{"id":21740,"date":"2021-08-19T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21740"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:30:55","slug":"philippines-dfnn-reports-ggr-of-us2m-for-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-dfnn-reports-ggr-of-us2m-for-q2","title":{"rendered":"Philippines: DFNN reports GGR of US$2m for Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>DFNN Inc has posted PHP99.9m (US$2m) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) and a net loss of PHP44m (US$872,796) for the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-<strong>\u00a0Gaming technology firm DFNN Inc<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that <strong>revenue for Q2 grew 104 per cent year-on-year<\/strong> from PHP55.1m to <strong>PHP112.4m<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GGR\u00a0reached PHP99.9m (US$2m)<\/strong>. the company also reported a net loss of PHP44.0m (US$872,796) and a <strong>PHP30.7m loss on operations<\/strong>, a decrease of 56.9 per cent from PHP71.3m in Q2 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first six months of the year,\u00a0<strong>DFNN Inc recorded gross bets of PHP2.5bn\u00a0<\/strong>through its InPlay.ph platform, and a total of PHP113.9m in GGR, up 618.7 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Calvin Lim<\/strong>, DFNN CEO, said: &#8220;The positive result of our revenue comparing the second quarters of 2020 and 2021 showing a 104 per cent increase, is due to the success of InPlay.ph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is an undeniable success as customers now opt to use the same for the reliability and convenience that it offers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-philippines-first-online-casino-approved\">DFNN Inc<\/a>\u00a0received the first online casino licence in the Philippines last year through its interactive entertainment unit, which already had a PAGCOR licence to provide services to internet cafes in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Online casino licences in the Philippines are regulated by\u00a0<strong>a new system called PIGO (Philippine Inland Gaming Operator)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-allows-two-more-irs-to-take-online-bets\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PAGCOR<\/a>&nbsp;allowed&nbsp;<strong>Solaire Resort and Casino<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Resorts World Manila&nbsp;<\/strong>to launch online gaming products. The regulator had previously given&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/okada-manilla-gets-permission-to-take-online-bets\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Okada Manila<\/a>&nbsp;permission to<strong>&nbsp;launch an online product<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DFNN Inc has posted PHP99.9m (US$2m) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) and a net loss of PHP44m (US$872,796) for the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"DFNN Inc reported Q2 GGR of PHP99.9m and a net loss of PHP44m, despite a 104% year-on-year revenue increase driven by its InPlay.ph platform. For H1, gross bets reached PHP2.5bn and GGR was PHP113.9m, up 618.7%. The company holds the Philippines' first online casino license under the PIGO regulatory system, with PAGCOR also authorizing other major resorts for online operations.","focusai_entities":"DFNN Inc, Calvin Lim, InPlay.ph, PAGCOR, Solaire Resort and Casino, Resorts World Manila, Okada Manila","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.75), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PIGO System Impact?","query":"How will the PIGO regulatory framework evolve, and what are the anticipated long-term implications for B2B and B2C licensing in the Philippine iGaming market?"},{"label":"DFNN Profitability Outlook?","query":"Given the significant GGR growth but persistent net loss, what are DFNN Inc's strategic initiatives to achieve profitability and improve operational efficiency in the coming fiscal periods?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[4138,405],"class_list":["post-21740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21740","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21740"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21758,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21740\/revisions\/21758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}