Philippines

PAGCOR’s Casino Sale To Be Extra Difficult As Local Players Move To Entertainment City And Clark; Local Demand As Main Driver Of Philippine Gaming Industry

Philippines gaming regulator PAGCOR's move to officially sell its casinos is predicted to be hampered by the growing number of domestic players moving from PAGCOR casinos to integrated resorts in Manila and Cla...

Philippine Gaming Revenues Hit US$1.24 billion in Q1 2023

Inside Asian Gaming reports that the gross gaming revenues of the Philippine gambling industry soared to Php68.9 billion (US$1.24 billion) in the first quarter of 2023. The strong growth was reportedly driven b...
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PH Resorts Group Continues Negotiations with Investors for IR Project in Cebu

Udenna Group’s subsidiary for the gaming and hospitality industry, PH Resorts Group, is planning to continue the development of its new integrated resort project, which will be situated in Cebu. Negotiations...

Aristocrat Opens First Dedicated Gaming Showroom in Manila

Australian gaming machines and iGaming innovator, Aristocrat Leisure Ltd, reportedly opened “the first dedicated gaming showroom” in the Philippines. As GGRAsia reports, the gaming facility is part of Aristocra...

Pagcor Doubled Net Income in Q1 on 50% Revenue Growth

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, PAGCOR, the Philippine gaming regulator, reported that its net income for the first quarter of 2023 amounted to approximately PHP1.34 billion (US$24.0 million). ...
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Pagcor’s Fight Against Illegal Betting in the Philippines

The illegal gambling scene is expanding in the Philippines. The authorities are fighting against that with all possible weapons, and the last was a warning that was issued by the Philippine gaming regulator.  ...

Bloomberry Develops Third Solaire Resort in Cavite in the Philippines

The casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp., owned by casino mogul Enrique Razon, announced the development of the third casino project upon the launch of its Solaire Resort North in Quezon City in the Philipp...

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...