this article uses citations that link to broken or outdated sources . please improve the article or discuss this issue on the talk page . help on using footnotes is available . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message philippine amusement and gaming corporation type public industry casino headquarters philippines key people jose jorge corpuz chairman 1 number of employees 11 000 website www.pagcor.ph philippine amusement and gaming corporation pagcor is a government owned and controlled philippines corporation established through presidential decree 1067 a. 2 pagcor is the philippines largest contributor of revenue to the government after the tax and customs authority . history edit after its establishment pagcor entered itself into a contract with philippine casino operators corporation pcoc for the operation of the floating casino in the manila bay in 1977 . however after the floating casino was gutted by fire in 1979 pagcor shifted its focus to land based casinos and entered into another contract with pcoc for the management of a casino at the provident international and resources corporation pirc building on imelda avenue para aque city metro manila philippines . 3 then under presidential decree 1869 decreed in 1983 it was mandated to act as the sole government corporation conducting and establishing gaming pools and casinos in the country . 4 in 1986 it was re established and reorganized by philippine president corazon c. aquino as a new pagcor to help raise funds for the government ; norberto quisumbing was appointed as its first chairman followed by the former development bank of the philippines chair alicia ll . reyes as its chair and ceo . reyes was succeeded by ephraim genuino under the appointment by philippine president gloria macapagal arroyo in 2001 . the firm operates its own casinos and several vip slot clubs in major cities across the country . it also oversees and regulates privately owned casinos more than 180 bingo parlors as well as e games cafes across the country . the company employs more than 11 000 workers . in june 2007 pagcor gained from a piece of legislation republic act 9487 which granted the state run gaming firm then under the leadership of chairman genuino another 25 years to regulate and operate games of chance to issue licenses and to enter into joint venture management or investment agreements with private entities for the entertainment city in the manila bay area para aque and in newport city pasay in particular . chairman genuino successfully attracted investors to the project to put up las vegas style integrated resorts . two integrated resorts opened in 1 november 2014 . a slot amusement cafe beside manila grand opera house pagcor is under the office of the president of the philippines . 5 references edit wikimedia commons has media related to philippine amusement and gaming corporation . trisha macas 12 september 2016 . new pcso minda chairmen take oath before duterte . gma news . retrieved 13 september 2016 . http ocampolaw.co ph.com laws presidential decree 1067 a http www.supremecourt.gov.ph jurisprudence 2003 mar2003 . . % 5c . . % 5c2000 % 5cmar2000 % 5c132929.html http ocampolaw.co ph.com laws index.php s new pagcor & submit search house of representatives of the philippines . house of representatives . retrieved 5 january 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title philippine amusement and gaming corporation & oldid 739200567 categories gambling companies of the philippinesgovernment owned and controlled corporationscompanies based in manilahidden categories articles with broken or outdated citations from january 2014all articles with broken or outdated citationscommons category with page title same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 10 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view