A Guide to Land-Based Casinos in the Philippines

Asia has been building a name for itself in the gambling industry over the years – and the Philippines is keeping up with this growth. When planning a trip to the Philippines, one may envision pristine beaches and gorgeous scenery. This tropical paradise, however, provides more than just the ultimate summer vacation. Since legalizing gambling, the country, particularly its capital, has established a reputation as one of Southeast Asia’s most popular casino destinations. For starters, it has around 65 casino resorts in 32 cities.

If you want to know more about the most popular gambling destinations in the country’s capital, this article will go through four of them.

Newport World Resorts

Previously known as Resorts World Manila, the Newport World Resorts is the first integrated resort in the Philippines. It is located in a prime location in Newport City, directly across from Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City. The development now houses four hotels, a casino, a mall, movie theaters, restaurants, nightclubs, and a theater with seating for 1,500 people.

The main casino at Newport World Resorts features 323,000 square feet (30,000 square meters) of gaming space, including both traditional table games and slot machines and electronic table games. The Remington Entertainment Center, located within the Remington Hotel, has additional gaming areas. With the opening of the Newport Grand Wing at the end of 2018, the gaming area expanded, in addition to new retail and food options.

Okada Manila

As a part of the Entertainment City complex in Paranaque, Metro Manila, Okada Manila is a casino resort and hotel spanning 44 hectares (110 acres). The total area devoted to gaming is 26,410.77 square meters (284,283.2 square feet). Each of the hotel’s two wings, Pearl and Coral, has 15 stories and is linked to the rest of the structure through one of two skybridges. There are 993 rooms at the hotels that are part of the first phase of the casino project that cost $US2.4 billion. It was originally proposed that the casino have over 3,000 slot machines and 500 table games.

Apart from the gaming area, the casino resort also has a retail space of 8,409 square meters (90,510 square feet), a full-service wellness center, an indoor facility that provides educational entertainment for children, and an indoor beach.

Solaire Resort & Casino

Solaire Resort & Casino, or more commonly known as Solaire Manila, is also part of the huge Entertainment City in Paranaque. Among it main features are its two 17-storey five-star hotels located inside the 8.3-hectare (21-acre) complex. There are a total of 800 rooms, suites, and villas. The big ballroom at Solaire is spacious and completely devoid of columns, easily accommodating up to 1,300 people. Aside from that, there are a total of eight function rooms and two boardrooms outfitted with AV technology inside The Forum.

There are 1,620 slot machines and 360 gaming tables spread out over the complex’s 18,500 square meter (199,000 square foot) gaming space. The complex is also home to conference halls as well as recreational, live performance, dining, and shopping hotspots. Lastly, The Theatre at Solaire has 1,740 seats, and 60,000 square meters of retail space.

City of Dreams Manila

City of Dreams Manila is another opulent resort and casino covering an area of 6.2 hectares (15 acres) in Entertainment City.

The Nobu Hotel, Nüwa Hotel (previously Crown Towers Hotel), and Hyatt Regency Hotel are only a few of the six hotel towers of the resort’s 938-room complex. Its casino, housed in a dome-shaped building named Fortune Egg, has 1,620 slot machines and 176 electronic table games, and 289 gaming tables. The Shops at The Boulevard, an 80,000 square foot retail district, is also home to K-Golf, an indoor golf simulator. A theme park is also included inside the site named DreamWorks DreamPlay created with DreamWorks Animation. The Garage is a new dining and entertainment complex, as well as a VR Zone Arcade developed in collaboration with Bandai Namco.