{"id":777045023,"date":"2026-07-17T08:22:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045023"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T11:23:07","slug":"plan-to-separate-pagcor-casino-business-from-regulator-set-for-key-government-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/plan-to-separate-pagcor-casino-business-from-regulator-set-for-key-government-review","title":{"rendered":"Plan to separate PAGCOR casino business from regulator set for key government review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Governance Commission is expected to submit its recommendation to the Office of the President next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Philippines.- The plan to separate the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation\u2019s (PAGCOR) regulatory and casino operating functions is expected to reach a key stage in August<\/strong>. The Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG) is scheduled to complete its review of the plans and submit its recommendation to the Office of the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The review will allow the Office of the President to evaluate the proposal and issue an executive order. According to PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco<\/strong>, this could be by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed change would see PAGCOR give up its role as a casino operator<\/strong> to focus exclusively on regulation. The state-owned Casino Filipino chain would be privatised<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tengco described the reform as one of his main objectives, saying: \u201cI think this will be my legacy, to be able to decouple, and PAGCOR will only be a regulator.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GCG Chair Marius Corpus<\/strong> said the review is in its final stages but still needed to be approved. He said PAGCOR’s reorganisation would be carried out in phases once approved and noted that existing integrated resort operators had expressed interest<\/strong> in Casino Filipino properties.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> PAGCOR orders gambling ads to be replaced with problem gambling helpline messaging<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Governance Commission is expected to submit its recommendation to the Office of the President next month.<\/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 Governance Commission is poised to recommend the separation of PAGCOR's regulatory and casino operating functions to the Office of the President next month. This strategic reform aims for PAGCOR to exclusively focus on regulation, leading to the privatization of its Casino Filipino chain. The move is expected to create significant M&A opportunities and redefine the nation's iGaming governance framework.","focusai_entities":"Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations (GCG), Office of the President, Alejandro Tengco, Marius Corpus, Casino Filipino","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Privatization Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for the phased privatization of Casino Filipino properties, and what specific assets are expected to be divested first?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How will PAGCOR's exclusive regulatory focus impact the existing B2B and B2C licensing frameworks, and what changes are anticipated for compliance and enforcement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[405,24804],"class_list":["post-777045023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-pagcor","tag-the-philippines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045023","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=777045023"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045034,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045023\/revisions\/777045034"}],"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=777045023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}