PAGCOR tightens rules, but Offshore Casinos remain accessible

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people can still take a lawyer and bring to justice the company trying to scam them.

It's easy to say that but if you are familiar with how the law works in the Philippines, you would not think of taking it to court if the amount is not that big since the justice system is very slow. For cases like that, it might take many years before they get resolved so it's not worth it as you might end up spending more money hiring a lawyer than what you could potentially recover.

As for me, I'll just worry about that when I win. So far I haven't had any problems with my winnings as they are paying, but the majority of my bets are actually on casinos here that we call offshore casinos. We're lucky since our government is not that strict, they announce that they are blocking these sites but there's a trick to easily bypass those restrictions.

[Peanutswar]

It seems the government just wanted to get the tax from these casinos, and they can easily be manipulated because of being monopolized, ive seen two news related to this issue that the regulated casino does not want to pay the winners and keep telling it is just a system glitch just to avoid paying the players AFAIK they offered around 1M-5M Pesos but they declined never heard about the news if this fix already. Imagine they are regulated because they make people safe and fair for the users but ended up they are just acting a middleman and the losers are the players.

[Shinpako09]

It seems the government just wanted to get the tax from these casinos, and they can easily be manipulated because of being monopolized, ive seen two news related to this issue that the regulated casino does not want to pay the winners and keep telling it is just a system glitch just to avoid paying the players AFAIK they offered around 1M-5M Pesos but they declined never heard about the news if this fix already. Imagine they are regulated because they make people safe and fair for the users but ended up they are just acting a middleman and the losers are the players.

I think that player is one of those who went to the NBI and filed a complaint. The agency is clearly just after the tax and doesn't care about the players. The moment that player went to PAGCOR, they should have resolved it and stood their ground with the player, but they didn't. Instead of getting the money, he ended up with nothing because of them.

The moment they offered compensation and even increased it when he declined the first offer, just to get him to drop the case, you know there might be something fishy going on. If they are so confident that it was just a system glitch, then why did they offer compensation?

[cryptoaddictchie]

We're lucky since our government is not that strict, they announce that they are blocking these sites but there's a trick to easily bypass those restrictions.

It seems theres not much crypto affiliated on the current administration to know these offshore casinos and its better to stay that way but their doing restriction on some casino here on forum. Well as long as it can be access with VPN and maybe the current network provider theres no problem at all.

The moment they offered compensation and even increased it when he declined the first offer, just to get him to drop the case, you know there might be something fishy going on. If they are so confident that it was just a system glitch, then why did they offer compensation?

Thats exactly the point. No need to offer if you dont owe anyone anything means they are guilty enough to do this. Its really true that money is the root of all evil.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

The Philippine gaming industry generated gross gaming revenues (GGR) of Php83.72 billion in the third quarter of 2026, down 11.41% from Php94.51 billion in the same period last year.

Some people might be wrong if they will see this as a tighten rule of PAGCOR as the data says it is because of inflation. To be honest on this I can see the PAGCOR revenue getting lower as most of the online casinos in the Philippines is illegal and not paying taxes but paying politicians under it and high rank people inside the agaency.

[Hypnosis00]

The Philippine gaming industry generated gross gaming revenues (GGR) of Php83.72 billion in the third quarter of 2026, down 11.41% from Php94.51 billion in the same period last year.

Some people might be wrong if they will see this as a tighten rule of PAGCOR as the data says it is because of inflation. To be honest on this I can see the PAGCOR revenue getting lower as most of the online casinos in the Philippines is illegal and not paying taxes but paying politicians under it and high rank people inside the agaency.

It means that the gambling industry in the Philippines is sinking. Honestly, it is a huge loss for the country. Some people may not see gambling as a major help to the country's development; they only see it in a negative light. But data show how much it contributes, which means that continuing to impose restrictions on gambling can create a negative impact on future improvement.

That is why I hate these politicians. They think only of their personal gain, not for the country.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

The Philippine gaming industry generated gross gaming revenues (GGR) of Php83.72 billion in the third quarter of 2026, down 11.41% from Php94.51 billion in the same period last year.

Some people might be wrong if they will see this as a tighten rule of PAGCOR as the data says it is because of inflation. To be honest on this I can see the PAGCOR revenue getting lower as most of the online casinos in the Philippines is illegal and not paying taxes but paying politicians under it and high rank people inside the agaency.

It means that the gambling industry in the Philippines is sinking. Honestly, it is a huge loss for the country. Some people may not see gambling as a major help to the country's development; they only see it in a negative light. But data show how much it contributes, which means that continuing to impose restrictions on gambling can create a negative impact on future improvement.

That is why I hate these politicians. They think only of their personal gain, not for the country.

Being honest, Its been a long time that gambling here is huge and may are addicted, This is why the government cannot stop it and they allow because of the huge amount of money from taxes.
But how big the amount the government will get as long as the heads and politicians are corrupt people will not feel that development and improvement.

1 reason why the  GGR is getting lower because of their own doing, they cant track down and stop online casino with out permit to operate. Some casino are legal but the tax is not correct because of the corruption and under the table payments.

[Orpichukwu]

Not just small content creators but even the huge and notable people who got lot of followers. Well, people themselves are to be blamed considering they know gambling is a red flag itself. For me, it really is just for formality with all these blabberings and they don't really care as long as they can collect taxes. I really have doubts about the current administration.

It’s just an all-around something. Countries with their different ways of tackling gambling spread, some countries actually have laws that forbid influencers from promoting gambling-related content, and some are strict promotions that have to do with casinos that are not licensed in the country. Some content creators are just stubborn, maybe because the government is not that strict or they found a loophole.

[Botnake]

The Philippine gaming industry generated gross gaming revenues (GGR) of Php83.72 billion in the third quarter of 2026, down 11.41% from Php94.51 billion in the same period last year.

Some people might be wrong if they will see this as a tighten rule of PAGCOR as the data says it is because of inflation. To be honest on this I can see the PAGCOR revenue getting lower as most of the online casinos in the Philippines is illegal and not paying taxes but paying politicians under it and high rank people inside the agaency.

I can't deny that fact since a lot of online casinos these days have no license and are operating illegally, but they continue to operate because they are backed up by politicians and big government officials. As a matter of fact, when POGO was banned, that's when the citizens find out that there are really big politicians that are involved in scam hubs, human trafficking and cyber fraud. But until now no clear government reports if these people are actually investigated well or its just for the show to convince the people that the government is actually doing its part.

[bhadz]

I think that player is one of those who went to the NBI and filed a complaint. The agency is clearly just after the tax and doesn't care about the players. The moment that player went to PAGCOR, they should have resolved it and stood their ground with the player, but they didn't. Instead of getting the money, he ended up with nothing because of them.

The moment they offered compensation and even increased it when he declined the first offer, just to get him to drop the case, you know there might be something fishy going on. If they are so confident that it was just a system glitch, then why did they offer compensation?

That is because, even with PAGCOR, they've got more connection to that casino than the people. We know how the system works in there, under the table is normal and instead of paying the winner with the rightful amount for the jackpot. They'll just negotiate with it, and it's up to the winner if it will be taken or not. PAGCOR should be for the people with these disputes but, that's how broken the system is. It's a David and Goliath battle for this and everyone will keep their mouth shut if the price is right.