{"id":3186,"date":"2020-02-06T09:47:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:09:46","slug":"macau-casinos-closed-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-closed-coronavirus","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Macau\u2019s casinos now shut for two weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shut down was managed by inspectors from Macau\u2019s gaming regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Macau.- \u00a0 As of midnight, all of Macau’s casinos, slot machine parlours, VIP clubs, horse and sports betting venues have closed their doors to prevent the Coronavirus<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from spreading further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closure was ordered by Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closure was controlled by inspectors from Macau\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong>s gaming regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to IAG, an hour before midnight the casinos began refusing entry to guests while notifying others already inside that they must exit before 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, local authorities took the decision to close all 41 casinos, nightclubs, cinemas, arcade venues and other places of entertainment for a period of two weeks starting today after new cases of the virus were confirmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision was made after a meeting with operators who have agreed to uphold workers rights during the closure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe gaming concessionaires promised they would not force staff to take unpaid leave. They will continue with their corporate social responsibility,\u201d Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lei Wei Long, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts have predicted the impact on Macau\u2019s February GGR could see year-on-year decline of as much as 75%, assuming all casinos and gaming operations re-open for business on 20 February as planned.
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Shut down was managed by inspectors from Macau\u2019s gaming regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).<\/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's Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng has ordered the immediate two-week closure of all casinos, slot parlours, VIP clubs, and betting venues to prevent further Coronavirus spread. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) oversaw the shutdown, with gaming concessionaires agreeing to uphold workers' rights. Analysts project a potential 75% year-on-year decline in Macau's February Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) if operations resume as planned on February 20.","focusai_entities":"Ho Iat Seng, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Lei Wei Long, Macau gaming operators","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact & Recovery","query":"What are the specific financial implications for Macau's gaming concessionaires beyond the projected 75% GGR decline, and what recovery strategies are being considered for the post-closure period?"},{"label":"Regulatory Response Efficacy","query":"How will the DICJ's enforcement and the operators' compliance with the mandated closure be evaluated for efficacy in containing the virus spread, and what are the implications for future regulatory interventions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,257,337],"class_list":["post-3186","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","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186","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=3186"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3186\/revisions\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}