{"id":22783,"date":"2021-09-20T13:46:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=22783"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:30:59","slug":"india-casinos-in-goa-allowed-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-casinos-in-goa-allowed-to-reopen","title":{"rendered":"India: casinos in Goa allowed to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities have announced that casinos in Goa will be allowed to reopen this week for those who have been fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.-\u00a0Pramod Sawant<\/strong>, chief minister of Goa, has announced that casinos will be allowed to reopen for\u00a0those who are fully vaccinated or provide a negative Covid-19 test<\/strong>. The government has also allowed the reopening of spas and massage parlours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Indian Express, Sawant said: “The (state government\u2019s) expert committee compared the (Covid-19) positivity rate over the last two-three weeks and it has been under 2 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In order to revive economic activity and tourism activity, casinos have been allowed to reopen on Monday with strict SOPs (standard operating procedures).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp\u2018s casinos in Goa<\/a>\u00a0have been closed since April 29. In May\u00a0the company<\/a>\u00a0asked authorities for\u00a0a waiver on licence fees\u00a0<\/strong>due to the impact on its venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp reported a 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

Net sales declined 64.1 per cent to Rs75.87 crore<\/strong> when compared to the fourth quarter of last year, but were up 57 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shrinivas Nayak<\/strong>, director of the Majestic Pride Group, said: “In the first lockdown, we were shut for about seven months. This time, it was for about four months and 20 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have nearly 2,500 employees and we could not have laid them off. That is not human. We had no revenue but we still had to bear 70-80 per cent of our expenses. The lockdown was uncertain and it kept extending week by week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp gets permission for integrated resort in Goa<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp <\/strong>has said that Goa\u2019s Investment Promotion Board has approved the company\u2019s project<\/strong> for a new integrated resort in Pernem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last December, the company announced the acquisition of around 100 acres of land<\/a> in Pernem, Goa for the development<\/strong> as it seeks to shift operations from floating casinos to land-based casino resorts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp currently owns three of Goa\u2019s six floating casinos<\/strong>. It also has a casino in Sikkim and a five-star resort in Daman, for which it has applied for a casino licence. The company is also seeking to expand into Nepal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For many years, the government has been seeking to move Goa\u2019s floating casinos from the Mandovi River<\/strong>. Delta Corp said its land-based IR project will include hotels, a convention centre, a multiplex cinema, a water park, retail facilities as well as an electronic casino to boost tourism in Pernem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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