{"id":21044,"date":"2021-08-04T11:09:31","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T14:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21044"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:56:56","slug":"macau-casinos-to-remain-open-despite-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-to-remain-open-despite-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Macau: casinos to remain open despite Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ho Iat Seng, Macau\u2019s Chief Executive, has said that despite cases of Covid-19 in the city, authorities won’t close casinos for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- The government of Macau has said that it won’t close casinos <\/strong>as a result of the detection of four community Covid-19 cases this week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cases led authorities to order the shut down of entertainment venues and to carry out mass testing. Police have cordoned the zone where the infected family lives and declared it a “red zone”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Surrounding buildings have been declared a “yellow zone”. Only those displaying a negative nucleic acid test certificate for Covid-19 are allowed to enter, but they cannot leave the zones. Authorities hope the Covid-19 situation can be controlled within 14 days<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ho Iat Seng<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s Chief Executive, said casinos won’t have to shut for now<\/strong> “because the problem did not happen there.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also noted that if Macau cannot reach the MOP130bn (US$16.28bn) in GGR that it forecast for 2021<\/a> due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government will revise its budget<\/strong> for the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In July, Lei Wai Nong<\/strong>, Macau\u2019s secretary for economy and finance, said Macau still expected GGR to reach MOP130bn (US$16.28bn) for 2021 <\/strong>despite lower than expected results in the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau\u2019s GGR<\/a> <\/strong>grew 29 per cent in July at MOP8.44bn (US$1.05bn<\/strong>). Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd<\/strong> predicted that Macau\u2019s GGR for August<\/a> could be down 60 per cent compared to August 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All visitors to Macau<\/a> <\/strong>from any mainland Chinese city now need o hold a negative nucleic acid test certificate<\/strong> for Covid-19. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ho Iat Seng, Macau\u2019s Chief Executive, has said that despite cases of Covid-19 in the city, authorities won’t close casinos for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Macau's Chief Executive, Ho Iat Seng, has confirmed that casinos will remain operational despite new community COVID-19 cases, which led to mass testing and localized lockdowns. The government maintains its MOP130bn (US$16.28bn) GGR forecast for 2021, though potential budget revisions are noted if targets are missed. Travel restrictions, including mandatory negative nucleic acid tests for mainland Chinese visitors, are in effect, impacting GGR projections.","focusai_entities":"Ho Iat Seng, Lei Wai Nong, Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Forecast Revision?","query":"What specific triggers or GGR performance metrics would prompt the Macau government to formally revise its MOP130bn GGR forecast for 2021, and what are the potential fiscal implications?"},{"label":"Operational Impact Analysis?","query":"Beyond GGR, what are the projected operational cost implications for Macau's integrated resorts due to ongoing public health measures, including testing requirements and localized restrictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,158],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-21044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino","tag-macau-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044","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=21044"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21072,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21044\/revisions\/21072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}