Amendments to the Regulatory Manuals

AMENDMENTS TO REGULATORY MANUALS Regulatory Manuals: 1. Gaming Site Regulatory Manual (GSRM) version 3.0 for Electronic Games 2. Gaming Site Regulatory Manual (GSRM) version 3.0 for Bingo Games Additional / Amended Provisions: I. Traditional bingo Operators shall implement their own player membership system or the PAGCOR-developed eBingo player membership system at their bingo gaming sites on or before July 1, 2017. II. Detailed definition of pertinent terms of site location area requirements (e.g. mall, arcade, commercial building, stand-alone gaming site, etc.) shall be included to Section 3 (Site location area requirements) of the above GSRMs. The following amendments shall be implemented and included to the above GSRMs: A. Subsection (a) of Section 3 (Site location area requirements) under Regulation 3 (Site Location Requirements) of GSRMs FROM TO 1. Malls or Arcades 1. Malls or Arcades i. These are large retail complex i. Mall is a large building or series of containing a variety of stores and connected buildings containing a often restaurants and other business/ variety of retail stores, restaurants commercial establishments housed in and/or shops offering sales, leisure a series of connected or adjacent and entertainment services to buildings or in a single large building; customers, operating as a controlled and commercial buildings where or secured business/commercial majority of the located establishments establishment. The mall may be a provide retail sales, leisure and complex where its premises include entertainment to customers. non-connected annex(es). ii. Gaming site must be enclosed and ii. Gaming site must be enclosed and within the mall’s general premises to within the premises of the mall or be classified under this category. This annex inside the mall complex. may include non-connected annexes that have similar leisure and iii. Arcade is a commercial building or a confined compound or complex with entertainment establishments as that at least five (5) establishments of the mall (restaurants, etc). (including the gaming site) with a Typically, annex area will belong to variety of retail stores, restaurants the same complex or share the same and/or shops offering sales, leisure parking area of the mall. Buildings and entertainment services to that are not in the mall premises may customers. be classified otherwise. iii. Only one (1) gaming site can be located in one mall or arcade.

3. Commercial Buildings 3. Commercial Buildings i. Address classified by LGU Zoning Commercial building is a building with at Body as a commercial building. most three (3) establishments providing commercial services, e.g. retail sales, ii. The Commercial Building should not food, leisure, entertainment, etc. The be located beside or across schools, building must be in compliance with the places of worship, cockpits, horse- following: racing outlets, public markets, informal settlers, and resettlement areas. i. Address must be classified by LGU Zoning Body as a commercial building; iii. Buildings must either have a supplied generator or allow the gaming site to ii. Not located beside or across have its own generator. residential house(s) particularly the informal settler dwelling(s), i.e. iv. Gaming site must be enclosed and unplanned house(s) with households within the commercial building to be whose tenure status is “rent-free classified under this category. without consent of owner”. v. Only one (1) gaming site can be iii. Buildings or establishments located located in a Commercial Building. inside a compound or complex confined as commercial or entertainment area (mix of offices and shops, cluster of bars, clubs, restaurants and other recreation facilities) is included in this classification. 4. Hotels / Resorts 4. Hotels / Resorts i. Gaming sites can only be located i. Hotel is an establishment, building or inside the building or within the same complex providing accommodations, complex/premises of three (3)-star meals, leisure, rest and recreation hotels and resorts accredited by the services for travelers and tourists. Department of Tourism authorized by PAGCOR and by the local ii. Resort is a place to which people government unit concerned. frequently or generally go for relaxation or pleasure, especially one ii. Proposed site must be located in an providing rest and recreation facilities identified commercial space of the for vacationers. hotel/resort (as opposed to guest rooms). iii. Gaming sites can only be located inside the building or within the same complex/premises of three (3)-star hotels and resorts accredited by the Department of Tourism authorized by PAGCOR and by the local government unit concerned Page | 2

iv. Proposed site must be located in the following: a) Inside the building or within the same complex or premises as the hotel or resort; and b) In an identified commercial space of the hotel or resort (as opposed to guest rooms). B. Subsection (b) of Section 3 (Site location area requirements) under Regulation 3 (Site Location Requirements) of GSRMs FROM TO (b) No stand-alone gaming site shall be (b) No stand-alone gaming site shall be allowed. Stand-alone gaming site allowed. Stand-alone gaming site refers to gaming site located in a refers to gaming site solely located in solitary building or establishment, and a solitary building or establishment, is not part of any commercial complex and is not part of any commercial or compound. complex or compound. C. Section 2 (Player registration minimum requirements) under Regulation 17 (Player Registration and Membership) of GSRM for Bingo Games FROM TO Section 2. Player registration minimum Section 2. Player registration minimum requirements requirements The Operator shall provide a player The Operator shall provide a player registration application procedures to be registration application procedures to be followed by prospective Players (for followed by prospective Players which electronic bingo only) which shall include shall include the following minimum the following minimum requirements: requirements: Effectivity of the above amendments shall be on May 4, 2017. Page | 3