{"id":777017628,"date":"2024-07-29T09:14:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T12:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777017628"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:44:30","slug":"pagcor-denies-ordering-immediate-shutdown-of-offshore-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-denies-ordering-immediate-shutdown-of-offshore-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR denies ordering immediate shutdown of offshore gaming operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>PAGCOR says the order is fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has issued a statement saying that a memo dated July 26 that ordered local government units (LGUs) to terminate the operations of offshore gaming operators by August is fake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney Jessa Mariz Fernandez, head of PAGCOR\u2019s offshore gaming licensing department, said the memo sent to LGUs in Metro Manila was a manipulated version of an earlier memorandum issued on July 23, the day after <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-orders-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a ban was announced.<\/a> She said the president&#8217;s directive allows operations to continue until the end of the year and said the disinformation was an attempt &#8220;to create chaos and confusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said: &#8220;Whoever is behind this clearly has ulterior motives, and we shall ask the National Bureau of Investigation to investigate and unmask them to determine their motives.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fernandez added: &#8220;We reiterate, and we advise our LGUs, that licensed IGLs can continue operating until we have determined the process of winding down their operations, which we currently have not yet finalized.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/chinese-embassy-welcomes-philippine-ban-on-offshore-gaming-operators\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chinese Embassy welcomes Philippine ban on offshore gaming operators<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PAGCOR says the order is fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777008355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has officially disavowed a fraudulent memorandum instructing local government units to terminate offshore gaming operators (IGLs) by August. Attorney Jessa Mariz Fernandez, head of PAGCOR\u2019s offshore gaming licensing department, clarified that licensed IGLs are permitted to operate until year-end, with the official winding-down process still under development. PAGCOR views this disinformation as an attempt to create market chaos and has initiated an investigation with the National Bureau of Investigation.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Jessa Mariz Fernandez, National Bureau of Investigation","focusai_location":"Philippines, Metro Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR's Disinformation Strategy","query":"What enhanced communication protocols and enforcement mechanisms is PAGCOR implementing to prevent future disinformation campaigns from destabilizing the iGaming market and impacting licensed operators?"},{"label":"IGL Wind-Down Process","query":"Beyond the year-end operational allowance, what specific, phased guidelines will PAGCOR issue for the orderly wind-down of IGL operations, including timelines for license revocation and asset disposition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777017628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017628","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=777017628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777017657,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777017628\/revisions\/777017657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777008355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777017628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777017628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777017628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}