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Philippines gambling law updates

Official changes to Philippines’s gambling rules and its regulators’ enforcement decisions, by official date, newest first, each checked against the official document. Last change listed 5 Oct 2026.

Country: Philippines

5 updates

September 2026

  1. Proposed🇵🇭 Philippines
    Thirteen Senate bills to ban, tax or restrict online gambling

    From SBN-30 (2 July 2025) to SBN-2493 (22 September 2026): seven would ban online gambling, four its advertising, one levies a harm-mitigation charge and one (SBN-57) would regulate it; all sit in committee.

    Proposal, not law yetSenate of the PhilippinesOfficial text

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  2. Proposed🇵🇭 Philippines
    Separation of PAGCOR's regulatory and operating roles under GCG review

    PAGCOR's decoupling proposal is with the Governance Commission for GOCCs and would be implemented by executive order if the President approves; no date is fixed.

    Draft, out for consultationPAGCOROfficial text

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January 2026

  1. Law change🇵🇭 Philippines
    New online rulebook and PAGCOR share rates

    GSA and B2B accreditation frameworks (2 October 2025), venue operations and penalties frameworks (6 November 2025), Fees and Rates Framework Rev. 5 (8 January 2026): PAGCOR share 30/25/20/15% of GGR by game offering plus a 10% audit fee; Minimum Guaranteed Fee from 1 July 2026.

    In force since 8 Jan 2026PAGCOROfficial text

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October 2025

  1. Law change🇵🇭 Philippines
    Executive Order No. 74 bans offshore gaming; RA 12312 makes it a crime

    EO 74 of 5 November 2024 banned offshore gaming with immediate effect and ordered every licensee to cease by 31 December 2024; RA 12312 (23 October 2025) punishes it with six to twelve years and PhP 15–50 million and repeals RA 11590.

    In force since 23 Oct 2025Official GazetteOfficial text

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  1. Date not stated
    Law change🇵🇭 Philippines
    Offshore gaming regime opens (2016)

    PAGCOR begins licensing Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators serving players abroad; later renamed Internet Gaming Licensees. EO 74 § 2 ordered every licensee to cease by 31 December 2024.

    AdoptedPAGCOROfficial text

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Law change: laws, regulations and regulator decisions that have been adopted (3 in 1 country). Proposed: drafts and consultations on the way (2 in 1 country). Each item links to the official document and to the country page.

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