{"id":777031240,"date":"2025-09-04T08:19:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T11:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777031240"},"modified":"2026-04-21T19:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:30:31","slug":"online-gaming-license-fees-surpass-us1-2bn-in-the-philippines-from-january-to-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/online-gaming-license-fees-surpass-us1-2bn-in-the-philippines-from-january-to-july","title":{"rendered":"Philippine online gaming licence fees surpass US$1.2bn from January to July"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

PHP41bn (US$716m) came from electronic games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has said that online gaming generated PHP69bn (US$1.2bn) in licence fees from January to July this year. Of the total, PHP41bn (US$716m) came from electronic games (egames) while PHP28bn (US$489m) came from other online game offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause of its huge potential, online gaming has become an important source of funds for our nation-building commitments, including PAGCOR\u2019s support for education, health care, and community development,\u201d PAGCOR chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco said in a report to the House Committee on Games and Amusements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first seven months of 2025, online gaming contributed PHP27.47bn\u00a0(USD480m) to nation-building, including PHP14.72bn (US$257m) for the Universal Health Care Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery peso we collect from the gaming sector translates to meaningful projects such as classrooms for our children, health programs for our people, and safe spaces for communities in times of calamity. This is how we ensure that gaming directly benefits Filipinos,\u201d Tengco said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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PAGCOR’s Alejandro Tengco.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR chief also warned of the growing threat of illegal online operators<\/a> that entice players of all ages without safeguards and said: \u201cThese illegal sites not only deprive the government of much-needed revenues but also expose Filipino players to numerous risks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He vowed stronger enforcement<\/a> against such platforms and said that \u201cPAGCOR is committed to strengthening regulation and enforcement to ensure that only legitimate and properly monitored operators are allowed to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Ban on online gambling in Mongolia confirmed<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PHP41bn (US$716m) came from electronic games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777031243,"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) reported PHP69bn (US$1.2bn) in online gaming license fees from January to July, with electronic games contributing PHP41bn. Chairman Alejandro H. Tengco emphasized the sector's significant role in national development funding and PAGCOR's commitment to strengthening regulation and enforcement against illegal operators. This initiative aims to protect players and secure government revenues from the burgeoning online gaming market.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, Alejandro H. Tengco, House Committee on Games and Amusements","focusai_location":"The Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"PAGCOR Revenue Growth Drivers","query":"What specific policy changes or market dynamics have contributed to the significant year-over-year growth in PAGCOR's online gaming license fee revenue, particularly from egames?"},{"label":"Impact of Illegal Operators","query":"Beyond revenue loss, what are the quantifiable risks and market distortions posed by illegal online operators that PAGCOR aims to mitigate through enhanced enforcement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338,24628,158],"tags":[29,1897,405,337],"class_list":["post-777031240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","category-highlight-of-the-week","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-igaming","tag-pagcor","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031240","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=777031240"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777031257,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777031240\/revisions\/777031257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777031243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777031240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777031240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777031240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}