Authorities have announced restrictions in Goa and Sikkim will continue until at least June 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- Authorities have decided to extend Covid-19 countermeasures in Goa and Sikkim until June 14. Casinos in Goa and Sikkim will remain closed and\u00a0only essential services will continue to be allowed<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Restrictions in Goa were expected to end on June 7<\/strong>, but India’s Ministry of Health has reported\u00a092,291 cases in the last 24 hours<\/strong>. That marks a drop on last week, but the rate of infection remains high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Casinos in Goa<\/a>\u00a0have been\u00a0closed since April 29<\/strong>. Last month,\u00a0Delta Corp<\/a>\u00a0asked authorities for\u00a0a waiver on licence fees\u00a0<\/strong>due to the impact on its venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It reported that it is debt-free and has adequate liquidity available<\/strong>\u00a0to comply with its liabilities and obligations, but management asked the state government of Goa for a\u00a0reduced payment mechanism for its casino licence fees<\/strong>\u00a0for the period from April 2020 to October 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities have announced restrictions in Goa and Sikkim will continue until at least June 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18922,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Authorities in Goa and Sikkim have extended Covid-19 restrictions until June 14, mandating the continued closure of casinos. This prolonged operational shutdown directly impacts gaming operators, with Delta Corp having previously sought a waiver on licence fees due to prior disruptions.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp","focusai_location":"Goa, Sikkim, India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Goa Casino Reopening Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for land-based casino operators in Goa and Sikkim, specifically Delta Corp, given the extended closure period and potential for further delays, and how might this influence their capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Regulatory Fee Waivers","query":"How are regulatory bodies in India assessing requests for licence fee waivers from gaming operators, and what precedent does Delta Corp's request set for future operational disruptions within the B2C licensing framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16334],"tags":[23890,23907],"class_list":["post-18921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-delta-corp","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18921","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=18921"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18943,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18921\/revisions\/18943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}