{"id":21924,"date":"2021-08-24T10:40:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21924"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:22:17","slug":"goa-casinos-to-remain-closed-for-another-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-casinos-to-remain-closed-for-another-week","title":{"rendered":"Goa casinos to remain closed for another week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in Goa have confirmed current countermeasures will remain in place until August 30 although the curve of new Covid-19 cases has started to decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Despite a\u00a0<strong>decline in new Covid-19 cases<\/strong>, the government of Goa has announced that the state&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-extends-covid-19-restrictions-until-august-16\">curfew<\/a>\u00a0will continue until the end of August. <strong>Casinos will remain closed<\/strong>, as will auditoriums, community halls, river cruises, spas and massage parlours. Goa reported 122 new Covid-19 cases last Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-casinos-in-goa-to-remain-closed-until-august-2\">Delta Corp\u2018s casinos in Goa<\/a>\u00a0have been closed since April 29. However, the company has been recently allowed to reopen its\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-reopens-casino-in-sikkim\">venue in Sikkim<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. Delta Corp reported a&nbsp;<strong>consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore<\/strong>&nbsp;for the first quarter of the year. That compares to a profit of Rs57.77 crore in the previous quarter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Net sales declined 64.1 per cent 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in Goa have confirmed current countermeasures will remain in place until August 30 although the curve of new Covid-19 cases has started to decline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17632,"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's authorities have extended COVID-19 countermeasures, including casino closures, until August 30, despite a decline in new cases. This prolonged operational suspension significantly impacts Delta Corp, which reported a Q1 consolidated net loss of Rs28.93 crore and a 64.1% decline in net sales, prompting its request for licence fee waivers, although its Sikkim venue has reopened.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp, Government of Goa","focusai_location":"Goa, India, Sikkim","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Goa Closure Impact","query":"What is the projected quarterly revenue impact for Delta Corp if Goa's casinos remain closed beyond August 30, and what contingency plans are in place to mitigate this?"},{"label":"License Fee Waivers","query":"How might the precedent of licence fee waivers in Goa influence similar requests from operators in other jurisdictions facing prolonged regulatory shutdowns?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16333],"tags":[23890,23907],"class_list":["post-21924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-delta-corp","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21924","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=21924"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21939,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21924\/revisions\/21939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}