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Gica, Ivar.

Global vision Filipino heart : the continuing story of casino gaming in the Philippines / Ivar Gica. - Las Piñas City, Philippines : Ivar T. Gica, Public Relations & Pub. Services., c2004. - 291 pages : illustration (some colored) ; 24 cm.

Includes appendices and index.

I - Events of 2000 -- II - A new team comes in -- III - Internal reforms -- IV - The visionary team -- V - Ang bagong nayon pilipino tourism estate -- VI - Asia's casinos in retrospect -- VII - Heyday of clandestine casinos -- VIII - Entrepreneurs overseas -- IX - The martial law era -- X - Birth of new PAGCOR -- XI - Shutdown of the casinos -- XII - Reopening the casinos -- XIII - New PAGCOR reforms -- XIV - Casino control measures -- XV - Funding social projects -- XVI - The morality of gaming -- XVII - Church and casinos -- XVIII - Moral attitudes vs gambling -- XIX - Lotto and jueteng -- XX - Casino legal tussles -- XXI - Anti-casino ordinance -- XXII - High court upholds PAGCOR -- XXIII - The mimosa fiasco -- XXIV - Filling up the government coffers -- XXV - Profitability -- XXVI - Remarkable growth -- XXVII - Helping build a nation -- XXVIII - Philippine casino gaming, the continuing saga -- XXIX - Expanding the lucrative slot machine business epilogue.

ISBN: 9719297611

LCCN: 2005436263

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Casinos--History.--Philippines
Gambling--Philippines.
Casinos--Economic aspects--Philippines.

LC Class. No.: HV 6722.P6 / G56 2004