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Application Procedures for Permit To Possess Gaming Equipment & Gaming Paraphernalia for Data/Content Streaming Provider of Electronic Gaming Sites

Gaming Licensing and Development Department APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR PERMIT TO POSSESS GAMING EQUIPMENT AND GAMING PARAPHERNALIA FOR DATA/CONTENT STREAMING PROVIDER OF ELECTRONIC GAMING SITES ================================================================ A. Description of Permit to Possess The Permit to Possess (PTP) is a certificate issued by PAGCOR to providers of a studio gaming set-up, i.e. Data/Content Streaming Provider. The PTP allows said provider to import, store, transfer/move, ship-out and operate gaming equipment and/or gaming paraphernalia in its gaming studio for the sole purpose of video streaming footages of live gaming action in conjunction with the operation of electronic games at gaming sites. Taxes and duties levied on the importation of any gaming equipment and/or paraphernalia brought into the country by the provider shall be for its sole account. The PTP is site specific and issued on a per venue basis. B. PTP Application Procedures: Hereunder are the procedures for processing of applications for PTP of Data/Content Streaming Provider of electronic gaming sites: 1. Applicant obtains the application form for PTP of Data/Content Streaming Provider by downloading the “Application for Permit to Possess Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia” at the Electronic Gaming & Poker page of PAGCOR regulatory website at the link: www.pagcor.ph/regulatory/cegs.php. 2. Applicant provides information, fully accomplish the application form and attach the applicant documentary requirements, which include among others the following: a) Duly accomplished Application for Permit to Possess Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia Form; b) Duly accomplished Specimen Signature Card of the Applicant’s authorized representative; c) Certificate of Enrolment issued by GLDD; d) Copy of Registration Certificate from Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) including Articles of Incorporation; e) Latest General Information Sheet (GIS) duly received by SEC; f) Duly accomplished Personal Disclosure Statements (PDS) of all key officers of the applicant-corporation; g) Photocopy of the Mayor’s Permit/ Business Permit/ municipal license; f) Proof of accreditation from an electronic gaming system and games Service Provider or licensed Operator, as applicable; and g) Detailed location sketch of company office, factory and/or warehouse. 1|Page

3. All applications for PTP are submitted to GLDD for evaluation. 4. Application will be returned if information and/or documentary requirements are incomplete. 5. Applicants shall be assessed a Permit to Possess (PTP) fee of One Million Pesos (PhP1,000,000.00) per studio to cover regular inspection and monitoring of the gaming studio that houses the gaming equipment and/or paraphernalia. If documentary requirements are complete, GLDD advises the Applicant to pay the said fees. Any unexplained loss, unauthorized transfer or sale of above-mentioned gaming equipment or paraphernalia shall be fined an amount of PhP1 Million. 6. The Applicant shall ensure that designs of table layouts should show the logo, name and/or brand name of the concerned electronic gaming system Service Provider to which the Data/Content Streaming Provider has an existing service agreement. 7. GLDD recommends to the Board of Directors the approval of the PTP of the Applicant as Data/Content Streaming Provider upon compliance with the following: a) Submission of complete documentary requirements; and b) Payment of applicable fees. 8. GLDD informs the Applicant of the approval of the application. 9. The Permit to Possess (PTP) Gaming Equipment and Gaming Paraphernalia duly signed by the President and Chief Operating Officer shall be issued to the Data/Content Streaming Provider. C. General Conditions for Accreditation: 10. Standard Terms and Conditions. The applicant/accredited provider shall faithfully abide by the following standard terms and conditions: a) For monitoring purposes, data/content streaming provider shall allow the inspection of the premises, machines and equipment being used in its operations at any time upon request of PAGCOR’s monitoring and enforcement personnel duly assigned for the purpose. b) All hardware equipment to be utilized shall be subject to GLDD’s evaluation and approval. Data/content streaming provider shall not install, modify, decommission, remove or destroy any such equipment without written approval from GLDD. 11. Suspension and Cancellation of PTP. During the pendency of its investigation, the Board may suspend the PTP upon receipt of a complaint or of an information from the monitoring task force based on the following grounds: a) Accredited provider is not, or no longer, in the opinion of the Board, a suitable corporation to be accredited; b) Accredited provider is convicted of an offense in violation of anti- gambling laws of the Philippines; 2|Page

c) Accredited provider is convicted of any serious offense under any other law; d) Accredited provider violates a condition attached to its accreditation. e) Accredited provider is bankrupt or under rehabilitation; f) Accredited provider obtained its accreditation by a materially false or misleading representation or in some other improper way; and g) Accreditation is required to be suspended to ensure that the public interest is not affected in an adverse and material way, or the integrity of the conduct of gaming is not jeopardized in any way. In the event that the accredited provider shall be found guilty of any of the above-mentioned violations, the same shall result to the cancellation of its PTP. 12. Permit Non-transferable. PTP issued under this document cannot be transferred by way of sale, inheritance succession, gift or otherwise to any corporation without prior consent of the Board and under any additional condition for the transfer and only if the transferee meets the requirements of this document. 13. Permit to Possess (PTP) Renewal Fees. Data/Content Streaming Provider shall renew its PTP registration yearly and must comply with the requirements for renewal at least a month prior to expiration, for a similar fee of One Million Pesos (PhP1 Million). 14. Additional or Transfer of Operating Site. Application and processing fees (one-time fee) for additional or transfer of operating site to a building other than that of the existing site is One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000.00). Application and processing fees (one-time fee) for additional or transfer of operating site to a building with an existing operating site is Seventy Five Thousand Pesos (PhP75,000.00) per floor. 15. Imposition of Replacement Fees. PAGCOR shall impose a replacement fee of Seventy Five Thousand Pesos (PhP75,000.00) for requests for the reprinting of PTP certificates, as long as the request for correction or change in the details, are through no fault of PAGCOR. 3|Page

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