{"id":11555,"date":"2020-11-05T20:45:01","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T20:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11555"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:20:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:20:38","slug":"pagcor-clarifies-permission-for-online-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-clarifies-permission-for-online-bets","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR clarifies permission for online bets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only&nbsp;Solaire Resort &amp; Casino has been cleared to legally take online bets in the Philippines, and its system still has to pass testing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-&nbsp;The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has denied having cleared three integrated resorts to legally take online bets from known patrons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong> says that so far, only the\u00a0application\u00a0of\u00a0Bloomberry\u2019s\u00a0Solaire Resort &amp; Casino has been approved, with requests by Okada Manila and City of Dreams still being studied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent report from Bloomberg said the <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-clears-3-operators-to-take-online-bets\" target=\"_blank\">three resorts had received the green light<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PAGCOR added that Solaire\u2019s system for taking online bets still needs to undergo testing by the Gaming Licensing and Development Department.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only&nbsp;Solaire Resort &amp; Casino has been cleared to legally take online bets in the Philippines, and its system still has to pass testing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11557,"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 has clarified that only Bloomberry's Solaire Resort & Casino has received approval to offer online betting to known patrons in the Philippines, with its system still requiring final testing. Applications from Okada Manila and City of Dreams remain under review, refuting earlier reports of broader approvals.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Bloomberry, Solaire Resort & Casino, Okada Manila, City of Dreams, Bloomberg","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's Testing Criteria?","query":"What specific technical and operational criteria will PAGCOR's Gaming Licensing and Development Department apply during the system testing phase for Solaire's online betting platform?"},{"label":"Impact on Market Entry?","query":"How will PAGCOR's staggered approval process for online betting licenses impact the competitive landscape and market entry timelines for other integrated resorts in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[158,16333],"tags":[405,128],"class_list":["post-11555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11555","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=11555"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010485,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11555\/revisions\/777010485"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}