{"id":3094,"date":"2020-02-04T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3094"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:13:41","slug":"macau-close-casino-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-close-casino-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Macau casinos shut for two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nightclubs, cinemas, arcade venues and other places of entertainment will also close for 14 days at the Coronavirus worsens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Macau will close all 41 of its casinos from tonight (Tuesday) for a period of two weeks in a bid to prevent the outbreak of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from spreading further. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/macau\">Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> confirmed tits decision after two new cases of the virus were confirmed this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shut down was announced today by Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng during a press conference and following a crisis meeting between authorities and casino industry leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe gaming concessionaires promised they would not force staff to take unpaid leave. They will continue with their corporate social responsibility,\u201d said Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wei Long, said at a second press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Lei also said that nightclubs, cinemas, arcade venues and other places of entertainment would also close for a two-week period, according to GGRAsia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, all <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ferry-macau-coronavirus-casino\">ferry services<\/a><\/em><\/strong> between Hong Kong and Macau have been suspended indefinitely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightclubs, cinemas, arcade venues and other places of entertainment will also close for 14 days at the Coronavirus worsens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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 has mandated the closure of all 41 casinos for a two-week period, effective tonight, to mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus following two new confirmed cases. This regulatory action, announced by Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng, also extends to other entertainment venues and has led to the indefinite suspension of ferry services to Hong Kong. Gaming concessionaires have committed to maintaining staff salaries during this operational hiatus.","focusai_entities":"Ho Iat Seng, Lei Wei Long, GGRAsia","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Assessment","query":"What is the projected GGR loss for Macau's gaming concessionaires during this two-week operational shutdown, and what are the potential long-term implications for their financial performance and capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent Analysis","query":"How might this unprecedented regulatory intervention in Macau establish a precedent for other iGaming jurisdictions in responding to public health crises, particularly concerning mandatory operational closures and corporate social responsibility mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3094"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3135,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3094\/revisions\/3135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}