Casino resort complex Newport World Resorts (pictured in a file photo), in the Philippine capital, Manila, “is strengthening its online gaming system and platform to be able to compete in the online gaming segment of the Philippine gaming industry”, according to a filing on Wednesday to the Philippine Stock Exchange by parent firm Alliance Global Group Inc.
Land-based Newport World Resorts also operates online gaming aimed at domestic players and tied to physical casino inventory, via a Philippine Inland Gaming Operator (PIGO) licence. The online platform is branded “Newport World Casino” and, according to information from the country’s casino regulator, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), includes slot games and live baccarat.
Alliance Global noted in its update: “The [country’s] online gaming segment, based on reported first quarter 2025 performance, is estimated to reach PHP200 billion [US$3.59 billion] in gross gaming revenues (GGR) this year.”
The e-games and e-bingo segment contributed PHP51.39 billion, or 49.4 percent of the total first-quarter GGR produced by the Philippine gaming sector, according to data from Pagcor.
Travellers International Hotel Group Inc operates the Newport World Resorts casino and leisure complex. Travellers International is controlled by Philippine conglomerate Alliance Global.
Travellers International reported core revenues of PHP7.69 billion for the first quarter of 2025, up 7.8 percent year-on-year. It recorded a segment profit of PHP101.4 million, compared to PHP12.8 million in the same period last year.
The firm’s GGR for the opening three months of 2025 rose by approximately 6 percent to PHP7.9 billion, “on the back of a recovery in the VIP segment amid better hold rate,” parent Alliance Global stated in a filing last week.
In its latest disclosure to the Philippine bourse, Alliance Global confirmed that Newport World Resorts was working on a “new version” of its online offering, in order to provide clients with “an enhanced and strengthened gaming system and platform.”
The parent added: “Newport World Resorts’ improved gaming revenue from online gaming will positively impact overall revenue of Travellers International and Alliance Global.”
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