Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?

Republic Act No. 12312, the Anti-POGO Act of 2025, is DURABLE primary legislation that repeals RA 11590 and reinforces the pre-existing Executive Order 74 s.2024, eliminating the statutory basis for offshore gaming operator licensing in its entirety. This is a repeal of the governing instrument itself, not a discretionary regulator action, and it forecloses any offshore-facing licensing pathway going forward. PAGCOR retains sole licensing authority for domestic online, or e-casino, operations, which remains the standing route for operators seeking to serve the Philippine market. This cycle's evidence does not extend to new detail on domestic licence types, application timelines, renewal mechanics or suspension and revocation procedures; those remain as previously established. The direction of travel for the licensing framework overall is toward narrowing: the offshore channel is now categorically closed while the domestic channel is being made more selective through parallel cost and compliance measures.