PAGCOR OKs resumption of LRWC eBingo operations

State-run Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has greenlit the resumption of some of the eBingo parlors of Philippine gaming investor Leisure and Resorts World Corp (LRWC).

LRWC said in a filing before the Philippine Stock Exchange on Monday that AB Leisure Exponent Inc., one of its subsidiaries, was able to secure a permit for some of its electronic bingo parlors to resume operations in the country.

Of the 36 electronic bingo games parlors of AB Leisure, only 20 eBingo sites have been allowed to operate.

“AB Leisure Exponent Inc … on 24 September 2016 received via email, notices from [the] Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor) of the approval by Pagcor … to recall the revocation to operate eBingo,” said LRWC in a filing to the Philippine Stock Exchange, referring to a decision by the country’s gaming regulator.