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Regulatory · Philippines · Sat 26 Sept · 3 min read

Tengco details Casino Filipino's post-decoupling fate

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What happened

PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro Tengco has publicly addressed, for the first time in substantive commercial terms, what will happen to Casino Filipino venues once the decoupling of PAGCOR's operator and regulator functions begins. The disclosure came in the second installment of a four-part video interview series produced by IAG, published around September 24-25, 2026. Prior coverage of the decoupling arc, tracked since September 16, focused on governance rationale. This is the first time the fate of specific Casino Filipino properties has been addressed openly.

The source article is a summary of Tengco's statements in the IAG interview series. The full detail of what he said about individual venues is not reproduced in the available source copy, but the significance of him speaking to this topic at all is notable.

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Sources: ASGAM

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