Mahjong Ways in the Philippines

Two games, one maker

PG Soft (the trading name of Pocket Games Soft) lists exactly two games with "Mahjong" in the name in its own game catalogue (the list behind PG Soft's games page, read 7 Nov 2026 from outside the Philippines; the list can vary by region). From PG Soft's own fields:

The descriptions in the table are PG Soft's wording, shortened. PG Soft names its RTP field "maxrtp"; it does not say whether casinos can run a version with a lower return, so treat the figure as the maker's top number, not as a promise about the site you play on. The volatility label is PG Soft's own three-step code (low, medium, high) as its site shows it. More PG Soft games, with the same fields: PG Soft games list.

What the RTP means in pesos

An RTP of 96.92% means that over a very large number of spins the game pays back about ₱96.92 of every ₱100 bet, so the average cost is about ₱3.08 per ₱100 wagered (₱3.05 on Mahjong Ways 2). Invented example: 1,000 spins at ₱10 put ₱10,000 through the game, and the expected loss is about ₱308. A session can end far above or below that, because most of the return is concentrated in rare free-spin rounds and big multipliers. What decides your cost is how much you wager in total, not which spin you stop on. The same arithmetic, with a field for your own figures: turnover calculator.

The max win works the same way: 25,000x on a ₱10 bet would be ₱250,000 and 100,000x would be ₱1,000,000. PG Soft does not publish how often those happen. A high cap tells you the game can pay a lot in one round; it does not tell you that you are likely to see it.

Mahjong Ways 2 and PAGCOR's list

PAGCOR's Pocket Games Soft list dated 19 May 2026 (PDF) has a row for Mahjong Ways (row 90, game ID 65) and none for Mahjong Ways 2 (game ID 74). Mahjong Ways 2's rules, its PAGCOR status, a same-name game from another provider and fake Play Store pages for it are in the Mahjong Ways 2 guide. Either way, a game's approval and a website's licence are separate. Check the casino's exact address first (below).

Same name, different game

"Mahjong" is a popular theme, so many providers use it. We searched all 126 per-provider files linked from PAGCOR's EGLD page on 7 November 2026 for "mahjong". After merging providers that appear in more than one file, 20 providers have 34 Mahjong-named titles, and only one of them is PG Soft's:

Why it matters:

• "Mahjong Ways 3" is not a PG Soft sequel on these lists. PlayStar and 5G Games each have a "3" and a "3+", and PG Soft's own catalogue, as served to us, stops at Mahjong Ways 2. Their RTP, max win and rules are whatever those providers set, not PG Soft's figures above.
• "Mahjong Wins" is a Pragmatic Play name (Super Scatter, Triple Pot) and also a Tengyue name (Wins, 2 and 5): two unrelated providers with the same words. Pragmatic's own pages list 96.50% for both of its approved Mahjong Wins titles (Super Scatter, Triple Pot, read 8 November 2026) and describe golden tiles that leave wilds behind, close to the golden symbols in Mahjong Ways 2 described above (more Pragmatic RTPs).
• Facebook pages and Telegram groups often say "Mahjong" without the provider. Before you trust a promo, a "high RTP" claim or a screenshot, find the provider's name on the game's loading screen or info page.

The lists approve game titles for PAGCOR-licensed operators; they do not say which websites carry which game, and an unlicensed site can show a copy of any title.

"Black scatter", patterns and hacks

PG Soft's descriptions of both games mention a single Scatter symbol. Neither mentions a "black scatter", a time of day when the game pays more, or a pattern of bets that triggers free spins. Each spin is random, and the RTP above already includes every feature. Links, APKs and Telegram "agents" selling a scatter hack are a known scam pattern; see scatter links and APK scams and paano manalo sa scatter: totoo ba?.

Free-spin slots are fast. If you play, decide your budget and time before the first spin, and stop when either runs out (responsible gambling; PAGCOR helpline and self-exclusion in the self-exclusion guide).

Sources: PG Soft, games page and the game list it loads (api.pgsoft.com; fields gn, gd, gb, maxrtp, hrm, sv; read 7 Nov 2026); PAGCOR, EGLD page and the provider PDFs linked above (downloaded 7 Nov 2026). Peso examples are our arithmetic.