The Philippine online gambling industry is facing further changes to the rules involving its business process outsourcing (BPO) partnerships.

Last week, an announcement was posted to the website of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) alerting the industry as to the new “accreditation of Special Class of BPOs affected by the POGO [Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators] rules and Executive Order No. 13.”

The announcement defines this new Special Class of BPOs as those “servicing legitimately licensed gaming operators abroad and do not in anyway [sic] handle betting but purely product marketing and are not servicing any of PAGCOR POGO licensees.”

The criteria for being designated as a Special Class of BPO requires firms to adhere to all the requirements of regular POGO Service Providers. In addition, these BPOs can supply services only to “duly licensed gaming operators located abroad.”