{"id":777024222,"date":"2025-03-18T04:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777024222"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:45:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:45:03","slug":"pagcor-chairman-alejandro-tengco-to-receive-honorary-award-at-asia-gaming-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-chairman-alejandro-tengco-to-receive-honorary-award-at-asia-gaming-awards-2025","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR chairman Alejandro Tengco to receive honorary Award at Asia Gaming Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Asia Gaming Awards 2025 will be held today (March 18) at the Grand Ballroom of the Shangri-La The Fort in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Manila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Press release.- <strong>Alejandro H. Tengco<\/strong>, chairman and chief executive officer of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) will receive a special honorary award at the\u00a0<strong>Asia Gaming Awards 2025.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This accolade recognises Tengco\u2019s transformative leadership and significant contributions to the Philippine gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Appointed as PAGCOR\u2019s chief in 2022, Tengco has implemented strategic reforms that have revitalised the country\u2019s gaming sector. Under his guidance, PAGCOR\u2019s revenue reached <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-posts-income-of-us1-41bn-for-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a record PHP112bn (US$1.92bn) in 2024<\/a>, marking a 41 per cent increase from the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Asia Gaming Awards 2025 <\/strong>will be held today (March 18) at the Grand Ballroom of the Shangri-La The Fort in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Manila. The event celebrated outstanding achievements across various sectors, including land-based, online, regulatory, and industry voice categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, new award categories have been introduced, such as Regulatory Landmark, Reliability in Online Gaming, Compliance Solution, Casino Online Convergence, and Industry Choice awards, reflecting the evolving landscape of the gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coinciding with the awards ceremony is <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/asean-gaming-summit-2025-unveils-power-packed-agenda-featuring-industry-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the ASEAN Gaming Summit 2025<\/a>, scheduled from March 17 to 19 at the same venue. The summit serves as a premier platform for networking, knowledge-sharing, and exploring advancements in gaming technology, regulation, and market trends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees can participate in panel discussions, workshops, and exhibitions, gaining valuable insights into the opportunities and challenges within the gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry stakeholders and participants are reminded of the opportunity to engage with leaders like Tengco, who are shaping the future of gaming in the ASEAN region, at the <strong>ASEAN Gaming Summit 2025<\/strong>. The summit promises to be an enriching experience for all attendees, fostering collaboration and innovation in the gaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Asia Gaming Awards 2025 will be held today (March 18) at the Grand Ballroom of the Shangri-La The Fort in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Manila.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777024149,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":true,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Alejandro H. Tengco, Chairman and CEO of PAGCOR, will receive a special honorary award at the Asia Gaming Awards 2025 for his transformative leadership, which led to PAGCOR's record PHP112bn revenue in 2024. The awards ceremony, coinciding with the ASEAN Gaming Summit 2025 in Manila, will introduce new categories reflecting evolving industry standards in regulatory compliance and online gaming.","focusai_entities":"Alejandro H. Tengco, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Asia Gaming Awards, ASEAN Gaming Summit, Shangri-La The Fort","focusai_location":"Manila, Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Philippines","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 (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Revenue Impact?","query":"What specific policy reforms implemented by Alejandro H. Tengco contributed most significantly to PAGCOR's 41% GGR increase, and what are the projections for sustained growth in the Philippine gaming market?"},{"label":"New Award Categories Significance?","query":"How do the newly introduced award categories, such as 'Regulatory Landmark' and 'Compliance Solution,' reflect the evolving governance frameworks and operational priorities within the ASEAN iGaming industry?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,24777,159,16333],"tags":[24660,24665],"class_list":["post-777024222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-articles","category-partner-news","category-shows","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-asean-gaming-summit-2025","tag-asia-gaming-awards-2025","press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024222","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=777024222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024239,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024222\/revisions\/777024239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777024149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777024222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}