SiGMA Asia 2025 Returns to Manila: Creating the Largest Gaming Industry Event in Asia

The globally renowned SiGMA Asia, a major event in the gaming and gambling industry, will return to Manila from June 1 to 4, 2025, marking its third edition in Asia.This event is touted as potentially the largest gambling expo ever in Asia, expected to attract over 20,000 industry representatives to

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Cagayan Economic Zone: POGO has nothing to do with us! We are in the iGaming business.

Philippine media reported that the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) recently reiterated that its jurisdiction and enterprises are not affected by the government's ban on POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators).Enrique Razon, the administrator of CEZA, clearly stated that the license holder

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Breaking News! Although the Philippines strictly enforces the POGO ban, this place is an exception!

On December 31, 2024, the Philippines officially implemented a comprehensive ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO), requiring all foreign workers who did not exit on time to leave the country. However, the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) insists that its operating model is differ

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Philippine business operators, take note: POGO employees have not been fully cleared yet! The Philippine government is anxious!

With just over half a month left until the December 31 POGO ban, the Philippine government started to panic!Data shows that there are about 33,000 foreign employees registered with the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), but only about 23,000 to 24,000 have voluntarily left the Ph

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Deep-rooted POGO will inevitably not end in 2024.

Last week, Philippine authorities arrested the CFO of Zunyuan Technology Company, which had operated at the offshore gambling operator in Banban, Tarlac Province, which was raided.Since the raid in March that exposed the cases of Banban and Guo Huaping, authorities have been trying to arrest a previ

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Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA): Many POGO workers still missing! The threat of POGO will not end in 2024!

Unresolved issues of missing foreign POGO workers, rogue POGOs disguised as BPOs, and CEZALast week, a woman, allegedly an official from a POGO (Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators) center, was found in a hotpot restaurant in Tarlac province.Since the March raid that exposed the cases in Banban an

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The Presidential Palace has ordered a comprehensive ban on POGO to prevent loopholes in economic zone policies.

The Office of the President of the Philippines recently asked the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) to develop specific implementation rules to ensure a complete ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) conducting business within its jurisdiction, preventing the use of economic zone p

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The Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) has been ordered by the Office of the President of the Philippines to draft guidelines for the implementation of the POGO ban.

The Office of the President of the Philippines has ordered the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority (CEZA) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) to jointly draft guidelines for the implementation of the ban on offshore gaming centers.Following the administrative order by President Ferdinand Marcos

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POGO cleverly circumvents the ban? Philippine senator accuses corrupt officials of exploiting legal loopholes

Philippine Senate Minority Deputy Leader Hong Zhiwei Luos revealed that some offshore gaming companies (POGOs) are evading the presidential ban by registering as Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies, a strategy that may have been covertly supported by some government officials.Hong Zhiwei Lu

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Philippine senators express concerns over loopholes in the POGO closure order, urging the advancement of the bill.

Philippine Senator Risa Hontiveros warned that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s recent order to shut down Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) might have significant loopholes.Hontiveros pointed out that the Executive Order (EO) did not explicitly include all institutions, especially those no

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Although it emphasizes that there are no gray areas, the scope of coverage of Executive Order No. 74 by Marcos on the prohibition of POGOs "remains unclear."

Three months after verbally issuing the command, President Ferdinand Marcos finally issued Executive Order No. 74, which details who should be included in the comprehensive ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) announced in his State of the Nation Address at the end of July.This executi

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Key Points! Summary of the Philippine Senate hearing on the anti-POGO and anti-online gambling bill on September 12!

On September 12, the Philippine Senate held a hearing on the Anti-POGO Bill and the Anti-Online Gambling Bill, here is an exclusive summary of the meeting content organized by Bo Le Headlines:Date: Thursday, September 12Topics: Anti-POGO Bill and Anti-Online Gambling BillI. CEZA (Cagayan Economic Zo

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Warning for Verbosity! Exclusive Deep Dive by PASA: Current Status and Trend Analysis of the Philippine Gaming Industry

Author IntroductionFu Jun, President of Macau International Design Federation; premiered by PASA, please indicate the source for reprint.AbstractThis article collects and integrates relevant materials about the Philippine gaming industry from government agencies, news media, journal columns, and onl

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Cagayan Special Economic Zone Authority: No criminal issues in online gaming operations

Katrina Ponce Enrile, chief executive officer of the Cagayan Special Economic Zone Authority (CEZA), said the authority has never faced criminal charges related to online gaming. Speaking at the ASEAN Gaming Summit in Taguig City, Philippines, Enrile clarified that CEZA has been issuing

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