LaVie Resort & Casino Launches Online Platform in Manila

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LaVie Resort & Casino Launches Online Platform in Manila

International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) will launch a self-operated online gaming platform for its LaVie Resort & Casino in Manila in mid-to-late November 2026, taking direct ownership of the technology after running an earlier phase through a third-party partner. The move makes LaVie one of only two Philippine land-based casinos building an online arm internally, putting it in the same category as Solaire while rivals rely on external platform providers.

The Hong Kong-listed operator, which trades under stock code 01009, confirmed the plan in a stock exchange filing on its Phase Two online gaming business.

What happened

International Entertainment Corporation will launch its own LaVie Resort & Casino Manila online platform in mid or late November, with live baccarat streamed from the resort for Philippine players only.

The company said in a stock exchange filing on its Phase Two online gaming business that the platform will carry the LaVie Resort & Casino Manila name and will be open only to legally eligible registered players in the Philippines.

The new platform follows an earlier phase of the business.
The platform operates under the name LaVie Resort & Casino Manila and is described as the company’s Phase Two Online Gaming business, following the launch earlier this year of Phase One, a partnership with Philippine online gaming leader DigiPlus Interactive Corp.

Where the first phase was run together with other Philippine online operators, the second will be run by IEC alone.

The offering extends beyond standard electronic games into remote access to the physical casino floor.
The new platform will allow eligible registered players physically located in the Philippines to access live-dealer table games and physical slot machines located in a designated area of the Manila property approved by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation.

IEC will own and control the platform, gaming software and related technology, while providing and maintaining the gaming tables, slot machines and other equipment.

The rollout is not yet complete across every vertical.
The platform remains under integration and subject to final testing and evaluation, the company said in an October 30th filing.

IEC said commercial operations for electronic bingo, online poker and specialty games had not yet commenced.
Access controls will also restrict the platform to domestic traffic, with the operator blocking non-Philippine IP addresses and VPN access.

Why it matters

Taking the platform in-house changes the economics of IEC’s online business. Running its own technology stack rather than sharing revenue through a third-party aggregation deal gives the operator more control over margins, player data and product roadmap.
According to AsGam, the new step makes LaVie one of only two Philippine land-based casinos building an online arm internally, the other being Solaire, while Newport World Resorts, Okada Manila, Hann Casino Resort and NUSTAR Resort Cebu went online with platform provider PhilWeb.

That split illustrates a wider strategic choice facing integrated resorts entering online gaming: build proprietary technology or lean on an established aggregator for speed to market. IEC’s decision to go it alone for Phase Two, after using DigiPlus infrastructure for Phase One, suggests the operator judged its first phase sufficient to justify the investment in direct ownership.

For suppliers and affiliates tracking the Philippine market, a self-operated LaVie platform signals a potential new direct partner for content and acquisition deals, rather than one routed through an aggregator relationship. It also reflects how quickly land-based operators in Asia are moving to capture digital demand once regulatory frameworks allow remote access to physical casino inventory.

The bigger picture

The online push comes as IEC’s core Manila business continues to grow.
Hong Kong-listed International Entertainment Corp has reported a 50.6% year-on-year increase in group-wide revenue to HK$852.5 million (US$109 million) in the six months to 30 June 2026, primarily driven by the expansion of its gaming operations at Manila’s LaVie Resort & Casino.

LaVie and its associated New Coast Hotel Manila are in the midst of a US$1 billion to US$1.2 billion transformation into a full-scale integrated resort, a requirement under an agreement with gaming regulator PAGCOR to receive a provisional casino license.

The Philippines has become one of the more active Asian markets for integrated resorts experimenting with online extensions of land-based licences, alongside wider regional scrutiny of casino revenue following soft results in Macau. The LaVie launch adds another data point to that trend, and is worth watching alongside other regulatory and market-entry stories in our industry news section.

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