Most countries on this list are a licensing gap — FanDuel simply never applied. FanDuel Philippines is a sharper story: the country regulates sports betting through a real agency, PAGCOR, and separately slammed the door on the entire category a foreign site like FanDuel would fall into. Executive Order 74 did that, effective December 31, 2024, and nothing about it required naming FanDuel specifically.

What PAGCOR Actually Licenses

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is both regulator and operator in the Philippine gambling market, and it does license private companies to run sports betting — but only as domestic operations tied to physical sites, not as offshore sites reachable from anywhere. A PAGCOR memo published January 19, 2026 set the fee structure those licensees pay: 15% of gross gaming revenue for live sports betting (down from 17.5% in 2025) and 30% for virtual sports, both billed retroactively to a November 2025 period. That's a functioning, fee-collecting domestic framework. FanDuel is not in it.

Is FanDuel legal in the Philippines? No. It holds no PAGCOR license, and the offshore category it would otherwise operate under was banned outright by Executive Order 74.

Is FanDuel Safe in the Philippines? EO 74 Is the Reason the Answer Is No

President Marcos signed Executive Order No. 74 on November 5, 2024, titled “Immediate Ban of Philippine Offshore Gaming, Internet Gaming, and Other Offshore Gaming Operations.” It took effect December 31, 2024, and covers Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGOs), internet gaming licensees, and other offshore gaming operations — including ones previously licensed inside economic zones. The stated rationale was national security, public safety, and the crime and money-laundering risk tied to the offshore sector, with national agencies and local governments tasked to enforce it. A US-facing book like FanDuel, reachable from the Philippines only by routing around geofencing, sits squarely in the category EO 74 was written to shut down — which is also why using it from there carries no PAGCOR protection and no FanDuel terms-of-service recourse if something goes wrong.

Philippines sports betting, at a glance:

  • Domestic sports betting: legal, PAGCOR-licensed, fee-based (15% GGR live / 30% virtual as of a January 2026 memo)
  • Offshore gaming operators (POGOs, internet gaming licensees): banned outright under EO 74, effective December 31, 2024
  • FanDuel: holds no PAGCOR license, has never announced a Philippine launch
  • Pending: a 2025 Senate bill (Zubiri) seeking a broader online-gambling ban, still unresolved as of October 2026

Is FanDuel Legit, Even Without a Philippine License?

As a company, yes. FanDuel is wholly owned by Flutter Entertainment, a public company listed on the NYSE and LSE, running licensed sportsbooks and casinos across roughly two dozen US jurisdictions plus Ontario, Alberta, and Puerto Rico. But legitimacy as a US operator doesn't transfer into a PAGCOR license, and nothing in Flutter's public disclosures claims a Philippine entity. Flutter's Asia-Pacific revenue runs through Sportsbet in Australia, a separate brand under the same parent, not through FanDuel.

Could That Change?

PAGCOR does license domestic sports betting operators, and its chairman, Alejandro Tengco, said in September 2026 that he wants a comprehensive online gaming law enacted before his term ends in 2028 — a sign the regulatory picture is still being written. But the other live bill in the Philippine Senate, Juan Miguel Zubiri's 2025 “Anti-Online Gambling Act,” points the opposite direction: an outright ban on all online gambling, not an opening for offshore brands. Until one of those resolves, the practical answer for FanDuel Philippines stays no. Betting should stay entertainment, not an income plan, wherever it's actually legal to do.