{"id":777017513,"date":"2024-07-24T09:44:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017513"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:51:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:51:57","slug":"digiplus-unaffected-by-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-unaffected-by-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"DigiPlus unaffected by ban on offshore gaming operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company&#8217;s president stressed that it \u201cis not a POGO or an Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL)&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- DigiPlus has issued a company filing declaring that it will not be affected by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\">ban on offshore gaming operators<\/a> (formerly known as POGOs). The digital gaming business stressed that it focuses on the local market and has physical branches in the country to ensure accessibility for clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that as a publicly listed company, it is subject to different legal requirements and has obtained licences to operate traditional bingo, electronic bingo games, electronic gaming services, sports betting, speciality games and poker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andy Tsui, president of DigiPlus said: &#8220;DigiPlus is not a POGO or an Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL) as defined under Philippine laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DigiPlus provides digital entertainment platforms such as BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, Perya Game, and BingoPlus Poker. In the first quarter of the year, <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/digiplus-posts-net-income-of-us35m-for-q1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DigiPlus posted a net income of PHP2bn (US$35m)<\/a>, up 358 per cent\u00a0when\u00a0compared to last year. Revenue was up 226 per cent in year-on-year terms to PHP13.6bn (US$236m), driven\u00a0by higher traffic for the live-streaming bingo game, BingoPlus, and digital sports betting through ArenaPlus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pnp-launches-task-force-to-tackle-illegal-offshore-gaming-operators\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PNP launches task force to tackle illegal offshore gaming operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company&#8217;s president stressed that it \u201cis not a POGO or an Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL)&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"DigiPlus has clarified its operational status, asserting it is not a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) or an Internet Gaming Licensee (IGL) and is therefore unaffected by the government's ban on offshore gaming. The company emphasizes its focus on the local market with physical branches and a comprehensive suite of B2C licenses, reporting significant Q1 2024 financial growth driven by its BingoPlus and ArenaPlus platforms.","focusai_entities":"DigiPlus, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Andy Tsui, BingoPlus, ArenaPlus, Perya Game, BingoPlus Poker, PNP","focusai_location":"The Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Outlook for Local Operators?","query":"Given the POGO crackdown, what is the long-term regulatory outlook for locally licensed digital gaming operators in the Philippines, and how might this impact market entry or expansion strategies for other entities?"},{"label":"DigiPlus Growth Drivers?","query":"What specific operational and marketing strategies underpin DigiPlus's impressive Q1 revenue and net income growth, particularly in its core verticals like live-streaming bingo and digital sports betting?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[24370,15789],"class_list":["post-777017513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-digiplus","tag-pogos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017513","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=777017513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017532,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017513\/revisions\/777017532"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}