{"id":23309,"date":"2021-10-06T10:05:01","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=23309"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:02:14","slug":"casino-oceanus-to-temporary-close-due-to-covid-19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casino-oceanus-to-temporary-close-due-to-covid-19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Casino Oceanus to temporary close due to Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SJM Holdings has reported that Casino Oceanus will be temporarily closed for disinfection after one person with Covid-19 visited the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- Until now the temporary closure of entertainment venues<\/a>\u00a0in Macau due to local cases of Covid-19 had not affected gaming floors. But Casino Oceanus has now announced that it will close for disinfection after a customer was found to have tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SJM Holdings said all of its workers have been tested. The casino has suspended activities until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Dr. Leong Iek Hou, Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre Coordinator, the customer who tested positive didn’t use any other facilities in the hotel, but he went to Casino Oceanus several times, staying for 2 to 3 hours each time. Hou said: “Therefore we considered the risk of transmission in the casino was higher.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities have ordered all\u00a0entertainment venues, excluding casinos, to suspend operations<\/strong>\u00a0from October 6 until further notice. The measure covers cinemas, theatres, game consoles and electronic-game rooms and nightclubs, among other venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although\u00a0casino venues have not been ordered to close their gaming floors,<\/strong>\u00a0resorts must shut their spas, gymnasiums, lounges and bars. It is still unknown how long the measure will last or whether it could be extended to gaming floors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Macau gaming law consultation session cancelled again<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau<\/a> (DICJ) has cancelled the second scheduled meeting for the public consultation on gaming laws<\/a>. The meeting was to be held on October 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a DICJ statement, the cancellation was due to local cases of Covid-19 in the city. The first consultation meeting was also cancelled. Lei Wai Nong<\/a>, secretary for economy and finance, said then that the schedule for the consultation would continue for the planned 45 days<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the gaming law revision is finished, there will be 180 days to write the final report<\/strong>, after which a draft will be submitted to the Legislative Assembly for additional conversation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SJM Holdings has reported that Casino Oceanus will be temporarily closed for disinfection after one person with Covid-19 visited the venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SJM Holdings' Casino Oceanus in Macau has temporarily closed for disinfection after a COVID-19 positive visitor, marking the first gaming floor closure due to local cases. Concurrently, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has again cancelled a public consultation session on Macau's gaming laws, citing local COVID-19 cases, introducing further regulatory uncertainty.","focusai_entities":"SJM Holdings, Casino Oceanus, Dr. Leong Iek Hou, Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Lei Wai Nong, Legislative Assembly","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact for SJM Holdings and the broader Macau market if these operational disruptions and ancillary facility closures persist or expand to other gaming floors?"},{"label":"Regulatory Timeline?","query":"How will the repeated cancellations of the gaming law consultation sessions affect the overall timeline for regulatory reform and the certainty required for future concession renewals in Macau?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338,158],"tags":[23907,23906],"class_list":["post-23309","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\/23309","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=23309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23324,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions\/23324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}