{"id":7476,"date":"2020-06-22T20:38:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T20:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7476"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:15:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:15:41","slug":"11-pogos-allowed-to-resume-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/11-pogos-allowed-to-resume-operations","title":{"rendered":"11 POGOs allowed to resume operations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>11 operators have been given the green light by PAGCOR and the BIR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (<strong><em>PAGCOR<\/em><\/strong>) has cleared 11 Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) to resume operations following Covid-19 lockdown measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restrictions began to <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pogos-philippines-partially-reopen\" target=\"_blank\">ease for POGOs in May<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and since then 11 have obtained an Authority to Resume Operations (ARO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means the companies have the approval of PAGCOR and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to restart operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>POGOs have attracted criticism during the Covid-19 crisis, with fiscal authorities demanding they <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/senator-de-lima-to-investigate-pogos\" target=\"_blank\">pay over P50 billion<\/a><\/em><\/strong> (about US$997 million) in unpaid taxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several initiatives in the Philippine Congress aim to use the <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/drilon-pogos-covid\" target=\"_blank\">money to fund Covid-19 response<\/a><\/em><\/strong> programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The STAR reported today that at least five POGOs and ten local service providers have closed down in recent weeks because of the inability to operate during the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 operators have been given the green light by PAGCOR and the BIR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7478,"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 and the BIR have granted Authority to Resume Operations (ARO) to 11 Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs) following the easing of Covid-19 lockdown measures. This development occurs amidst ongoing demands from fiscal authorities for POGOs to settle over P50 billion in unpaid taxes, with several legislative initiatives proposing to allocate these funds to Covid-19 response programs. Concurrently, at least five POGOs and ten local service providers have ceased operations due to pandemic-related disruptions.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Bureau of Internal Revenue, BIR, The STAR","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tax Collection Outlook","query":"What is the projected timeline and enforcement strategy for the BIR to collect the outstanding P50 billion in unpaid taxes from POGOs, and what are the implications for operators who remain non-compliant?"},{"label":"Market Consolidation Impact","query":"How will the recent closures of POGOs and local service providers impact the competitive landscape and B2B supply chain within the Philippine offshore gaming market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,16333],"tags":[405,15789,2895],"class_list":["post-7476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-pogos","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476","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=7476"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010515,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7476\/revisions\/777010515"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}