{"id":20433,"date":"2021-07-19T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=20433"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:29:40","slug":"goa-casino-closure-extended-for-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-casino-closure-extended-for-another-week","title":{"rendered":"Goa casino closure extended for another week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Covid-19 countermeasures in Goa have been extended for at least another week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-casinos-will-remain-closed-until-at-least-july-19\">Delta Corp<\/a>&#8216;s casino remain closed in Goa as the state extends Covid-19 countermeasures until at least July 26.<strong>\u00a0The casino has been closed since April 29<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The countermeasures were last up for reconsideration on July 19, but the<strong> government has decided to extend them for at least a week<\/strong>. The Ministry of Health reported\u00a0<strong>120 new Covid-19 cases<\/strong>\u00a0in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delta Corp said: \u201cDue to the surge in Covid-19 cases being witnessed in Goa, the Government of Goa inter-alia has extended the restrictions in the state till 26 July 2021.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAccordingly, the casinos operated by the company and its subsidiaries in Goa will remain closed during this period.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-asks-for-waiver-on-licence-fees\">the company<\/a>\u00a0asked authorities for<strong>\u00a0a waiver on licence fees\u00a0<\/strong>due to the impact on its venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delta Corp was able to reopen its venue in <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-to-reopen-casinos-in-sikkim\">Sikkim<\/a> in the first week of July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Delta Corp reports net loss of Rs28.93 crore for Q1<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-posts-losses-for-q1-due-to-covid-19-closures\">Delta Corp<\/a> has\u00a0reported a\u00a0<strong>consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore<\/strong>\u00a0for 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>&nbsp;when 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>&nbsp;net sales from the casino division were negative<\/strong>&nbsp;Rs34.55 crore while revenue from its online 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Covid-19 countermeasures in Goa have been extended for at least another week.<\/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":"Delta Corp's Goa casinos remain closed until at least July 26 due to extended COVID-19 countermeasures, while its Sikkim venue has reopened. The company reported a Q1 consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore, with casino division net sales being negative, though online skill gaming revenue saw a 9.7% QoQ increase. Delta Corp previously sought a waiver on license fees due to operational disruptions.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp, Government of Goa, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"India, Goa, Sikkim","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Goa Closure Impact","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact on Delta Corp's full-year guidance if Goa's land-based casinos remain closed beyond Q2 2021, and how does this compare to pre-pandemic operational forecasts?"},{"label":"Online Vertical Strategy","query":"How does the 9.7% QoQ growth in online skill gaming revenue strategically position Delta Corp to mitigate land-based operational risks, and what are the long-term investment plans for this vertical to enhance its contribution to overall NGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23890],"class_list":["post-20433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-delta-corp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433","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=20433"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20450,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433\/revisions\/20450"}],"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=20433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}