After weeks of waiting, gaming regulator Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has finally started issuing the licenses for “offshore” online gambling. The catch? Not all applications were approved.

Gaming industry sources told the Philippine Star that the state regulator has issued about 35 online gambling licenses, valid for one year, for the initial rollout of President Rodrigo Duterte’s newly created gaming regime.

In October, PAGCOR CEO Andrea Domingo said her office has received 76 applications for the new licenses, which were initially expected to be issued “before the end of October.”

PAGCOR made waves in September by announcing the new requirements for Philippine-based online gambling operators serving bettors in other Asian nations. The move followed a crackdown on the nation’s ‘eGames’ industry, which, unlike the international online operators, catered to a domestic user base via digital terminals in internet café-style venues.