PAGCOR Self Exclusion: Who Can Apply, Periods and Papers

This entry settles how PAGCOR self exclusion works and who may request it, for as long as PAGCOR’s present exclusion page stands. Once a request is filed, PAGCOR logs you in the National Database of Restricted Persons; from then on, no site under its licence or operation will admit you. It suits the point where your own limits have stopped holding, and it is meant to be hard to take back.

PAGCOR self exclusion at a glance

Under the Responsible Gaming Code of Practice, the database lists anyone barred from gaming establishments, whether from entering, staying or playing, and those excluded through this programme are posted to it.

What to prepare

1. The application form from PAGCOR’s exclusion page.
2. One government-issued photo ID, photocopied.
3. Two colour photos, 2x2 size, none older than 6 months.
4. For anyone not filing in person, either a selfie or a video call.

Family applicants should read the family section of the same page first, since they are acting for someone else and PAGCOR sets that route out separately.

Three ways to file

Keep a copy of whatever you send and write down the date. The period you selected is what the ban runs for, so mark its end in your calendar.

Before you file: what the ban changes

A signed request is not a trial run. For the first 6 months nothing you say to PAGCOR can reverse it, so the shortest period is still a 6-month commitment. Once on the National Database of Restricted Persons, your name reaches online platforms and gaming establishments alike, so a land-based casino is closed to you too. Pick the 1-year or 5-year term if you already know 6 months would not be long enough.

What PAGCOR self exclusion reaches, and what it misses

Its reach stops at the sites PAGCOR licenses and operates. Whether a given site falls inside is something you can read yourself on PAGCOR’s online casino list of brands and domains. For the eligibility side, including everyone else barred from play, read the legal age for online betting entry.

A lobby missing from those files is out of reach, and PH365 is one of them on the edition dated 29 October 2026. For any such lobby, do these as well:

1. Write to that lobby’s support and ask for the account to be closed.
2. Block its web addresses on your phone and your computer.
3. Remove any saved password and any bookmark.
4. Let one trusted person in on what you have done, so someone else knows the plan.

For the days when the urge outlasts the paperwork, keep one number saved, (02) 8248-9568; that is how you reach the National Problem Gambling Helpline, and it costs nothing, stays confidential and runs 24 hours.

If you are not ready for a ban but you are worried, a stricter loss limit you set yourself is the step below this one. Other entries in the casino blog cover how bets and bonuses behave.