{"id":777029555,"date":"2025-07-28T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029555"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:36:55","slug":"philippine-president-makes-no-mention-of-online-gambling-in-state-of-the-nation-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippine-president-makes-no-mention-of-online-gambling-in-state-of-the-nation-speech","title":{"rendered":"Philippine president makes no mention of online gambling in state of the nation speech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken no stance on igaming, leaving lawmakers, operators and critics in suspense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- President Ferdinand Marcos Jr<\/strong> made no mention of online gambling in his fourth State of the Nation Address<\/strong> (SONA). It had been expected that he would express his position on the issue amid growing calls for a ban or tighter regulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a year ago, Marcos used the speech to announce a ban on Philippine offshore gaming operators<\/strong> (POGOs). Some believed this year could see that extended to domestic online gambling. However, the 70-minute speech focused on health, infrastructure, anti-corruption and foreign investment with no reference to the online gambling sector.<\/p>\n\n\n

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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Some have interpreted the silence as support for the current regulatory framework, while others see it as a sign of indecision. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been several legislative proposals for bans on online gambling, and finance secretary Ralph Recto has suggested higher taxes and stricter oversight<\/a>. For the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation<\/strong> (PAGCOR), online gaming generated PHP51bn (US$890m) in the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine president reportedly considers online gambling ban<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has taken no stance on igaming, leaving lawmakers, operators and critics in suspense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":17179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. notably omitted any mention of domestic online gambling in his recent State of the Nation Address, despite prior expectations for a definitive stance on potential bans or stricter regulations. This silence leaves industry stakeholders in suspense, with interpretations ranging from tacit support for the existing framework to governmental indecision. The sector remains a significant revenue generator, evidenced by PAGCOR's PHP51bn (US$890m) in online gaming revenue for Q1 2025.","focusai_entities":"Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Ralph Recto","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Revenue Impact","query":"How might the Philippine government's continued regulatory ambiguity regarding domestic online gambling impact PAGCOR's projected GGR and NGR contributions from the sector in subsequent fiscal periods?"},{"label":"Legislative Outlook","query":"What specific legislative proposals are currently under consideration, and what is the probability of their enactment given the President's non-committal stance on domestic online gambling?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16333],"tags":[225,4138,24804],"class_list":["post-777029555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-legislation","tag-online-gambling","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029555","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029555"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029779,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029555\/revisions\/777029779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}