As part of an update to the game's Ricochet anti-cheat system, a new feature called Splat will randomly and without warning plummet detected cheaters straight to the ground after deployment at the start of a match. (Hence the name, Splat.)
Use of Unauthorized Software for Cheating/Modding/Hacking\n\n First offense: User may be permanently suspended from playing the game online, have their stats, emblems, and weapon customizations reset, and be blocked permanently from appearing in leaderboards.
The major players in the legitimate POGO operations are the Philippine government, PAGCOR, and independent POGO operators. At this time, all POGO operations are at least partially owned by a Philippine company. The government has stated that no POGO operations are owned by Chinese organizations.
As of 2024 Pogo now mainly consists of single player Solitaire Games, Word Find, Mahjong and Hidden Object games, a tremendous change from once was offered.