Memorandum regarding the Live Dealer as Game Content for PAGCOR-Approved Electronic Gaming System/Platform

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation

Creating Opportunities Beyond Gaming

I-GAMING LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GROUP E-Games / E-Bingo Licensing Department

MEMORANDUM 03 April 2023

TO ALL ELECTRONIC GAMING SITES OPERATORS ALL ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEM SERVICE PROVIDERS

FROM THE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT

SUBJECT LIVE DEALER GAMES AS GAME CONTENT FOR PAGCOR APPROVED ELECTRONIC GAMING SYSTEM/PLATFORM

gaming platform of PAGCOR-accredited Electronic Gaming System (EGS). Service Live Dealer Game Contents. Please be informed that PAGCOR's Board of Directors in its meeting on 23 March 2023 approved to allow live dealer games as game content for PAGCOR-approved remote Providers, subject to the conditions and requirements as provided for in the Guidelines on

submitting a duly filled-out New System, Game, and/or Machine Request and Approval approval. In view thereof, all EGS Service Providers that would intend to implement live dealer games in their respective gaming platforms shall file before EGEBLD their request by Form (GS Form No. 9) together with all the necessary requirements for evaluation and

For your information and guidance.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

JEREMY BLUGLUG

Encls: As stated.

CC OCCEO VP,IGLRG VP,MEG MegaXcess IT Solutions,Inc.

20230403-PGOES-ALL-0065 PAGCOR MAIN CORPORATE OFFICE, iMET BPO Tower, CBP-1A Metropolitan Park, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City Philippines 1300 (632) 522-0299 / 521-0957 Connecting All Departments Website: www.pagcor.ph

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporatior

Creating Opportunities Beyond Gaming

I-GAMING LICENSING AND REGULATIONS GROUP E-Games / E-Bingo Licensing Department

Guidelines on Live Dealer Game Contents

purposes thereof. feeds of a live real human croupier in a format and manner similar to that of its traditional conducted in an exclusive gaming studio operated directly by the Game Provider or by a third- party Streaming Provider, broadcasted live through the internet, where players may place bets in a user-interface, often a gaming website or a desktop or mobile application, made for Live dealer games are live casino games whose outcome or results are derived from the live equivalent casino game that are streamed real-time to the gaming software platform, rather than by a random number generator (RNG) algorithm or a computer program. In playing live dealer games, instead of players going to a brick-and-mortar casino, these casino games are

As regards live peer-to-peer poker games however, the same is excluded for purposes hereof due to the existing regulatory model and methodologies of PAGCOR concerning poker games Licensing and Regulatory Group (LRG). i.e., issuance of "Poker Games" gaming license through the Table Games Department (TGD)

Live dealer games shall be allowed as game content for PAGCOR-approved electronic (casino) remote gaming platform of PAGCOR-accredited Electronic Gaming System (EGS) Service Provider, subject to the following guidelines:

1. EGEBLD shall process all evaluation and approval involving requests to offer and operate live dealer games.

2 Only live dealer games provided by iegitimate Game Providers shall be allowed as

game content, where only live feeds must be utilized for the outcome of the game/s.

3. The gaming software platform hosting live dealer games must be certified by a applicable standards. reputable and independent gaming laboratory under the requirements of any

4. Feeds utilized for live dealer games can either be streamed live from a gaming studio Iocated within the territorial jurisdiction of the Philippines or abroad. Provided however that in cases where the gaming studio is located in the Philippines, the following shall apply:

The Streaming Provider must be duly accredited under the under the provisions of the Accreditation Procedures for Data/Content Streaming Provider of Electronic Gaming Sites.

its concerned gaming studio under the provisions of the Application The Streaming Provider must secure the necessary Permit To Possess (PTP) for Procedures for Permit To Possess Gaming Equipment & Gaming Paraphernalia for Data/Content Streaming Provider of Electronic Gaming Sites. I. Due to their existing operational resources and technical capabilities, a Item 4 (i) above. PAGCOR-accredited Live Studio and Streaming Provider (LSSP) under the Offshore Gaming Licensing Department (OGLD) may provide live feeds for purposes of live dealer games referred herein, provided that it must comply with

5. Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) attributable to the live dealer games referred herein

shall be subject to a 47.50% PAGCOR Share or License Fee. PAGCOR MAIN CORPORATE OFFICE, iMET BPO Tower, CBP-1A Metropolitan Park, Roxas Boutevard, Pasay City Philippines 1300 (632522-0299/521-0957 Connecting All DepartmentsWebsite:www.pagcor.ph