{"id":777040030,"date":"2026-04-02T08:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T11:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777040030"},"modified":"2026-04-21T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:53:14","slug":"pagcor-delays-new-minimum-fee-for-online-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pagcor-delays-new-minimum-fee-for-online-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"PAGCOR delays new minimum fee for online gaming operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Philippine regulator has deferred the implementation of the Minimum Guaranteed Fee (MGF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has announced a two-month deferment for the introduction of its new Minimum Guaranteed Fee (MGF)<\/a> for licensed online gaming operators. Originally scheduled to begin on April 1, the first phase will now take effect on June 1 2026, while the second phase has been pushed back to January 1 2027. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision is a response to the current economic crisis. The Philippines has declared a national energy emergency due to global oil shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tew policy will impose fixed monthly payments on the 65 licensed Gaming System Administrators (GSAs) regardless of their actual revenue. Between June and December 2026, e-casino operators will be subject to a monthly minimum fee of PHP9m (US$150,000), while other providers, such as sportsbooks, must pay PHP3m (US$50,000). Starting in 2027, these requirements will increase to PHP10.5m (US$175,000) and PHP4m (US$67,000), respectively.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGCOR said its licensing department will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of industry conditions to determine whether to proceed or further adjust the timeline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The implementation of the MGF is intended to tackle the issues of under-declaration or misdeclaration of revenues within the electronic gaming sector.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> New PAGCOR rules expected to trigger consolidation in Philippine online gaming market<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Philippine regulator has deferred the implementation of the Minimum Guaranteed Fee (MGF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777033801,"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 deferred the implementation of its Minimum Guaranteed Fee (MGF) for licensed online gaming operators by two months, citing the current economic crisis and national energy emergency. This policy, designed to combat revenue under-declaration, will now commence its first phase on June 1, 2026, imposing fixed monthly payments on 65 Gaming System Administrators (GSAs) regardless of actual GGR. PAGCOR will conduct a comprehensive evaluation to determine future adjustments.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR)","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MGF Impact on GGR?","query":"How will the deferred Minimum Guaranteed Fee (MGF) implementation and its fixed payment structure influence reported Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for licensed operators in the Philippines, particularly concerning potential under-declaration issues?"},{"label":"Market Consolidation Outlook?","query":"Given the MGF's fixed cost imposition, what is the revised timeline and projected scale of market consolidation among the 65 licensed Gaming System Administrators (GSAs) in the Philippines, considering the economic deferment?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[20479,405,24804],"class_list":["post-777040030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gaming","tag-pagcor","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040030","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=777040030"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040045,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777040030\/revisions\/777040045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777040030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777040030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777040030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}