{"id":777024458,"date":"2025-03-25T09:53:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T12:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777024458"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:31:03","slug":"pagcor-orders-licensee-to-stop-sponsoring-controversial-online-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-orders-licensee-to-stop-sponsoring-controversial-online-show","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR orders licensee to stop sponsoring controversial online show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The regulator has ordered a licensee to withdraw sponsorship from a programme featuring women without bras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has announced that it has ordered a licenced operator to withdraw sponsorship from an online television show hosted by a popular actor that features women not wearing bras. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jeremy Luglug, PAGCOR assistant vice president for the electronic gaming and licensing department, said he immediately called the licensee after concerns were raised in a podcast. He said the licensee does not own the show and is a Filipino company, not a foreign entity as alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luglug said: &#8220;We will not tolerate such advertising support by any of our licensees for such very demeaning and sex-oriented show. Our licensees have very strict Know Your Customer or KYC protocols to ensure that only those who are 21 years old and above can play. And the same is true with our e-wallet providers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added: &#8220;That is why we urge the public, especially our parents, to ensure that young people are not able to access sites that are intended only for adults. We also urge gamers and players to patronize only PAGCOR-licensed gaming operators to preserve the integrity of the gaming industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/05\/The-Philippines-is-looking-to-expand-its-online-gambling-market-300x200.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/senator-says-review-of-philippine-inland-online-gaming-should-use-same-criteria-as-for-pogos\">Senator says review of Philippine inland online gaming should use same criteria as for POGOs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The regulator has ordered a licensee to withdraw sponsorship from a programme featuring women without bras.<\/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 ordered a licensed operator to withdraw sponsorship from an online television program featuring inappropriate content. This regulatory action underscores PAGCOR's stringent stance on advertising compliance, responsible gambling, and the integrity of the iGaming sector, emphasizing adherence to KYC protocols and age verification.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Jeremy Luglug","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Advertising Guidelines?","query":"What specific clauses within PAGCOR's licensing and advertising guidelines were violated by the sponsored content, and how are these communicated to licensees?"},{"label":"Licensee Penalties & Impact?","query":"Beyond the withdrawal of sponsorship, what are the potential financial or operational penalties for the licensee, and how might this impact future licensing renewals or market standing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[405],"class_list":["post-777024458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024458","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=777024458"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024494,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024458\/revisions\/777024494"}],"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=777024458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}