Mahjong Ways 2 in the Philippines: PG Soft's figures and PAGCOR status

Mahjong Ways 2 in PG Soft's own figures

From PG Soft's public game list (api.pgsoft.com), which feeds its Mahjong Ways 2 page:

An RTP of 96.95% means that over a very large number of spins the game pays back about ₱96.95 of every ₱100 bet, so the long-run cost is about ₱3.05 per ₱100 wagered (our arithmetic). PG Soft names the field "maxrtp" and does not say whether casinos can run a version with a lower return, so treat it as the maker's top figure. Your cost depends on how much you wager in total: 1,000 spins at ₱10 put ₱10,000 through the game, and the expected loss is about ₱305 (turnover calculator).

How the game works

PG Soft's own description: "Mahjong Ways 2 is a 5-reel, 4-row (with an additional row for each of reel 2, 3 and 4) video slot featuring Wild symbol transformation and free spins with increasing multiplier." In practice that means:

• The grid. The outer reels (1 and 5) show four symbols; the middle three reels show five.
• Free spins. "3 Scatter symbols will trigger the Free Spins Feature with multiplier value of up to x10." PG Soft's description does not give the number of free spins or the steps the multiplier climbs through; the game's own paytable at your casino is where those are set out.
• Golden symbols. During the Free Spins Feature, "all symbols excluding Wild symbol and Scatter symbol in reel 3 turn into golden Mahjong symbols", and "the golden Mahjong symbols in the winning spin will also be converted into Wild symbols".

None of this changes the RTP. The golden symbols and the multiplier are part of the 96.95% figure, which already includes every feature. Each spin is random; PG Soft describes no "black scatter", pattern or time of day that pays more (paano manalo sa scatter: totoo ba?).

Mahjong Ways vs Mahjong Ways 2

The RTPs differ by 0.03 percentage points, about ₱3 per ₱10,000 wagered. The bigger differences are the 100,000x cap and the PAGCOR row. Both carry the same Medium label, so the higher cap does not come with a higher volatility label on PG Soft's list. The original, and the 30+ other "Mahjong" slots on PAGCOR's lists that are not PG Soft's, are covered in the Mahjong Ways guide.

Is Mahjong Ways 2 on PAGCOR's list?

PAGCOR's Electronic Gaming Licensing Department publishes a list of approved games for each provider on its EGLD page. PG Soft's is headed "POCKET GAMES SOFT", "List of EGLD-approved Electronic Games as of May 19, 2026" (PDF, six pages; the same file was still linked on 9 November 2026). It shows:

• Mahjong Ways: row 90, eCasino Games, game ID 65, version 1.21.0.3, type Slot.
• Mahjong Ways 2: no row by name, and no row with PG Soft's game ID 74 (the only "74" on the list is a row number, for Jack Frost's Winter, ID 97).

No other provider list on PAGCOR's EGLD page has a game called "Mahjong Ways 2" either. The list does not say why a game is missing; it can mean the game was not submitted or is waiting for a later edition.

PAGCOR approves games, not websites. A game's row on the list does not make a site licensed, and a site that offers Mahjong Ways 2 is not licensed or unlicensed because of it. What matters is whether the site's exact address is on PAGCOR's lists; check it below before you deposit.

A different "Mahjong Ways 2" from GR Gaming

The same name is used by another provider. GR Gaming (Gaming Revolution) has a slot called Mahjong Ways 2 on its own site, read 9 November 2026, with figures that do not match PG Soft's:

GR's page ranked #7 for "mahjong ways 2" on Google in the Philippines on 9 November 2026. PAGCOR's EGLD page has no provider list under the name GR Gaming or Gaming Revolution. If a lobby shows "Mahjong Ways 2", look for the provider's name on the loading screen or info page before you trust any RTP or max-win figure for it.

Fake "Apps on Google Play" pages

On 9 November 2026, Google in the Philippines showed a page titled "demo pg mahjong ways 2 slot – Apps on Google Play" at #2 for "mahjong ways 2". It was not on Google Play: the address was on vnd-repair.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph, a subdomain of PHIVOLCS, the government's volcanology and seismology institute. Real Play Store listings live on play.google.com; a copy of the Play Store layout on any other address is not one (why casino app pages show up on gov.ph sites). Do not install a "Mahjong Ways 2" APK or app from a search result, a chat or a Telegram "agent" (scatter links and APK scams).

Real-money play is for people 21 and over who are not barred. Free-spin slots are fast: decide your budget and time before the first spin and stop when either runs out (responsible gambling; PAGCOR helpline 02-8248-9568, and the self-exclusion guide).

Sources

• PG Soft, Mahjong Ways 2 page and the game list it loads (api.pgsoft.com; fields gn, gd, gb, maxrtp, hrm, sv; read 7 and 9 Nov 2026)
• PAGCOR, List of EGLD-approved Electronic Games: Pocket Games Soft (as of 19 May 2026), linked from the EGLD page (read 9 Nov 2026)
• GR Gaming, Mahjong Ways 2 (read 9 Nov 2026)
• Google results for "mahjong ways 2" with the Philippine setting (gl=ph), 9 Nov 2026