How to verify a PAGCOR licence yourself (step by step)

Where PAGCOR publishes its licence lists, how to search them for the exact domain, how to spot look-alike sites and fake badges, and what to do if a site is missing.

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The only two lists that matter

PAGCOR publishes, as PDFs on its Electronic Gaming Licensing page:

1. List of PAGCOR-Accredited Gaming System Administrators and Registered Brands and Domain Names/URLs — the e-Games operators.
2. List of PAGCOR-Approved Registered Brand and Domain Names/URLs of Licensed Casinos — integrated resorts’ online brands.

A site is licensed if, and only if, its exact domain appears on one of them. Our checker searches both for you; this page shows how to do it by hand.

Step by step

1. Copy the domain from your browser’s address bar — not the brand name on the page, and not the link text in the message you received.
2. Open the first PDF and search (Ctrl/Cmd+F) for the domain without www..
3. Not found? Search the second PDF.
4. Still not found? The site is not registered. Do not deposit.

How look-alikes work

Licensed operators register several domains, so scammers register near-misses: an extra letter, a different ending (.xyz, .vip), a hyphen, or the brand name followed by “ph” or “online”. Our checker flags these as look-alike and lists the genuine registered addresses.

Fake licence badges

A PAGCOR logo, a “licence number” or a certificate image proves nothing; unlicensed sites copy them freely. The list is the only evidence.

If a site is not on the list

Report it to PAGCOR via the regulatory page above, and warn whoever sent you the link.