{"id":11988,"date":"2020-11-23T12:08:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T12:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=11988"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:51:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:51:41","slug":"life-after-pogos-agb-pop-up-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/life-after-pogos-agb-pop-up-forum","title":{"rendered":"Life after POGOs: AGB pop-up Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Asia Gaming Brief is organising a pop-up forum on December 9 with discussions on what\u2019s next for POGOs, PIGOs, and online gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Philippines online gaming industry is going through uncertain times, with the gaming regulator seeing more and more operators leaving the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the announcement of the proposed land-based casino online licensing scheme could signal, for better or worse, further changes in the online and land-based gaming landscape in Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to these uncertain times, Asia Gaming Brief is organising a pop-up forum on December 9 with discussions on what\u2019s next for POGOs, PIGOs, and online gaming in Asia as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers already confirmed to participate include Atty. Mel Georgie B. Racela, executive director of the Anti-Money Laundering Council in the Philippines, who will be interviewed by Asia Gaming Brief ahead of the forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with interest in the subject can register on the event website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asia Gaming Brief is organising a pop-up forum on December 9 with discussions on what\u2019s next for POGOs, PIGOs, and online gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Asia Gaming Brief is organizing a forum on December 9 to address the uncertain future of POGOs, PIGOs, and online gaming in the Philippines, amidst an exodus of operators and a proposed land-based casino online licensing scheme. The event will feature discussions on regulatory changes and market dynamics, with Atty. Mel Georgie B. Racela of the Anti-Money Laundering Council confirmed as a speaker. This initiative aims to provide clarity for industry stakeholders navigating significant shifts in the Asian iGaming landscape.","focusai_entities":"Asia Gaming Brief, Atty. Mel Georgie B. Racela, Anti-Money Laundering Council","focusai_location":"Philippines, Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"POGO\/PIGO Regulatory Outlook?","query":"What specific regulatory amendments or enforcement actions are anticipated for POGOs and PIGOs, and how might these impact their operational sustainability and licensing status in the Philippines?"},{"label":"Land-Based Online Licensing Impact?","query":"How will the proposed land-based casino online licensing scheme alter the competitive landscape for existing online operators and attract new entrants, particularly concerning GGR and NGR projections?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,159,16333],"tags":[128,15789],"class_list":["post-11988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-articles","category-shows","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-philippines","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988","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=11988"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21259,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11988\/revisions\/21259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}