The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation published a list of canceled offshore gaming licensees on October 6, 2022, covering cancellations from 2016 through that date. The Offshore Gaming Licensing Department list names 40 canceled Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs), two canceled special class business process outsourcing (BPO) firms and 176 canceled service providers1.
The document is titled "LIST OF CANCELLED POGOS (from 2016 to October 6, 2022)" and is published on PAGCOR's website as a regulatory PDF1. It is a cumulative record rather than a single enforcement action, so the cancellations were spread across roughly six years and the list does not state the reason for any individual cancellation, the date each one took effect, or whether any licensee appealed1.
The canceled POGOs were addressed at office buildings across Metro Manila and beyond, including PBCom Tower and RCBC Plaza in Makati, Star Cruises Center in Pasay, buildings in Quezon City, and sites in Cebu, Pampanga, Cavite, Tarlac and the Subic Bay Freeport Zone1. The two canceled special class BPOs were Netsurf Media, Inc. in Pasay City and Sandbox Entertainment Corp. in Cebu City1. The 176 canceled service providers include companies such as 2Success, Inc., 88Empire Corporation, 8Portfolios System Technology Inc. and Advance Contact Technical Solutions and Programming Inc., many of them listed at multiple floors of the same buildings in Makati, Alabang, Quezon City and Bonifacio Global City1.
The list does not give a breakdown of how many cancellations fell in each year, and no totals by year have been reported1. It also does not say how many POGOs, BPOs or service providers remained active as of October 6, 20221.
"LIST OF CANCELLED POGOS (from 2016 to October 6, 2022)"
What it means for players
The list is a record of licenses that no longer exist, not a list of approved operators. Anyone in the Philippines checking whether an offshore gaming brand is tied to a licensed local operator can use the canceled names to rule out companies that PAGCOR has struck off, but the document does not confirm which entities are currently licensed. PAGCOR publishes separate licensing information, and the guide to checking a PAGCOR gaming license explains what a valid license covers. The wider context of the Philippines' offshore gaming sector and its ban on offshore gaming is set out separately. For players in the country, local rules on what is legal to bet on are covered in Can I Gamble in the Philippines?, and the regional picture of license types is in Offshore Gambling Licenses and What They Mean for Players in Asia.
What happens next
No next steps are set out in the list itself. PAGCOR has not stated in the document when the list will next be updated, and no further action tied to the publication has been reported1.
