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Philippine casino mogul Enrique Razon is pushing ahead with plans to build a 20 billion peso ($418 million) resort in Manila, undeterred by President Rodrigo Duterte's crackdown on gambling.
The chairman and founder of Bloomberry Resorts Corp. said construction of the company's second casino, in Quezon City in the northern part of Manila, may start in the middle of next year and could be finished in 2019. Duterte's campaign is focused on electronic gaming parlors that have been loosely regulated and could help companies like Bloomberry, Razon said in an interview in Manila on Friday.