{"id":22840,"date":"2021-09-21T13:23:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T16:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=22840"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:28:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:28:51","slug":"casinos-in-victoria-and-new-south-wales-may-reopen-in-late-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casinos-in-victoria-and-new-south-wales-may-reopen-in-late-october","title":{"rendered":"Casinos in Victoria and New South Wales may reopen in late October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in both Victoria and New South Wales have announced that gaming and hospitality venues will be able to reopen in late October as long as the vaccination rate continues rising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-<strong>\u00a0Gaming lounges and entertainment facilities in Victoria and New South Wales <\/strong>may be able to reopen next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Victorian premier <strong>Daniel Andrews<\/strong> has said that he aims to reopen the state&#8217;s economic activities once 70 per cent of Victorian adults are fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a milestone that&#8217;s expected to be reached around October 26.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However,<strong>\u00a0entertainment venues, stadiums and sports centres<\/strong>\u00a0will not reopen until 80 per cent of adults have been vaccinated, which is expected on around November 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gladys Bereljiklian<\/strong>, the NSW premier, has made a similar announcement. The state is also testing a &#8220;home quarantine&#8221; programme. If it proves to be successful, this may be another step in the country&#8217;s reopening of its international borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In May, authorities announced that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-borders-to-remain-closed-until-at-least-mid-2022\">Australia\u2019s international borders<\/a>\u00a0would remain closed until at least mid-2022 to avoid the arrival of new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in both Victoria and New South Wales have announced that gaming and hospitality venues will be able to reopen in late October as long as the vaccination rate continues rising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Authorities in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia, have announced the phased reopening of gaming and hospitality venues in late October and early November. This resumption is contingent on achieving 70% and 80% adult vaccination rates, signaling a critical step towards the recovery of land-based gaming operations and broader economic activity within these key jurisdictions.","focusai_entities":"Daniel Andrews, Gladys Bereljiklian","focusai_location":"Victoria, New South Wales, Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What are the projected GGR recovery timelines and revenue impacts for major land-based operators in Victoria and NSW following these phased reopening announcements?"},{"label":"Operational Compliance Challenges","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges and operational adjustments will venues face in implementing the mandated public health protocols upon reopening?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28,158],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-22840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22840","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=22840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22856,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22840\/revisions\/22856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}