{"id":10748,"date":"2020-10-08T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T20:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10748"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:09:10","slug":"over-60-casinos-in-cambodia-may-not-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/over-60-casinos-in-cambodia-may-not-reopen","title":{"rendered":"Over 60 casinos in Cambodia may not reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There have been permanent and temporary suspensions of staff, as well as closures in Sihanoukville.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- Century Entertainment might not be the only casino moving out of Sihanoukville as new gaming laws are enforced in Cambodia.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Khmer Times has reported that 30 casinos in Sihanoukville have closed or suspended staff, while another 33 have announced temporary suspensions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quoting a\u00a0labour ministry source, it reported that the closures are not only results of the pandemic and related restrictions on international tourism, but were also provoked by a new ban on online gambling, enforced since January 1.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many local land-based casinos also offered online gambling services, and will no longer be able to do so, losing them custom from Chinese tourists who used to come to the\u00a0coastal city to gamble.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cambodian\u00a0National Assembly has also passed a new law<\/a><\/em><\/strong> which\u00a0imposes\u00a0a new tax on gross gaming revenues.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casinos were closed in Cambodia on April 1 as part of efforts to contain the pandemic, and only 10 have officially reopened<\/a><\/em><\/strong> since they were allowed to do so in early July.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month,\u00a0Century Entertainment International announced it has decided to move its gaming business out of\u00a0Sihanoukville and into a complex in Dara Sakor<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Koh Kong Province, after obtaining a better deal on a lease deal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There have been permanent and temporary suspensions of staff, as well as closures in Sihanoukville.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia's iGaming sector in Sihanoukville is experiencing significant contraction, with numerous casino closures and staff suspensions. This downturn is primarily driven by the enforcement of a new online gambling ban, a recently enacted Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) tax, and ongoing pandemic-related operational restrictions. The regulatory shifts are prompting operators like Century Entertainment International to relocate their gaming businesses within Cambodia.","focusai_entities":"Century Entertainment International, Khmer Times, Cambodian National Assembly","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville, Dara Sakor, Koh Kong Province","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Tax Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of the new Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) tax on the profitability margins and operational sustainability of the remaining licensed land-based casinos in Cambodia?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Outlook","query":"How will the Cambodian government's enforcement of the online gambling ban and new GGR tax influence future foreign direct investment and B2B\/B2C licensing applications within the nation's gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,161,158,16333],"tags":[30,12436,225],"class_list":["post-10748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casinos","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748","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=10748"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10759,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10748\/revisions\/10759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}