CLAIM: Retired boxer and former senator Manny Pacquiao is promoting an online casino app to help poor people.
RATING: FALSE
A series of fake advertisements has spread on Facebook, showing former senator and retired boxer Manny Pacquiao promoting various online casinos and gambling applications.
The advertisements featured manipulated videos of Pacquiao, including one deepfaked interview with Boy Abunda.
In the video, he supposedly said he wanted to help impoverished individuals who can place bets on his online casino app.
The app ostensibly offers “high payouts” and “favorable odds” for Filipino players, luring them to sign up and deposit real money for gambling.
The video was from 2022, in Abunda’s one-on-one interview with Pacquiao during his presidential campaign. There was no mention and promotion of any online gambling app in the original video.
Pacquiao however has endorsed two gambling sites to date. He promoted Mansion 88 back in 2022 and now partners with BK8. Hurt Allauigan
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