Public memory and intermediary presentations long carried an image of the Philippine gaming sector as a place where offshore operator licences were perpetually for sale. That image died at the end of 2024: by Executive Order No. 74, dated 05.11.2024, the offshore regime in the Philippines was formally abolished. This page is deliberately honest about it: it does not sell hope in a regime that no longer exists. Instead it shows exactly what happened, what remains in force — domestic market licensing by PAGCOR only — and what a Georgian client holding a legacy Philippine structure, or having considered one, should do now.
Executive Order No. 74: How the Regime Ended
Executive Order No. 74, dated 05.11.2024, removes the internet-gaming licence category from the board: the offshore regime — known to the market and press as POGO/IGL — was abolished. The order's logic ran in two steps: operations were to cease by 31 December 2024, and in December 2024 the remaining licences were cancelled. The original text is published in the Philippines' official e-library (elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph), and the regulator's own site reflects the current state (pagcor.gov.ph) — those two sources are the basis for everything you read below.