{"id":16521,"date":"2021-04-01T16:06:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16521"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:38:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:38:44","slug":"century-delays-cambodian-mass-gaming-table-business-until-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/century-delays-cambodian-mass-gaming-table-business-until-april","title":{"rendered":"Century delays Cambodian mass gaming table business until April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Century Entertainment has postponed the launch of mass table gaming at a new casino in Cambodia until April due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Cambodia.- Hong Kong-based\u00a0Century Entertainment International Holdings\u00a0<\/strong>has announced a delay to the opening of the new casino where it is relocating its gaming tables from Sihanoukville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company originally scheduled the opening for February<\/em><\/a>, but it was postponed until March and now it has been delayed for another month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision was taken after the Ministry of Health reported 1,219 active Covid-19 cases<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Century Entertainment stated: “Unfortunately, the happening of the community spread of the Covid-19 epidemic in Cambodia since 20 February 2021<\/strong> has further hindered the economy activities in Cambodia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe company was informed by the assignor that it has decided to defer the re-opening preparation works <\/strong>of the new casino.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Covid-19 outbreak is related to the so-called “February 20 Incident”<\/strong>, where four Chinese nationals bribed their way out of a quarantine hotel<\/strong> and visited a series of nightclubs. Two of them later tested positive<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Century Entertainment has postponed the launch of mass table gaming at a new casino in Cambodia until April due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Century Entertainment International Holdings has announced a further delay to the launch of mass table gaming at its new Cambodian casino, now scheduled for April. This postponement is attributed to a significant rise in COVID-19 cases within Cambodia, stemming from a quarantine breach incident. The operational delay impacts the company's revenue timeline and market entry strategy.","focusai_entities":"Century Entertainment International Holdings, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Revenue Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Century Entertainment's Q2\/Q3 GGR and NGR forecasts given this extended operational delay?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response","query":"How might Cambodian regulatory bodies respond to the 'February 20 Incident' with enhanced operational protocols or licensing conditions for gaming establishments?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23768,229,512,23907],"class_list":["post-16521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-century-entertainment-international","tag-gambling","tag-gaming","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16521","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16550,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16521\/revisions\/16550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}