#Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator

World Casino News

Legislation to ban online gambling filed in the Philippines

In the Philippines and a prominent politician has reportedly filed legislation that would look to rescind the nation's foreign-facing online gambling licensing program and make the delivery of iGaming services a crime punishable by up to six months in prison. According to a Monday report from the Manila Bulletin newspaper, Joel Villanueva serves as…
Law
Legislation to ban online gambling filed in the Philippines
World Casino News

iGaming crackdown ramps up in the Philippines

The gaming regulator for the Philippines has reportedly ordered a pair of locally-licensed iGaming firms to close after detaining 140 members of their staffs who were suspected of having been kidnapped and forced to work illegally. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the move from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation…
Incidents
iGaming crackdown ramps up in the Philippines
Super Slots
Gambling News

Laos Considers Shifting Towards Online Gambling

The pandemic has been a time to stop and think about whether the traditional land-based gaming model works. Most have decided in favor, but this has not come without a shift of attitude towards the interactive gambling landscape. Largely seen as a good boost to the economy, online casinos are no longer the taboo they once were in even the most…
Gaming Authorities
Laos Considers Shifting Towards Online Gambling
Yogonet

Slotegrator's new report gives an overview on Asian markets in 2021

sian markets attract operators with their untapped potential, but the region is not an easy one to enter. Most countries have restrictive gambling and betting regulations, with only a limited number of enterprises legally allowed to operate. However, there seems to be a trend towards gradual legalisation. Many countries where gambling has long been…
Sports
Wild Casino

$5,000 Welcome Bonus

Deposit bonuses are optional and must be requested by the player when making a deposit. For example, use Promo Code WILD1 to a 100% Casino bonus. Your bonus request will be assessed and, if your account is eligible for the bonus, it will be added to your account immediately.
Korea Portal

Okada Manila Casino Resort Now Offers Online Gaming

With permission from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR), Okada Manila Casino Resort can now offer online gaming to its patrons. On Monday, PAGCOR gives Okada Manila Casino Resort the green light to operate and offer online gaming to its customers. According to Universal Entertainment Corporation, "The system is scheduled to go into…
Travel
Okada Manila Casino Resort Now Offers Online Gaming
World Casino News

PIGO joy for Manila pair

In the Philippines and the giant Resorts World Manila and Solaire Resort and Casino properties have reportedly followed their neighboring Okada Manila venue in being officially licensed to offer online gaming to domestic punters. According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the authorizations under the Philippine Inland Gaming Operator (PIGO)…
Travel
PIGO joy for Manila pair
Philstar Global

Pagcor taps e-sabong to shore up revenue

MANILA, Philippines - State gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is ready to tap revenues from online gambling on electronic cockfights, better known as online sabong or e-sabong, even as it complains of the pervasiveness of this type of gambling during the pandemic when many Filipinos depend on the internet. Andrea…
Finance
Pagcor taps e-sabong to shore up revenue
CNN

Chinese gamblers defying a ban at home are powering the Philippines' casino boom

Nearby, rows of Chinese nationals sit at desks chatting on cellphones with potential clients back in China.This is what a typical POGO -- or a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator -- looks like, according to descriptions provided to CNN by several gaming experts. Some are based in abandoned malls, while others are found in converted parking lots or…
Covid
Chinese gamblers defying a ban at home are powering the Philippines' casino boom
RELATED LOCATIONS
GGRAsia

Pagcor boss affirms some Ent City casinos have PIGO permits

The head of the Philippine casino regulator has confirmed that three of Manila's Entertainment City gaming resorts are among venues approved to offer online gaming to domestic players via their premises using a new "PIGO", or Philippine Inland Gaming Operator, licence. They are: Solaire Resort and Casino, run by Bloomberry Resorts Corp; Okada…
Covid
Pagcor boss affirms some Ent City casinos have PIGO permits
Calvin Ayre

DFNN to offer online gambling to Philippine locals

Philippine electronic gaming operator DFNN has reportedly received the first online gambling license that will allow local residents - at least, those with deep pockets - to legally bet online. On Monday, Asia Gaming Brief broke the news that Philippine-listed DFNN was the first recipient of the new locals-focused online gambling licenses issued by…
Covid
DFNN to offer online gambling to Philippine locals