Authorities have decided to extend the curfew and the closure of casinos and entertainment venues until June 21 as the Covid-19 positivity rate in the state stands at 14 per cent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- Officials<\/strong> in Goa <\/strong>have extended Covid-19 countermeasures in the state as the rate of Covid-19 cases remains high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Goa\u2019s casinos<\/a> will remain shut until June 21<\/strong> along with gyms, colleges, schools and bars. Only essential services are allowed to continue operating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to authorities, only people with a Covid-19 negative test<\/strong> undertaken 72 hours before can enter Goa. Public transport services<\/strong> are allowed to operate at 50 per cent <\/strong>of their capacity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week, authorities extended measures in both Goa and Sikkim until June 14<\/strong>. India\u2019s Ministry of Health has reported 472 cases in Goa in the last 24 hours<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Casinos in Goa<\/a> have been closed since April 29<\/strong>. Last month, Delta Corp<\/a> asked authorities for a waiver on licence fees <\/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> to comply with its liabilities and obligations, but management asked the state government of Goa for a reduced payment mechanism for its casino licence fees<\/strong> for the period from April 2020 to October 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities have decided to extend the curfew and the closure of casinos and entertainment venues until June 21 as the Covid-19 positivity rate in the state stands at 14 per cent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Goa has extended its Covid-19 countermeasures, including the closure of land-based casinos and entertainment venues, until June 21, citing a persistent 14% positivity rate. This prolonged operational suspension, in effect since April 29, continues to exert significant financial pressure on the region's gaming sector. Notably, Delta Corp has previously sought a waiver on licence fees for a prior period, underscoring the ongoing challenges to revenue generation and fixed cost management within the regulated market.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp, India\u2019s Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Goa, India, Sikkim","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Impact Analysis","query":"What is the estimated GGR and NGR impact for Goa's land-based casino operators, specifically Delta Corp, resulting from the extended operational suspension until June 21, and how does this revise their H1 2021 financial projections and capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Regulatory Relief Precedent","query":"What are the implications of Delta Corp's licence fee waiver request for the broader regulatory compliance framework in Goa, and what criteria will the state government apply when assessing such requests for financial relief from gaming licensees during force majeure events?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16334],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-18952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952","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=18952"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18982,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18952\/revisions\/18982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}