LARO77 eGames and PAGCOR's Electronic Gaming Categories
PAGCOR does not define eGames as one product.
Key facts and contents
- LARO77 Anti Money Laundering Rules at a Casino Cashier
- Republic Act No. 10927 added casinos, including internet casinos, to the anti money laundering law as covered persons.
- LARO77 GLI Explained
- GLI is Gaming Laboratories International, an independent testing laboratory.
- LARO77 Junket Explained
- A junket is a gaming-room arrangement: a registered promoter brings foreign-passport players to a licensed casino's junket tables under a written agreement, and the casino stays answerable to PAGCOR for it.
- LARO77 Know Your Customer Checks, Step by Step
- A know your customer check is the step where a regulated business establishes your true identity from an official ID.
- LARO77 NBI Cybercrime
- Save screenshots with the address bar, your wallet's reference numbers, dates, amounts and chat messages, report to GCash or Maya in the wallet's own help, then take the case to the NBI through nbi.gov.ph.
- LARO77 Phishing Site
- A phishing site is a page built by a fraudster to look like the real one so you type your password into it.
- LARO77 Proof of Address
- The saved GCash, Maya and Bangko Sentral texts list valid IDs, not a separate proof-of-address list.
Searching for eGames in the Philippines lands you on a regulator’s page, not a product page. PAGCOR’s Electronic Gaming Licensing page says the Electronic Gaming Licensing Department (EGLD) is “the regulatory arm of PAGCOR over the local gaming operations” for a list of named game categories, and that list is what the word eGames points at. Knowing the names lets you read PAGCOR’s lists and spot a site that claims a category it does not hold, which is the first step in any trusted online casino check.
The eGames categories, exactly as PAGCOR prints them
PAGCOR’s page says EGLD “issues GL for each of the following game offerings”. The category names below are copied as they print, and the last column shows the filter name on the PAGCOR Guarantee home page.
| Category on the Electronic Gaming Licensing page | What the page says it is | Filter on PAGCOR Guarantee |
|---|---|---|
| Traditional Bingo Games | A game offering for which EGLD issues a Gaming License (GL) | TRADITIONAL BINGO GAMES |
| Electronic Bingo (E-Bingo) Games | A separate game offering with its own GL | ELECTRONIC BINGO GAMES |
| Electronic (eCasino) Games | A separate game offering with its own GL | ELECTRONIC CASINO GAMES |
| Sports Betting | A separate game offering with its own GL | SPORTS BETTING |
| Specialty Games | A separate game offering with its own GL | SPECIALTY GAMES |
| Online Poker Games | A separate game offering with its own GL | ONLINE POKER GAMES |
| Numeric Games | A separate game offering with its own GL | NUMERIC GAMES |
| Other suite of games that may be allowed by PAGCOR in the future | A placeholder for games PAGCOR may allow later | none |
Land-based casinos sit outside this list: the page excludes “gaming operations of land-based casinos”. PAGCOR’s page does not give a one-line definition for each category, so the table reports what the page does say, which is that each one carries its own licence.
E-casino: PAGCOR’s “eCasino” games
The saved PAGCOR page writes the category as “Electronic (eCasino) Games”, and the accreditation list for gaming affiliates writes “Electronic Casino Games”. An e-casino on those pages is a game offering licensed to a gaming venue, with the online side described this way: “a Service Provider’s electronic gaming platform and its games must be offered at the gaming venue where its remote/online gaming operation shall be an adjunct service for its registered players”.
The same page prints a “List of EGLD-Approved Electronic Games” made of provider names, for example “JILI (I-SLOT GAMING CORPORATION)”, “POCKET GAMES SOFT (PG SOFT)” and “PHILWEB / PRAGMATIC PLAY”. That list approves games and content; it does not approve the site that shows them. Which one you are looking at decides which list you search.
- Find the studio on the EGLD-approved electronic games list to learn the game content is approved.
- Find the brand and domain on the brand lists to learn the site is registered.
- Treat the two as separate questions with separate answers.
Bingo boutique: the wording PAGCOR uses instead
PAGCOR’s saved pages do not print the term “bingo boutique”. They use two names: “Traditional Bingo Games” and “Electronic Bingo (E-Bingo) Games”, and the PAGCOR Guarantee filters carry the same split. If a site calls itself a bingo boutique, look for one of those two categories next to its name on PAGCOR’s list.
| What you read on a site | What PAGCOR’s saved pages print |
|---|---|
| bingo boutique | No such term; use the two names below |
| traditional bingo | Traditional Bingo Games |
| electronic bingo or eBingo | Electronic Bingo (E-Bingo) Games |
How the remote and online licence categories differ
PAGCOR runs a second page for remote work. The Remote Operations and Ancillary Services page belongs to the Remote Operations and Ancillary Services Department (ROASD), and its headings differ from EGLD’s.
| Page | Department | Names it prints |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic Gaming Licensing | EGLD | Eight game categories from Traditional Bingo Games to Numeric Games |
| Remote Operations and Ancillary Services | ROASD | Regulatory Framework for Remote Play - Slot Machines, Regulatory Framework for Remote Play Poker, Accreditation Framework for Special Class of BPOs, Accreditation Framework for Data Streaming Providers |
The ROASD page also prints requirement lists for “Remote Play Slot Machine License”, “Remote Play Poker License”, “Special Class of BPO” and “Data Streaming Provider”. Those are licences for the remote side of the industry and for services behind it, not categories of game you play.
Using the categories as a player
Match the site to a category before you hand over any detail. A cashier at a licensed venue is bound by the casino rules in the anti money laundering duties page, and every wallet asks for a know your customer step of its own when you upgrade.
- Write down the category you expect (for example Electronic (eCasino) Games).
- Search the brand and the domain in PAGCOR’s lists.
- Open the PAGCOR Guarantee filter for the same category and search again.
- Register only when brand, domain and category agree.
FAQ
What does eGames mean in the Philippines?
PAGCOR's page for the Electronic Gaming Licensing Department speaks of electronic games and electronic gaming platforms. It names the categories it licenses: traditional bingo, electronic bingo, eCasino, sports betting, specialty games, online poker and numeric games.
Is an eCasino the same as an online casino?
PAGCOR's page calls the category Electronic (eCasino) Games and says the remote or online operation is an adjunct service of a gaming venue for its registered players. Read the category name on PAGCOR's list for the exact site you want to use.
Where do I check that a site belongs to a category?
Use PAGCOR's published brand and domain lists and the PAGCOR Guarantee search box, which has one filter for each category. Search the brand and the domain, then note the category.
Ano ang pagkakaiba ng eBingo at traditional bingo?
Magkahiwalay silang kategorya sa pahina ng PAGCOR: Traditional Bingo Games at Electronic Bingo (E-Bingo) Games. Bawat isa ay may sariling Gaming License na inilalabas ng EGLD.