FB777 on RA 9487: What Changed in PAGCOR's Charter
RA 9487, approved on 20 June 2007, amended Section 10 of PD 1869 and gave PAGCOR another 25-year franchise term from the 2008 expiry of its original one, without changing PAGCOR's underlying power to license and regulate games of chance.
- FB777 and the CICC Hotline
- The CICC hotline is 1326, staffed 24/7, and a cicc report scam call should lead with the domain name, the date, what went wrong, and any screenshots or transaction references you already have — the same evidence a WHOIS lookup and an SSL check would have surfaced beforehand.
- FB777 and the Data Privacy Act Philippines
- RA 10173, the Data Privacy Act of 2012, requires any Philippine-facing site collecting a name, ID number or bank detail to state what it collects and why, secure it, and let you complain to the National Privacy Commission if it does not.
- FB777 SSL Certificate Check
- An SSL certificate check opens the padlock icon next to the address bar, reads which certificate authority issued it and which exact domain it covers, and confirms that domain matches what you're actually looking at — proof the connection is encrypted, not proof the operator is licensed.
- FB777 WHOIS Lookup
- A WHOIS lookup takes the bare domain, runs it through a free WHOIS tool, and returns the registration date, registrar and, where not hidden, the registrant — enough to tell a fresh copycat domain from one that has existed for years.
Republic Act 9487 is a one-purpose amendment: it kept PAGCOR’s charter in force past the date the original 1983 grant would otherwise have expired, without rewriting what that charter lets PAGCOR do. It changes nothing about which specific brands are licensed — that question is still answered only by PAGCOR’s own published list, covered on the PD 1869 overview.
What RA 9487 Actually Amended
| Item | Before RA 9487 | After RA 9487 |
|---|---|---|
| Governing section | Section 10 of PD 1869 | Section 10 of PD 1869, as amended |
| Franchise term | Original term set by PD 1869 (1983) | Extended 25 years from the original expiry, renewable for another 25 |
| Approval date | — | 20 June 2007 |
| PAGCOR’s licensing power | Unchanged | Unchanged |
RA 9487 is a term extension, not a rewrite of PAGCOR’s regulatory powers, and it names no individual casino brand at all — it is a law about PAGCOR’s own franchise, not about any operator’s licence status. The Data Privacy Act Philippines page covers a completely separate law that applies to any site collecting a player’s ID, whether or not that site is licensed by PAGCOR at all.
Why an Amendment Date Matters When You’re Checking a Site
A site that claims a PAGCOR licence is claiming to operate under the charter as it stands today — PD 1869 plus the RA 9487 amendment — not under some older or different version of the law. Knowing that the current franchise period runs from the 2008 extension is what lets you tell a genuine reference to PAGCOR’s authority from a vague one.
- Confirm the claim names PAGCOR specifically, not a similarly worded regulator.
- Check the entity and domain against PAGCOR’s own published list, not a footer badge.
- Remember that RA 9487 extended a franchise term — it did not hand out new individual licences.
A claim that gets any of these three backward is worth treating with caution rather than as a settled fact, and reporting a suspicious one through the CICC hotline takes a phone call and the evidence you already have on screen. None of this makes RA 9487 complicated in practice: it is one amendment, to one section, extending one franchise term, and everything else about a specific operator’s status still comes from PAGCOR’s own published list rather than from this law’s text.
FAQ
What is RA 9487 in one sentence?
It is the 2007 law that extended PAGCOR's franchise term by amending Section 10 of PD 1869, PAGCOR's original 1983 charter.
Did RA 9487 create any new operator licences?
No — it extended PAGCOR's own franchise term rather than granting or naming any specific operator. Whether a brand is licensed is still a separate question, answered only by PAGCOR's own published list, covered on the PD 1869 page.
How long did RA 9487 extend PAGCOR's franchise?
It granted another 25 years from the expiry of the original term, with a further 25-year renewal available after that. The table below sets out both periods.