{"id":10908,"date":"2020-10-14T21:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10908"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:59:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:59:19","slug":"pagcor-could-legalise-online-cockfighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-could-legalise-online-cockfighting","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR could legalise online cockfighting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Andrea Domingo has said the regulator may establish a mechanism for streaming sabong events in authorised arenas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Philippines.- Andrea Domingo, head of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) has revealed that the regulator may issue regulations to licence e-sabong \u2013 cockfights streamed online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move to legalise the streaming of the popular game would serve the purpose of avoiding physical gatherings while also increasing government income from gaming taxes.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Domingo said: “PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong> can issue the proper regulations in order to license and legitimize operations of local online\u00a0sabong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In this way, bettors will be protected and regulated, legitimate and licensed local online sabong operations will be identified and will be allowed to operate, and the Government will be able to collect proper fees and taxes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Further, licensed local online sabong operators will only be allowed to livestream cockfights from cockpit arenas duly licensed by the local government units and with the necessary permits.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The streaming of cockfights is currently banned and people have been warned that participating in events could harm efforts to reduce Covid-19 cases.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government, however, is looking to increase its tax income from gaming to provide funds for pandemic relief efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week two electronic games licence holders have been told to expect new rules<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and procedures from PAGCOR in the near future, which would indicate the possibility of a new regulations for online gaming.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrea Domingo has said the regulator may establish a mechanism for streaming sabong events in authorised arenas. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"PAGCOR, under Andrea Domingo, is exploring the legalization and regulation of e-sabong (online cockfighting) in the Philippines. This initiative aims to mitigate physical gatherings, establish a regulated environment for bettors, and generate increased government tax revenue to support pandemic relief efforts. New operational guidelines are expected for electronic games licence holders.","focusai_entities":"Andrea Domingo, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's E-Sabong GGR Projections?","query":"What are PAGCOR's projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contributions from regulated e-sabong operations in the first 12-24 months?"},{"label":"E-Sabong Licensing Framework?","query":"What specific B2B\/B2C licensing requirements and governance frameworks will PAGCOR implement for e-sabong operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,154,158,16333],"tags":[4138,405,128],"class_list":["post-10908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10908"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010507,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10908\/revisions\/777010507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}