Player Guides to PAGCOR Rules, Exclusion, Payments and the Law
Each guide below is built from PAGCOR documents, Philippine laws and Bangko Sentral issuances, with the sources listed at the end and the date we last checked them. We at CasinoHub are independent and do not speak for any regulator.
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- Guide · Licence checks
How to Check a PAGCOR Licence: A Step-by-Step Guide for Players
Five steps to check an online casino against PAGCOR’s own pages: the pagcorguarantee.ph search, the domain lists in PAGCOR’s PDFs, fake-certificate warnings and where to report a suspicious site.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Guide · Player rules
PAGCOR’s Online Casino Rules for Players: KYC, Betting Limits, RTP and Payments
What PAGCOR’s October 2025 GSA framework and its 2026 annexes mean at the player end: who may register, the three-day KYC deadline, forfeiture, limit tools, RTP ranges and payment channels.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Guide · Responsible gaming
PAGCOR Self-Exclusion and Family Exclusion: How OSEA and the NDRP Work
How to exclude yourself from PAGCOR-regulated gaming through OSEA, how family exclusion works, what the restricted-persons database does, and why playing while excluded can cost your balance.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Guide · Who may play
Who May Not Gamble in the Philippines: PAGCOR’s Restricted Persons
The groups PAGCOR bars from casinos and online platforms, what online sign-up asks you to declare, where PAGCOR’s documents differ on students and government staff, and the forfeiture risk.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Guide · Law
The POGO Ban Explained: EO 74, RA 12312 and What It Means for Local Online Gaming
A dated timeline of the offshore gaming ban, from Executive Order 74 to the Anti-POGO Act, what the law prohibits and penalises, and how PAGCOR separates offshore gaming from locally regulated play.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Guide · Payments
E-Wallets and Online Casinos: The BSP Delinking Order and PAGCOR’s Payment Rules
Why e-wallet casino shortcuts disappeared in August 2025, what the BSP’s exposure draft proposes (still a draft), and which payment channels PAGCOR allows on the platforms it regulates.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
- Industry data · 3Q 2026
Philippine Gaming Revenue in 3Q 2026: PAGCOR’s Industry GGR by Segment
PAGCOR’s third-quarter 2026 industry figures in one sourced table: total GGR of PHP 83.73 billion against PHP 94.52 billion a year earlier, with licensed casinos, e-games, bingo and PAGCOR-operated segments.
Updated 13 Nov 2026
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Not legal advice. These guides explain published rules in plain language. For a decision about your own situation, contact PAGCOR or a lawyer. Need help with gambling? Call the free helpline on (02) 8248-9568.