{"id":9564,"date":"2025-07-30T01:14:04","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/pagcor-reports-php214-billion-in-ggr-for-first-half-of-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T01:14:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T01:14:04","slug":"pagcor-reports-php214-billion-in-ggr-for-first-half-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/30\/pagcor-reports-php214-billion-in-ggr-for-first-half-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Pagcor Reports PHP214 Billion in GGR for First Half of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Philippine gaming industry posted strong growth in the first half of 2025, generating gross gaming revenue (GGR) of PHP214.75 billion (US$3.75 billion). The figures, released Tuesday by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), show a 25.6% year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Online and electronic games now make up over 53% of total GGR.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Land-based casino revenue fell by nearly 6% year-on-year.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Pagcor-operated casinos contributed just 3.1% of the industry\u2019s total GGR.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<p>Electronic games \u2013 which include e-bingo, e-games, and bingo grantees \u2013 led the industry\u2019s performance, bringing in PHP114.83 billion in the first six months of the year. That represents an 82.6% jump compared to the <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/pagcors-first-half-expenses-jump-27-while-market-ggr-increases\/\">same period in 2024<\/a> and now accounts for 53.5% of the total market share.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, licensed land-based casinos across Metro Manila, Clark, Cebu, La Union, and Rizal generated PHP93.36 billion, making up 43.5% of the total. However, that number marked a 5.9% year-on-year decline.<\/p>\n<p>Casinos directly operated by Pagcor contributed PHP6.56 billion during the reporting period, representing just under 3.1% of total GGR. 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The figures, released Tuesday by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor), show a 25.6% year-on-year increase. Good to know Online and electronic games now make up over 53% of total GGR. 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