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Online Sabong Is Suspended: What EO 9 Covers and What a Cockfight Tab Means

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You asked: whether online sabong is allowed in 2026. Next step: read the order below before going any further. Where it lives: nowhere legal online. E-sabong has stood suspended nationally since May 2022, and President Marcos extended that halt with Executive Order No. 9 on 28 December 2022.

It reaches two things, streams of fights shown away from the cockpit and wagers placed on those streams from anywhere else, and the location of the betting platform makes no difference. No route to a bet appears below; you get the order, its dates and a glossary of the words you may have met.

SLOTVIP’s lobby lists a Cockfight item (Sabong on phones) with entries marked DS88 and CFA88. PAGCOR’s lists, as of 29 October 2026, name neither that brand nor its hosts, which means the tab is not e-sabong under any PAGCOR licence, and the order’s reach does not depend on a listing anyway.

E sabong under Executive Order No. 9

Section 1 suspends e-sabong operations of every kind, auxiliary work included, and spells out two of them:

  1. Streams. Cockfights carried live, or broadcast, beyond the cockpit’s own walls.
  2. Remote betting. Any wager on those streamed fights made online or away from the cockpit, no matter where the platform operates.

Fights in a cockpit run under existing law stay outside the order. PAGCOR leads the rollout while the DILG and the PNP help and go after violators, and the order applied from the moment it was issued.

Sabong online: dates on the record

WhenEvent
1 September 2021PAGCOR was then regulating licensed e-sabong (history only)
3 May 2022E-sabong halted nationwide after a spoken order from President Duterte
27 May 2022The BSP’s Memorandum Circular 2022-026 limited banks and e-wallets under its watch to gambling firms the government authorises; wallet apps such as GCash and PayMaya dropped e-sabong merchants
28 December 2022Executive Order No. 9, on the continued suspension, is signed by President Marcos
12 September 2024PAGCOR’s chairman tells the Philippine News Agency no revival has been studied and the order will be followed

The record above ends with PAGCOR saying it will follow the order. Treat any site claiming e-sabong is back as making a claim it has to prove, and look for the document rather than the banner.

Online sabong terms: meron, wala and the pool

These are the words you will meet in old articles and in videos of fights.

TermMeaning
SabongCockfighting; the traditional, cockpit-based sport
E-sabongCockfights streamed for online betting; the suspended activity
MeronOne side of the fight, usually the side listed as favourite
WalaThe other side
CockpitThe licensed venue where traditional fights take place

Pool-style prices depend on the money staked on each corner, so the better-backed side returns less per peso. That explains the language. None of that makes this a market to enter, and the odds formats page for the Philippines shows how licensed sportsbooks price a bet instead.

Red flags on a sabong page

Problem: a site offers a cockfight stream and a betting button.

Fix: walk away. EO 9 covers exactly that, wherever the servers are, and a wallet or account problem there has nowhere regulated to go.

Problem: gambling on fights has become hard to stop.

Fix: make the National Problem Gambling Helpline your first call, at (02) 8248-9568, and read how self-exclusion works in the responsible gaming notes.

The rest of this desk covers regulated formats only: boxing betting markets, parlay slips and the sports betting overview.

How to Get Started

  1. Know what the order covers

    Cockfights streamed beyond the cockpit are stopped by EO 9, and so are wagers placed on those streams from elsewhere, whichever country hosts the site.

  2. Check any operator on PAGCOR's lists

    On the lists PAGCOR publishes, look up the operator's name first, then the exact address in your browser. A tab on a missing site has no licence behind it.

  3. Keep your money out of it

    Leave online cockfight betting alone for as long as the order stands. If you find that hard, call the helpline PAGCOR launched, on (02) 8248-9568.

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Can I place a legal online sabong bet from the Philippines today?

No. Executive Order No. 9, from President Marcos, suspends e-sabong operations of every kind across the country, and online wagers on streamed fights fall within it, wherever the site is hosted. Cockpit fights run under existing law are a separate matter.

Will e-sabong come back?

Alejandro Tengco, who chairs PAGCOR, told the Philippine News Agency in September 2024 that a revival had not been looked at and that the agency would await the President. Any return would need a new presidential instruction.

Meron or wala: which side is which?

They name the two corners of a fight: meron is usually the favoured bird and wala the other. The words only label the sides, and this page offers no route to bet on either.

Why do I see a sabong tab on a casino site?

A tab shows what a site chooses to list, not what the law allows. EO 9 applies wherever the platform is based, and a tab gives you no licence and no protection.