Domingo stood pat with her decision not to renew the license of PhilWeb to provide software to online casinos in the Philippines despite the futile attempts of resigned PhilWeb chairman Roberto Ongpin to insulate the company from Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s ire.

It would be recalled that Ongpin voluntarily stepped down from his post as PhilWeb’s chairman and offered to auction 771.7 million company shares or equivalent to 53.76 percent days after Duterte singled him out as an “oligarch” he wanted to destroy.

Domingo denies singling out neither Ongpin nor Philweb when she guested on local TV news show Mornings@ANC, as she pointed out that they were merely promoting responsible gambling in the country