NinoGaming Sabong: Is Online Sabong Legal Now?

E-sabong in the Philippines has been suspended across the whole country since 2022. The suspension began on 3 May 2022 when President Duterte ordered e-sabong ended, and Executive Order No. 9, signed on 28 December 2022, continues it. There is no betting route to describe.

NinoGaming sabong is not something this page can point you to. The rest of this page explains the status and what NinoGaming’s own listing shows.

NinoGaming sabong: the legal status in six facts

The direct answer is that online sabong is suspended, and each of these facts has a source.

1. Under EO 9, every e-sabong operation, auxiliary services included, remains suspended across the country.
2. The 3 May 2022 halt was ordered by President Duterte; EO 9 records that a suspension began that day.
3. Its scope takes in fights streamed live from outside a cockpit, plus any wager placed online or away from the cockpit on those streams.
4. BSP Memorandum Circular 2022-026, released 27 May 2022, led to e-sabong merchants being removed from e-wallet apps.
5. PAGCOR’s chairman said in September 2024 that the regulator would stick to the order, with no revival under study.
6. A June 2026 PAGCOR notice flagged offshore sites that borrow its emblem and post forged licence certificates.

Tip: one dated order beats a hundred forum posts. If a post claims a revival, ask for the order’s number and date, then look for it on the Official Gazette or Lawphil. Nothing in the sources behind this page shows EO 9 being lifted since.

Online sabong and cockfight betting: what is still lawful

The direct answer is that traditional, licensed cockfights are outside EO 9, while online and live-stream betting is inside it.

A search for “cockfight betting” therefore leads to no legal online route. Pages that say otherwise may describe the position before 2022, or may belong to illegal sites using a PAGCOR logo. PAGCOR cautions that handing details to those sites exposes your identity and your money.

Tip: PAGCOR says participating in unauthorised gaming is punishable by law, so a promised “private” sabong room is a reason to leave.

What NinoGaming’s listing shows

The direct answer is that the PAGCOR list and the lobby both point at other games. Entry 14 on the regulator’s accredited list is Ninogaming, a main brand under Gemini Gaming Management Corporation; the entry names sports betting alongside e-casino, e-bingo and specialty games. The addresses printed beside it are ninogaming.com and three subdomains of it: ecasino, ebingo and sports.

When the lobby was read in late October 2026, one SABA Lobby tile filled the Sports tab. No sabong market was recorded there, and the sportsbook is not described on this site as carrying sabong. The old pages about cockfights now redirect to this one.

Tip: read the licensed game offering on the PAGCOR list first. A game type missing from it is a game type the brand is not listed for.

Red flags to watch for

The direct answer is that any page promising sabong betting today is a warning in itself.

• A PAGCOR logo with no brand or domain entry on PAGCOR’s list.
• A licence certificate image from a checker site that PAGCOR’s notice names as counterfeit.
• A request to pay through a personal account or a chat group.
• A claim that a ban “does not apply” to private rooms.

Tip: report such a site at cicc.gov.ph, as PAGCOR’s responsible gaming page directs, and do not send a peso to test it.

Where to go instead

The direct answer is to a sport that is lawful to bet on through a PAGCOR-licensed sportsbook. The sports betting hub explains the rules, and the sport pages cover basketball betting, NBA betting and boxing betting rules. If you already hold an account, read the login safety notes and sign in only on the brand’s own domain.

You must be 21 or older. When betting no longer feels optional, PAGCOR’s problem-gambling helpline picks up at any hour on (02) 8248-9568.