{"id":20152,"date":"2021-07-12T16:26:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20152"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:43:50","slug":"delta-corp-posts-losses-for-q1-due-to-covid-19-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-posts-losses-for-q1-due-to-covid-19-closures","title":{"rendered":"Delta Corp posts losses for Q1 due to Covid-19 closures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian gaming company reported a net loss of Rs28.93 crore during the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Delta Corp has reported a\u00a0<strong>consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore<\/strong> for the first quarter of the year. That compares to a profit of Rs57.77 crore in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Net sales declined 64.1 per cent from Rs211.34 crore to Rs75.87 crore<\/strong>\u00a0when compared to the fourth quarter of last year, but were up 57 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company reported that<strong>\u00a0net sales from the casino division were negative<\/strong>\u00a0Rs34.55 crore while revenue from itsonline skill gaming division was Rs43.28 crore, up 9.7 per cent when compared to the previous quarter. Casino gaming revenue stood at Rs41.43 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Delta Corp\u00a0<\/strong>has recently resumed\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-to-reopen-casinos-in-sikkim\">operations in Sikkim<\/a>\u00a0after temporarily suspending operations in the first week of May when authorities introduced a curfew\u00a0<strong>due to a surge in Covid-19 cases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-goa-and-sikkim-to-remain-closed-until-june-14\">Sikkim<\/a>\u00a0originally planned to\u00a0<strong>end the curfew on June 14<\/strong>\u00a0but the rate of infection remained high for most of the last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-goa-restrictions-continue-until-may-31\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Casinos in Goa<\/a>&nbsp;have been<strong>&nbsp;closed since April 29<\/strong>. In May,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-asks-for-waiver-on-licence-fees\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Delta Corp<\/a>&nbsp;asked authorities for<strong>&nbsp;a waiver on licence fees&nbsp;<\/strong>due to the impact on its venues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian gaming company reported a net loss of Rs28.93 crore during the first quarter of the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Delta Corp reported a consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore for Q1, a significant reversal from the previous quarter's profit, primarily due to negative net sales in its casino division. This financial downturn is attributed to operational disruptions, including prolonged casino closures in Goa and temporary suspensions in Sikkim due to COVID-19 curfews, prompting the company to seek license fee waivers. Conversely, the online skill gaming segment demonstrated resilience with a 9.7% QoQ revenue increase.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp","focusai_location":"India, Sikkim, Goa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Q2 Outlook & Mitigation?","query":"Given the continued operational disruptions and the request for license fee waivers, what is Delta Corp's projected GGR and NGR outlook for Q2, and what specific mitigation strategies are being implemented to offset ongoing land-based casino closures?"},{"label":"Online Gaming Strategy?","query":"With the online skill gaming division showing growth amidst land-based declines, what strategic investments or operational shifts is Delta Corp planning to further capitalize on its digital verticals and enhance its B2C market share?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,16333],"tags":[23890],"class_list":["post-20152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-delta-corp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20152","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=20152"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20163,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20152\/revisions\/20163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}