Casinos of the Philippines

Philippine Senator Recommends Banning POGOs Within 3 Months

Philippine Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate’s Committee on Ways and Means, recommended the country's government to officially shut down Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), which are ...

AMLC Study Reveals Unknown Number Of Phillipine Junket Operators’ Failure to Report Suspicious Transactions

The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has officially released a study on suspicious transactions connected with casino junkets, which revealed many examples of junket operators who didn’t report c...
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Deal with PH Resorts Group Terminated by Bloomberry Resorts Corp

It was announced on Wednesday that Solaire Resort’s parent company, Bloomberry Resorts Corp, terminated the deal related to acquiring a stake in integrated resort developments in Cebu and Clark, owned by PH Res...

Local Demand Drove Bloomberry To 84% yearly GGR Growth in 4Q22

Bloomberry Resorts Corporation, a gaming, entertainment, tourism and hotel holding company based in Phillipines, has publicly announced a net profit of Php1.1 billion, which is approximately 20.0 million US dol...

PAGCOR Gaming Revenue Increases 69% to US$1 Billion in 2022

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, the Philippine gaming regulator, publicly announced a 68.7% increase in revenue from gaming operations to Php 55.1 billion, which is approximately 1.0 bi...
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Pagcor Interrogated Regarding Crimes of the POGOs Auditor

Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators’ revenues had to be monitored by the third-party auditor, and it’s not uncommon - but what is surprising is that the third-party auditor doesn’t possess the business permit....

Travel restrictions ahead of Chinese New Year impact Chinese gambling destinations

Beijing states that various countries are ''taking discriminatory entry restriction measures targeting China” after the country saw a rapid decline in COVID-19 cases and opened up to foreign countries. Chinese ...
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Privatization of Philippines Casinos Gains Secretary’s Support

Benjamin Diokno, the Philippines' Department of Finance Secretary, announced the plans for the Philippines casinos. The plans for privatization have been recently resurrected, and PAGCOR is about to privatize t...

Philippines casino industry projected to achieve $10 billion in GGR by 2027

With the opening of new casinos, the Philippines casino industry will achieve GGR of 10 billion dollars by 2027, doubling its revenues in just 5 years, according to analysts from GCG Gaming Advisory Services, a...

Megaworld Arranges $261 million Financing of new Winford casino project: Metro Manila

One of the biggest property developers in the Philippines, Megaworld Corporation, part of Aliance Global Group Inc., has signed a 261 mllion dollar (PHP 15 billion) investment agreement with Winford Resort for ...

Local Demand led Bloomberry to 89% yearly GGR growth in 3Q22

During the past 3 months until September 30th, 2022, Bloomberry Resorts Corporation's, a leading developer of tourist facilities, casino entertainment, hotel and amusement-themed projects, gross gaming revenue ...