{"id":17315,"date":"2021-04-28T15:33:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T15:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17315"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:00:02","slug":"cambodia-donaco-casino-closes-due-to-covid-19-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-donaco-casino-closes-due-to-covid-19-restrictions","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia: Donaco casino closes due to Covid-19 restrictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Donaco&#8217;s Star Vegas casino has temporarily closed its doors along with other casinos in Poipet amid new Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- As&nbsp;<strong>Covid-19 cases continue to rise<\/strong>, the government in Cambodia has announced new countermeasures in the most affected cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia\u2019s capital&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-capital-extends-covid-19-curfew-until-may-5\">Phnom Penh has extended its curfew until May 5<\/a>,&nbsp;and now authorities in Banteay Meanchey Province have made<strong> a similar decision in Poipet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donaco Star Vegas Hotel&nbsp;<\/strong>and other casinos in the area have been&nbsp;<strong>ordered to temporarily close <\/strong>until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to local media, the decision was taken&nbsp;<strong>after an outbreak of Covid-19 cases&nbsp;<\/strong>among casino players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a press release, Donaco stated: &#8220;<strong>the company will monitor developments<\/strong>&nbsp;and advise the market once there is a further update.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-donaco-close-casino\">Donaco<\/a>&nbsp;<strong>closed the Star Vegas Hotel doors for the first time<\/strong>&nbsp;last March when Thailand closed its border with Cambodia for two weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cambodia\u2019s casino industry<\/strong>&nbsp;is largely dependant on international travel. Revenue from the sector&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-casino-tax-revenues-halved-in-2020\">plummeted to US$40m (\u00a328.9m) in 2020 due to the lack of tourists<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donaco&#8217;s Star Vegas casino has temporarily closed its doors along with other casinos in Poipet amid new Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Donaco's Star Vegas casino, along with other gaming establishments in Poipet, Cambodia, has temporarily ceased operations due to escalating COVID-19 countermeasures and a reported outbreak among players. This closure, extending until further notice, follows a significant revenue decline in 2020 for Cambodia's casino industry, which is heavily reliant on international tourism, particularly from Thailand.","focusai_entities":"Donaco, Star Vegas Hotel","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Poipet, Phnom Penh, Banteay Meanchey Province, Thailand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Donaco Financial Impact","query":"What specific financial mitigation strategies is Donaco implementing to offset the revenue loss from the Star Vegas closure, considering its prior 2020 performance?"},{"label":"Regulatory Support Measures","query":"What government-backed financial or operational support mechanisms are available to licensed Cambodian casino operators impacted by mandatory COVID-19 closures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[23876,16333],"tags":[966,23907],"class_list":["post-17315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-donaco","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17315","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=17315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17355,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17315\/revisions\/17355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}