{"id":777030863,"date":"2025-08-27T08:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T11:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777030863"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:46:39","slug":"pagcor-ceo-recognised-for-leadership-in-promoting-responsible-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-ceo-recognised-for-leadership-in-promoting-responsible-advertising","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR CEO recognised for leadership in promoting responsible advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Ad Standards Council (ASC) has awarded Alejandro Tengco a a Plaque of Appreciation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Ad Standards Council (ASC) has recognised Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco, for his \u201cleadership in promoting responsible advertising in the gaming industry.\u201d\u00a0It awarded Tengco a a Plaque of Appreciation at its Patas na Patalastas Summit in Makati City, which brought together regulators, advertisers and industry stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tengco commended the ASC for its role. \u201cIndustries like ours carry an even greater responsibility to protect public trust,\u201d he said. \u201cOur partnership with ASC ensures that gambling-related advertisements are not only creative and compelling but also ethical, truthful, and mindful of their impact on society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tengco together with representatives of ASC\u2019s other government partners.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In July, the ASC and PAGCOR signed a Memorandum of Understanding<\/a> requiring all gambling-related ads \u2013 whether on TV, radio, online, or outdoors \u2013 to undergo ASC review and approval before public release. For its part, PAGCOR ordered the removal of all outdoor gambling billboards.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Philippine online gambling transactions fall 50% after e-wallets ban, PAGCOR CEO says<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ad Standards Council (ASC) has awarded Alejandro Tengco a a Plaque of Appreciation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777030866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco received a Plaque of Appreciation from the Ad Standards Council (ASC) for his leadership in promoting responsible advertising within the Philippine gaming industry. This recognition follows a recent Memorandum of Understanding between PAGCOR and ASC, mandating review and approval for all gambling-related advertisements and PAGCOR's directive for the removal of outdoor gambling billboards.","focusai_entities":"Ad Standards Council (ASC), Alejandro H. Tengco, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines, Makati City","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.85), marketing_crm (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ASC Ad Review Criteria","query":"What specific criteria and guidelines will the Ad Standards Council (ASC) apply when reviewing and approving gambling-related advertisements, and how will these differ from previous standards?"},{"label":"Operator Marketing Impact","query":"How will the mandatory ASC review and the removal of outdoor gambling billboards impact the marketing spend allocation, channel strategy, and player acquisition costs for licensed iGaming operators in the Philippines?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[405,337,24804],"class_list":["post-777030863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-regulation","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030863","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777030863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777030879,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777030863\/revisions\/777030879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777030866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777030863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777030863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777030863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}