State of Philippine online gambling, 2026: key numbers with sources

Citable figures only (PAGCOR's industry-data PDFs are labelled "based on PAGCOR records as submitted to GCG"; quarterly sums and percentages are ours): each row links its source and states who said it. Refreshed 27 October 2026; we will update it when new data appears. Cite as "Swerte Taya, State of Philippine online gambling 2026".

Regulator and market

Figure	Value	Source
PAGCOR total revenue, H1 2026	P43.32 billion, down 26.64% from P59.05 billion	Daily Tribune, 30 Jul 2026
eGames, eBingo and bingo grantees revenue, H1 2026	P18.60 billion, down 41.85% from P32 billion	Yogonet, 3 Aug 2026
Licensed casinos revenue change, H1 2026	down 3.85%	Daily Tribune
Electronic Games gross gaming revenue (PAGCOR "Other Licensees" line), by quarter	2025: Q1 P47.24B, Q2 P59.29B, Q3 P41.95B, Q4 P36.79B (year P185.26B); 2026: Q1 P36.33B, Q2 P36.25B (Q2 2026 is 38.9% below Q2 2025)	PAGCOR Philippine Gaming Industry Data (2Q 2026; CY 2025); percentage is our arithmetic
Total industry GGR (all sectors)	2025: P396.14B; H1 2026: P175.74B (Q1 P87.60B + Q2 P88.14B) vs H1 2025 P214.75B, down 18.2%	Same PAGCOR files; our arithmetic
PAGCOR projected total income, 2026	P86.95 billion, down 18% from P106.03 billion in 2025; projected net income P1.66 billion vs P17.47 billion in 2025 (Philstar reports a 91% drop; our recomputation is 90.5%)	Philstar, 25 Aug 2026 (chairman at a House budget hearing)
Gaming activity after e-wallet delinking	fell about 40% (chairman's statement, as reported)	Philstar, 25 Aug 2026
Online gaming licensees	fell from 74 to 48; moratorium since March 2024	Philstar, 27 Aug 2026
PAGCOR land-based casinos	35 (12 wholly owned, 23 revenue-sharing); exit targeted Q3-Q4 2027	Philstar, 14 Oct 2026
Share of accessible online gaming sites that are illegal	about 50% (chairman's estimate)	DZRH, 26 Aug 2026

Payments

Figure	Value	Source
Mynt (GCash parent) payment solutions revenue, H1 2026	PHP24.9 billion, down 3.7%	AGBrief (APS note), 7 Oct 2026
DigiPlus revenue, H1 2026	PHP32.85 billion, down 31.2%	AGBrief (APS note)
E-wallet delinking order	14 Aug 2025 order (Philstar); GCash removed access to gaming top-up and withdrawal on 16 Aug 2025	AGBrief, 7 Oct 2026
GCash merchants cancelled for links to illegal gambling since 2025	more than 3,200	GCash/Mynt, 27 Mar 2026

Enforcement and protection

Figure	Value	Source
Illegal gambling sites blocked by the CICC	about 50,000; 95-97% hosted abroad	Manila Times, 18 Feb 2026
Active gambling exclusions	33,800 as of 30 Sep 2026 as reported (components 32,890 self, 793 family and 38 by licensees, which sum to 33,721)	Focus Gaming News, 13 Oct 2026
National Problem Gambling Helpline	02-8248-9568, 24/7, launched 26 May 2026	PAGCOR
Cash rebate cap / cashback cap	1.50% of turnover or deposits / 15% of net losses (named game types)	PAGCOR memo, 7 May 2026
Jackpot winnings withholding tax	20% residents, 25% some non-residents	Philstar, 28 May 2026

Our own data

Figure	Value	Source
Registered domain names on PAGCOR's lists	491 (20 Oct 2026) vs 375 (18 Mar 2025); 210 removed, 326 added	dataset, statistics (our extraction, approximate)

Context: PAGCOR H1 revenue, e-wallet delinking, licence freeze. 21+ only; gambling can be addictive, know when to stop (help).