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===The Philippines=== Jai alai was played in [[Manila]] at the [[Manila Jai Alai Building]], one of the most significant [[Art Deco]] buildings in Asia that was demolished in 2000 by the Manila city government.<ref name="Inquirer">{{cite news|last=Villalon|first=Toti|title=Remember jai alai: Stop making Manila heritage demolition victim|url=http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/57505/remember-jai-alai-stop-making-manila-heritage-demolition-victim|access-date=30 August 2012|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|date=July 15, 2012}}</ref> In 1986, ''jai alai'' was prohibited nationwide from problems with [[game fixing]].<ref name="Inquirer" /> However, the game returned to the country once again in March 2010 in the [[Provinces of the Philippines|province]] of [[Pangasinan]] albeit was briefly paused in 2011 caused by a blanket restriction on non-traditional sports abetted by a Chinese lottery [[jueteng]]<ref name="InterAksyon">{{cite news|last=Philippine News Agency|title=Jai-alai back with vengeance in Pangasinan|url=http://www.interaksyon.com/article/12582/jai-alai-back-with-vengeance-in-pangasinan|access-date=30 August 2012|newspaper=InterAksyon.com The online news portal of TV5|date=September 7, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213190128/http://www.interaksyon.com/article/12582/jai-alai-back-with-vengeance-in-pangasinan|archive-date=13 December 2012}}</ref> but was lifted immediately. Nowadays, Jai alai is played strictly as a competitive and entertainment sport at the [[Casino_Español_de_Manila|'''Casino Español de Manila''']].
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