{"id":17028,"date":"2021-04-20T16:12:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17028"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:14:39","slug":"cambodia-bavet-casinos-close-as-covid-19-cases-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-bavet-casinos-close-as-covid-19-cases-rise","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: Bavet casinos close as Covid-19 cases rise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Cambodian city of Bavet has imposed a lockdown for 14 days after the province recorded 304 cases of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.-\u00a0<strong>Bavet governor\u00a0<\/strong>Men Vibol has imposed a new lockdown\u00a0<strong>for at least two weeks\u00a0<\/strong>due to a rise in Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several casinos, including\u00a0<strong>New World Casino<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Good Luck Casino, Bavet-Mok Bay International Entertainment<\/strong>\u00a0and the\u00a0<strong>Emperor Company\u00a0<\/strong>have been affected by the countermeasure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restrictions include travel controls and the\u00a0<strong>prohibition of any activity that would breach social distancing guidelines<\/strong>. People must wear masks and maintain social and physical distancing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia\u2019s capital city of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-capital-extends-covid-19-restrictions-until-april-28\">Phnom Penh has introduced a curfew due to rising cases of Covid-19<\/a>. The measure was originally planned to last until April 14 but has been extended<strong>\u00a0for two more weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Ministry of Health reported 304 cases<\/strong>\u00a0with 230 of them active as of April 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cambodian city of Bavet has imposed a lockdown for 14 days after the province recorded 304 cases of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17029,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Cambodian city of Bavet has initiated a 14-day lockdown due to a surge in Covid-19 cases, directly impacting several land-based casinos including New World Casino and Emperor Company. This measure, alongside an extended curfew in Phnom Penh, imposes significant operational restrictions and travel controls across the affected regions. The Ministry of Health reported 304 new cases, with 230 active as of April 19.","focusai_entities":"New World Casino, Good Luck Casino, Bavet-Mok Bay International Entertainment, Emperor Company, Men Vibol, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Bavet, Phnom Penh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Assessment?","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact on publicly traded operators with significant exposure to the Cambodian market, considering the 14-day lockdown and extended curfew?"},{"label":"Regulatory Relief Measures?","query":"Are Cambodian regulatory bodies considering any temporary licensing fee reductions, operational waivers, or other support mechanisms for affected land-based casino operators during this period of forced closure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,23876,16333],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-17028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17028","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=17028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17047,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17028\/revisions\/17047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}