Location: Philippines

Philippine police dismantle illegal gambling ring

7 November 2025 at 8:05am UTC-5
The Gangwon Provincial Police Agency has arrested 14 individuals on charges of operating an illegal online gambling network in the Philippines valued at over KRW5 trillion ...

DigiPlus Q3 earnings drop 59% after gambling transactions blocked on e-wallets

7 November 2025 at 7:23am UTC-5
Philippine supplier DigiPlus Interactive has reported a 59% drop in third quarter net income to PHP1.71 billion, between July and September, following a directive requiring e ...

Philippine Finance Secretary favors regulation over online gambling ban

6 November 2025 at 6:41am UTC-5
Philippine Finance Secretary Ralph G. Recto has said he is against a total ban on online gambling, explaining that the gambling sector can generate net economic benefits if it is ...

PAGCOR revenue up 5.8% and net income surges 49%

3 November 2025 at 7:05am UTC-5
Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR revealed a 49% net income increase from January to September this year, with revenues growing 5.8%. The agency reported that net income has ...

AC Milan and SureWin announce partnership in Asia

31 October 2025 at 8:01am UTC-4
Italian football club AC Milan has partnered with online gaming platform SureWin, which will serve as the club’s official regional online casino in Asia. The collaboration ...

Prediction markets hit legal wall in the Philippines

27 October 2025 at 8:20am UTC-4
While prediction markets have seen rapid growth worldwide, they remain illegal in the Philippines, and there is no immediate sign of that changing. Under the Philippines ...

Philippines Department of Finance calls for gambling health warnings

24 October 2025 at 8:13am UTC-4
The Philippine Department of Finance has called for the introduction of health warnings to tackle the problem of online gambling addiction. During a hearing of the House ...

PAGCOR revenue drops 49% after e-wallet delinking bank directive

24 October 2025 at 7:31am UTC-4
Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR has reported a 49% drop in revenue after the removal of online gambling features from popular e-wallet platforms in August. PAGCOR ...

Philippine regulator boosts data privacy with National Privacy Commission partnership

23 October 2025 at 7:24am UTC-4
Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR has partnered with the National Privacy Commission to strengthen data protection and regulatory services across the country’s regulated ...

Seven South Koreans arrested in Philippine illegal gambling operation

21 October 2025 at 2:17am UTC-4
Seven South Korean nationals have been arrested by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration for allegedly operating an illegal online gambling scheme inside the Clark Freeport Zone, a ...