Rules
Regulatory Guidelines on Interactive Gaming
- Age Limit
A Licensed Operator must not allow a person under the age of eighteen (18) years to participate in operations related to the conduct of authorized games and/or as a player in an authorized game.
- Controls
A Licensed Operator must institute control measures that will require players to affirm that they are of lawful age in their jurisdiction. A Licensed Operator shall likewise institute reasonable measures to corroborate this information, including but not restricted to the use of age and identity verification services.
- Restrictions of Bets
A Licensed Operator must not:
- Accept bets or wagers in the ZAMBOECOZONE or from within the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines in connection with the interactive gaming operations. Only offshore players are involved;
- Involve outcomes/results of sporting events held in the ZAMBOECOZONE or within the Philippines to be subject of sports betting operations. Only offshore sporting events are involved
- Controlling Compulsive/Problem Gambling
A Licensed Operator’s Main Site must display on the entry screen, a warning of the addiction possibilities of gambling, and information on sites to assist compulsive gamblers.
- Requirement
A Licensed Operator shall only register a person as a player on receipt of an application for registration in a form approved by the Regulator. A Licensed Operator must not permit a person to play an authorized game unless the person is registered as a player. For registration to take place, the player must confirm his or her identity, date of birth and place of residence.
- Authentication
A Licensed Operator must not allow a registered player to participate in an authorized game until the player's identity has been authenticated under its Interactive Gaming Control System. The Licensed Operator must also inform the player that it is the player's responsibility to be cognizant with the interactive gaming law in his or her place of jurisdiction and to comply with such laws.
- Establishment of Gaming Account
A player's gaming account must be established in a manner that allows player only to:
- Have direct access to funds in the gaming account;
- Play an interactive game with the Licensed Operator; or
- Obtain the balance of funds in the gaming account and close the gaming account; or
- Obtain the whole or part of the amount paid into the gaming account as a prize in an authorized game or as authorized by the Licensed Operator or the Regulator; or
- Transfer an account to another gaming account in the name of the player so long as it is not a suspicious transaction.
- Restrictions to Licensed Operators
accept a wager from a player in an authorized game unless a player's gaming account has been established in the name of the player and there are adequate funds in the account to cover the amount of the wager;
accept cash from a player. It may accept payments from a player by any of the following methods, namely:
- credit cards;
- debit cards;
- electronic transfer;
- wire transfer;
- cheques;
- any other payment method approved by the Regulator;
accept deposits not coming from a properly established and verified gaming account with an appropriately regulated Financial Institution;
provide credit to a player or a player's gaming account or act as agent for a credit provider to facilitate the provision of credit to a player or a player's gaming account; and
have access to funds in a player's gaming account except in the following circumstances:
- to debit the account with a gaming amount or a wager made by the player or an amount requested by the player to play a game orwager in the course of participating in an authorized game in progress or to participate in a game about to commence;
- to remit funds standing to the credit of the account to the player at the player's request; and
- as otherwise authorized under these Rules.
- Restrictions to Players
A player shall not:
- Receive payment in excess of US$5,000 may be unless satisfactory evidence of the player's age, place of residence and identity has been provided to the Licensed Operator.
- Reports
A Licensed Operator shall immediately report the following:
- jackpot/major wins of over Ten Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$10,000.00);
- any win within a twenty-four (24) hour period by a player in excess of Fifty Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$50,000.00); or
- any cumulative win within a seventy-two (72) hour period by a player in excess of One Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars (US$100,000.00).
- Dormant Gaming Accounts
If no transaction has been recorded on a player's gaming account for more than eighteen (18) months, the Licensed Operator must remit the balance in the account to: (a) the player; or (b) if the player cannot be located, to the Regulator. No claim shall lie against a Licensed Operator in respect of a payment made to the Regulator in accordance with sub-paragraph (b).
