NinoGaming on PAGCOR License Games: What EGLD Approval Really Covers

PAGCOR license games are titles that appear on one of PAGCOR’s approved electronic games lists. That approval matters, but it is narrower than most people assume. It covers a specific game version for use by PAGCOR licensees. It does not license the studio that made the game, and it does not license the casino that shows it to you.

What PAGCOR license games approval means

PAGCOR’s Electronic Gaming Licensing Department (EGLD) keeps a “List of EGLD-Approved Electronic Games” with one PDF per studio or supplier. When this page was written, the EGLD page linked more than 100 of these files.

Each file approves game content for use by operators PAGCOR licenses. The studio is not an operator and holds no PAGCOR operator license by being listed. It is also the distinction most easily blurred in casino marketing.

Reading an EGLD list: PG Soft and Evolution

Two lists show how these files work. Both were dated 19 May 2026.

	PG Soft	Evolution
File title	Pocket Games Soft	One Visaya Gaming Corporation / Evolution: Live Dealer Games
Rows	162	105
Columns	No., game offering, game name, game ID and version, game type	Same
Game offering shown	eCasino games	eCasino games
Example row	Fortune Tiger, ID 126, version 1.3.0.3, slot	Crazy Time, live dealer

Three things stand out:

1. Approval is per version. Anubis Wrath appears twice on the PG Soft list, as versions 1.8.0.3 and 1.15.0.5. A version that is not on the list is not covered by it.
2. The supplier name can differ from the studio brand. PG Soft files as Pocket Games Soft; Evolution’s live list is filed with One Visaya Gaming Corporation.
3. Live dealer tables count as eCasino games. Evolution’s rows are classed as live dealer table games under the eCasino offering.

You can read more about the titles in the Fortune Tiger slot review and the Crazy Time rules page.

What the lists leave out

The columns above are all there is. An EGLD list does not show:

1. RTP. No return-to-player column appears. For PG Soft, the figure sits in the studio’s own published game data; for live games, the studio’s help screen is where it is shown.
2. Which casinos carry the game. No operator names appear.
3. Any bonus or payout terms. Those belong to the operator.

Studio licenses are separate

A studio’s own regulator is usually outside the Philippines. The PG Soft provider profile records Malta Gaming Authority license MGA/B2B/435/2017, held by Pocket Games Software Limited, which the MGA suspended from 29 September 2020 and later reinstated. The Evolution provider profile records MGA/CRP/187/2010 and UK Gambling Commission account 41655.

Those licenses let the studio supply games. None of them licenses a Philippine casino.

Red flags to watch for

1. A casino says it is “PAGCOR licensed” and points to a studio’s EGLD list as proof.
2. A game’s in-lobby version does not match any version on the EGLD list, where you can see it.
3. A site quotes an RTP “approved by PAGCOR”. EGLD lists carry no RTP column.
4. The casino’s own domain is missing from PAGCOR’s brands and domains lists, however many approved titles it shows.

Verdict

Approved games tell you the content passed PAGCOR’s approval for its licensees. To know whether the site is one of those licensees, check the domain on the PAGCOR license list registers. The PAGCOR license pillar page sets out what a license does and does not guarantee.