Casinos had to obtain permission from the Ministry of Health to resume operations after lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Cambodia.- Ten casinos have reopened in Cambodia since being allowed to apply for permission in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ha Tien Vegas<\/a><\/em><\/strong> casino reopened on September 18, and followed by Donaco\u2019s Star Vegas Resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong> a few days later, both with limited capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ministry of Economy and Finance’s deputy director, Ros Phearun, told The Phnom Penh Post that 10 casinos have reopened after being forced to shut on April 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eight casinos in Sihanoukville, one in Phnom Penh and one in Poipet are now open, but other venues in Bavet town are expected to reopen soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Prime Minister Hun Sen first announced the reopening of casinos on July 3, with capacity limits and new configurations to sustain social distancing. Group games remain prohibited and casinos must gain permission from the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Casinos had to obtain permission from the Ministry of Health to resume operations after lockdown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Ten casinos in Cambodia, including Ha Tien Vegas and Donaco's Star Vegas Resort, have reopened following a COVID-19 lockdown, with others expected to follow. Reopening is contingent on Ministry of Health approval, limited capacity, and strict social distancing protocols, with group games remaining prohibited. This phased resumption signals a cautious return to operational capacity within the Cambodian gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Ha Tien Vegas, Donaco, Star Vegas Resort, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ros Phearun, Hun Sen","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh, Poipet, Bavet","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR recovery projections?","query":"What are the projected GGR recovery rates for Cambodian casinos given the current capacity restrictions and prohibition on group games, and how do these compare to pre-pandemic levels?"},{"label":"Regulatory compliance challenges?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges are operators facing in implementing the Ministry of Health's social distancing and operational protocols, and what are the enforcement mechanisms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[30,12436],"class_list":["post-10421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10421"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20016,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10421\/revisions\/20016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}