{"id":11231,"date":"2020-10-26T22:19:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T22:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11231"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:39:42","slug":"pagcor-could-allow-casinos-to-take-online-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-could-allow-casinos-to-take-online-bets","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR could allow casinos to take online bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regulator has received several requests during the Covid-19 pandemic and it is currently analysing the possibility.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Philippines.-&nbsp;The Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) confirmed it is considering the possibility of allowing land-based casinos to take online bets due to the Covid-19 crisis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator confirmed that it has received requests from operators to allow online bets from known patrons in order to reduce the financial impact of pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong> said the\u00a0departments involved are currently conducting studies on the proposals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulator is already evaluating the legalisation of <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-could-legalise-online-cockfighting\" target=\"_blank\">streaming sabong events<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in authorised arenas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An industry source said the change was likely to be made soon but only for Philippine clients.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casinos in the Philippines were shut in March and were allowed to reopen at 30 per cent capacity in August.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAGCOR\u2019s tax <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-fee-revenue-down-almost-50\" target=\"_blank\">income has halved<\/a><\/em><\/strong> as the pandemic and the decision not to allow Philippine offshore gaming operators with tax debts to resume business has seen many operators leave the country. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulator has received several requests during the Covid-19 pandemic and it is currently analysing the possibility.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR) is evaluating requests from land-based casino operators to permit online betting for known patrons, aiming to mitigate financial losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. This regulatory consideration, alongside the potential legalization of streaming sabong, represents a significant shift in the market's operational framework. The move is expected to primarily target Philippine clients and follows a substantial decline in PAGCOR's tax revenue.","focusai_entities":"Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), tech_data (0.75), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Revenue Impact","query":"What is the projected impact on PAGCOR's GGR and NGR from allowing land-based casinos to offer online betting to known patrons, considering the current decline in tax income?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Details","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks will PAGCOR implement to ensure responsible gambling, AML, and KYC for online betting offered by land-based casinos to known patrons?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,156,158,16333],"tags":[4138,405,15789],"class_list":["post-11231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling","tag-pagcor","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231","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=11231"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010503,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11231\/revisions\/777010503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}