Philippine IRs report US$1.65bn in GGR for the first half of 2025
PHP16bn was paid to PAGCOR as licence fees.
The Philippines.- Integrated resort (IR) casinos in the Philippines generated PHP93.36bn (US$1.65bn) in gross gaming revenues (GGR) in the first half of 2025, according to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR). Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco noted that the venues accounted for nearly half of the local gaming industry’s total GGR of PHP215bn (US$3.79bn) from January to June 2025.
In his welcome address at the Philippine Hotel Connect 2025, organised by the Philippine Hotel Owners Association, Tengco noted that PHP16bn was paid to PAGCOR as licence fees.
He commented: “We have seen time and again how a thriving hospitality sector can drive employment, fuel trade, revive local enterprises, and bridge communities. And nowhere is this more evident than in the huge tourism contributions from our licensed integrated resort casinos within and outside Metro Manila.
“Their contributions are concrete examples of how tourism, hospitality, and gaming – when aligned and responsibly managed – become a catalyst for national resilience and progress.”
Tengco also highlighted PAGCOR’s order to remove billboard ads for online gambling and its memorandum of understanding with the Ad Standards Council to implement stricter gaming advertising guidelines.
“As the gaming industry expands, so must our safeguards. Hence, we have taken a firm stance against the proliferation of illegal and unregulated gaming operations that offer no safety nets or protection to players and, more importantly, no remittance or any form of revenue to the government,” he said.
For the first quarter, gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Philippines was PHP104.12bn (US$1.88bn). The tally was up 27.44 per cent year-on-year. The e-games and e-bingo segment was the leading revenue generator for the first time, contributing PHP51.39bn (US$927m), or 49.36 per cent of total GGR.
