{"id":777029645,"date":"2025-07-29T09:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029645"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:34:23","slug":"philippines-gross-gaming-revenue-increases-in-first-half-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/philippines-gross-gaming-revenue-increases-in-first-half-of-2025","title":{"rendered":"Philippine gross gaming revenue increases in first half of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GGR increased by 26 per cent from the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- Gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Philippines totalled PHP214.75bn (US$3.74bn) in the first half of 2025, up 26 per cent from PHP171bn (US$2.98bn) in the same period in 2024. E-games represented 53.47 per cent of total GGR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), the e-games and e-bingo segment led the market with PHP114.83bn (US$2bn) in gross revenues. Licensed casinos, including integrated resorts<\/a> and brick-and-mortar casinos in Metro Manila, Clark, Cebu, La Union and Rizal, reported PHP93.36bn (US$1.65bn). PAGCOR-operated casinos generated PHP6.56bn, representing 3.06 per cent of industry GGR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PAGCOR chairman and CEO Alejandro H Tengco <\/strong>said: \u201cPAGCOR recognizes the earning potential of the e-games sector, but as the country\u2019s gaming regulator, our foremost responsibility is to ensure that growth comes with accountability. Our role goes beyond revenue generation; and as partners of the government in nation-building, we are committed to always strike a balance between enabling industry expansion and ensuring it aligns with responsible gaming standards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tengco noted that the state gaming agency recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ad Standards Council (ASC)<\/a> for the regulation and pre-screening of gambling-related advertisements<\/a> across all media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first quarter<\/a>, gross gaming revenue (GGR) in the Philippines was PHP104.12bn (US$1.88bn), up 27.44 per cent year-on-year. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine IRs report US$1.65bn in GGR for the first half of 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GGR increased by 26 per cent from the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":218,"featured_media":777022557,"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 Philippines reported a robust 26% year-on-year increase in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for H1 2025, reaching PHP214.75bn, primarily driven by the e-games sector which accounted for over 53% of total GGR. PAGCOR, as the regulator, emphasized balancing industry expansion with responsible gaming standards, highlighted by a new MOU with the Ad Standards Council for gambling advertisement pre-screening.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Alejandro H Tengco, Ad Standards Council, ASC","focusai_location":"The Philippines, Metro Manila, Clark, Cebu, La Union, Rizal","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Advertising Compliance Mechanisms?","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms will PAGCOR and ASC implement to ensure compliance with the new advertising pre-screening protocols across all media platforms?"},{"label":"E-games vs. Land-based Strategy?","query":"How does the rapid growth of the e-games sector impact PAGCOR's long-term strategy for land-based casino development and investment, particularly concerning resource allocation and market positioning?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,24628,158,16333],"tags":[405,128],"class_list":["post-777029645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029645","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\/218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029645"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029660,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029645\/revisions\/777029660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777022557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}