Philippines Gaming Licence

No. Executive Order 74 stopped new offshore gaming licences and renewals on 5 November 2024, and Republic Act 12312, approved on 23 October 2025, bans offshore gaming and revokes the power of PAGCOR and every other agency to license it. PAGCOR has said it is not entertaining, and will not entertain, any applications.

They were cancelled. Licensed operators had to cease and wind up by 31 December 2024 under Executive Order 74, and section 5 of Republic Act 12312 withdrew the licences permanently. The Act also prohibits acting as a content or services provider to an offshore operator and running a hub for one.

For players in the Philippines, PAGCOR's Electronic Gaming Licensing Department issues a Gaming Licence per game offering: traditional bingo, electronic bingo, electronic casino games, sports betting, specialty games, online poker and numeric games. It accredits Gaming System Administrators, which run the platforms and brands, and suppliers such as game content providers, aggregators and support service providers. Land-based casinos are licensed separately.

PIGO is the market's name for an inland online gaming operator serving players in the Philippines. PAGCOR's current frameworks do not use the term. The platform is run by an accredited Gaming System Administrator as an adjunct to licensed gaming venues, and applications from new administrators have been in abeyance since 1 March 2024.

PAGCOR charges in Philippine pesos. A Gaming System Administrator pays an accreditation fee of PHP 5 million per game offering, lodges a cash deposit of PHP 25 million or PHP 50 million and needs PHP 100 million in authorised capital with PHP 25 million paid up. PAGCOR then takes 30% of gross gaming revenue from electronic casino games plus a 10% audit fee, with a minimum guaranteed fee of PHP 9 million a month from 1 July 2026. A supplier accreditation costs PHP 250,000 per game offering or type of service.

Not as a new platform while the freeze lasts. A foreign-based supplier can be accredited as a game content provider, an aggregator or a support service provider once it, or its local counterpart, is registered with the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission. A gaming venue licence is also open to a registered Philippine corporation, and PAGCOR's framework refers foreign shareholders to List B of the Foreign Investment Negative List.

No. Executive Order 74 covers offshore licences issued by any special economic zone, tourism zone or freeport authority, and Republic Act 12312 revoked those authorities' power to issue them along with PAGCOR's. The Act's definition of offshore gaming expressly includes operations in special economic, freeport and tourism zones.

It has no Philippine licence to do so. PAGCOR licenses all gaming operations inside the country, and only its licensed venues and their platforms may register local players. A brand that holds an Anjouan or Curaçao licence blocks the Philippines.

The ban is now a statute, so only Congress can change it. PAGCOR said in February 2025 that offshore operators remain banned and that there are no plans to bring them back. We update this page when the law or PAGCOR's position changes.

We explain what the ban and PAGCOR's frameworks require of your company, and we place the product in a market that is open. Vantegris does not file PAGCOR applications. For an international brand the usual comparison starts with Anjouan and Curaçao, and the Licence Finder sets every open licence side by side.