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- GCash Carries Most Casino Payments in Our Data. What Its Listing Means for Operators.Mynt has priced its IPO at ₱6.60 a share, valuing GCash’s parent at about $7 billion. For online casino operators, the bigger point is that GCash carries about 90% of deposits and withdrawals across Digirockstars' casino clients.iGaming
- Does a Foreign License Put a Gambling Site Beyond Thai Law? Thailand Can’t Agree.A row over an offshore gambling site in Thailand has become a public argument about whether a foreign license puts an operation beyond local law. The allegations behind it are unproven, but the jurisdiction question matters well beyond Thailand.iGaming
- New Zealand Names Three Test Labs for Online Casinos. GLI Is One.New Zealand’s draft testing requirements name three approved labs for online casinos: GLI Australia, Quality Assurance Laboratories and BMM Australia. Here’s what applicants must prove, and what is still a draft.iGaming
- Australia's NT Bill Would Ban Bonus Bets and VIP Schemes. Here’s What the Deposit Caps Actually Cover.Australia's NT MLA is introducing a bill to ban bonus bets and VIP schemes for online bookmakers licensed in the NT. The deposit caps apply only to ages 18 to 24, and the industry has already pushed back.iGaming
- Philippine Channelization Reportedly Fell to 50%. What the Number Does and Doesn’t Show.Philippine channelization has reportedly fallen from about 75% to about 50% since the BSP cut e-wallet links to gambling sites. PAGCOR is the source of the 50%. Here is what the figures, the survey data and the BSP’s position actually show.iGaming
- Bloomberry Launches OnlyFun.PH. Here’s Where It Fits in Its Online Push.Bloomberry has launched OnlyFun.PH, a PAGCOR-licensed platform that mixes gaming, livestreaming and creator content. It is the company’s second online attempt, after MegaFUNalo shut in May, and it comes with a 20% online revenue target for 2027.iGaming
- Tengco Points to Gaming BPOs as PAGCOR's Next Revenue Source. Here's What That Means for B2B Suppliers.PAGCOR's chairman called gaming BPOs the regulator's next-generation source of revenue, with more than 100 firms applying for B2B licences and about ₱2.5 billion to ₱3 billion expected this year. SCBPOs are back-office firms serving licensed operators abroad, not player-facing venues. Here's what they are, how the figure compares with online licence fees, and who it matters to.iGaming
- Quiogue on the Philippine iGaming Outlook: A Maturing Framework and Growing CapitalA video interview with Arden Consult's Tonet Quiogue argues the Philippine framework is maturing and that large capital entering the market will reduce calls for prohibition. The first claim is well supported by PAGCOR's recent actions. The second is plausible, but the advertising bills and Moody's treatment of an outright ban as unpriced show the risk is still liveiGaming
- ArenaPlus Brought Derrick Rose to Cebu. The Ambassador Strategy Is Valuable, and Exposed.ArenaPlus took Derrick Rose to Cebu for his third visit as ambassador in under a year. As paid channels narrow, a recognisable ambassador earns coverage and trust an ad can't, but ambassadors and giveaways are exactly what SB 2347 would ban. Here's the case for the strategy, the exposure, and what to check in your own contracts.iGaming
- DOJ's Casino Ban Agreement Is About Patrons, Not Operators' EmployeesThe DOJ-PAGCOR agreement is often misread as a watchlist reaching into operators' workforces. It covers more than 56,000 DOJ employees as patrons, added to PAGCOR's restricted-persons database under the ban on government employees gambling. Here's what it covers, why operator exposure sits at the door and the payout, and the open question for online operators.iGaming