Gambling Pages Appear Across Philippine News Agency Domain
On September 27, search results showed dozens of gambling-related pages indexed under the Philippine News Agency domain. A later 15M check found that some of the URLs were already gone.
One URL built around Bet365 returned a 404. Google was still displaying other PNA gambling results on September 28, including pages indexed only hours earlier.
The list included 20Bet, Bet365, 888 Casino, OKBet, BK8, PlayOJO, JILI and several smaller brands. There were also pages aimed at searches such as “top 10 online gambling sites,” “best gambling apps for real money” and “best online casino in Philippines.”
Several results were still being shown by Google as published within the previous 24 hours.
20Bet Appeared Across Five PNA Directories
The pages were not concentrated in one section of the site. For 20Bet alone, search results showed URLs under /virtuals/, /slotwins/, /onlinets/, /casinoet/ and /bonusesr/.
The terms varied too. Separate pages targeted the casino, its mobile app, a review and whether 20Bet was legitimate.
20Bet appeared across multiple PNA paths
Bet365 showed up several times as well. Pages covered casino bonuses, login terms, reviews and sportsbook-related searches. One bet365-sportsbook-and-casino-betting slug appeared in more than one directory.
In the September 27 search results, gambling URLs appeared under at least eight directory names: /vipbonus/, /virtuals/, /slotwins/, /onlinets/, /casinoet/, /bonusesr/, /betplays/ and /jackpots/.
That is not where PNA normally puts its news. Regular agency stories are published under /articles/. PNA’s main news feed was still running normally on September 28, and the gambling pages did not appear in it.
Some Pages Carried PNA Reporter Details
One September 27 search result under /betplays/ was indexed under the name of PNA correspondent Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos. The URL and page title were unrelated to the news content normally published under her name. Other gambling results also carried metadata that looked like ordinary PNA article information.
What put the pages there is still unanswered. There is no public confirmation of a CMS compromise or other security incident, so 15M is not attributing their origin. Some URLs seen earlier had meanwhile stopped working, while Google continued to display them and other gambling-related PNA pages in search results.
What Happens Next
There is an added twist. PNA itself has previously published PAGCOR warnings about illegal gambling sites. One such report, from June 2025, covered offshore sites using fake licenses and PAGCOR branding.
Neither PNA nor PAGCOR had publicly addressed the gambling pages by September 28. The main thing to watch now is whether the remaining pages also vanish, or whether PNA eventually explains why they appeared on its domain.