Philippines Government Responds to Maryland License Plate Scandal

The Philippines government has dismissed media reports linking the Southeast Asia country to a widely used commemorative license plate in Maryland. That plate features a URL that directs to a Filipino-focused online casino website.

The Philippines government, through PAGCOR, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, is dispelling reports of its involvement with an online gaming website that is adorned on hundreds of thousands of Maryland license plates.

Casino.org last week reported that nearly 800K license plates on vehicles in Maryland commemorating the state’s involvement in the War of 1812 feature the website address www.StarSpangled200.org.

When the license plates were issued between 2012 and 2016, the URL directed to a state website that paid homage to the war that involved the young United States against Great Britain. But today, the website redirects to a page that encourages visitors to play Philippine online casinos.
 
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