{"id":32178,"date":"2022-07-28T05:59:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T08:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=32178"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:27:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:27:17","slug":"aquis-says-casino-canberra-revenue-remained-strong-in-q2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/aquis-says-casino-canberra-revenue-remained-strong-in-q2","title":{"rendered":"Aquis says Casino Canberra revenue remained strong in Q2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Aquis Entertainment has continued to exceed budgeted EBITDA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.-\u00a0<strong>Aquis Entertainment<\/strong>\u00a0has reported that business revenues remained strong for the quarter ended June 30. It said it continued to exceed budgeted EBITDA, although its quarterly cash flow report gave no detailed figures,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said that\u00a0<strong>Covid-19 disruptions continue among staff\u00a0<\/strong>but that its Covid-19 Safety Plan remained in place and had been maintained up to date in accordance with the ACT Public Health Direction.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquis Entertainment has agreed to sell Casino Canberra to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/aquis-entertainment-to-sell-casino-canberra-to-iris-capital\" target=\"_blank\">Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd (Iris)<\/a> for AU$63m (US$42m), pending customary completion adjustments. It said it had<strong> already received a deposit of AU$2.5m<\/strong>\u00a0towards the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquis has previously said it was considering using the proceeds from the transaction to repay some or all of the convertible loan it has from major shareholder Aquis Canberra Holdings Pty Ltd. It was also considering the possibility of a shareholder dividend or distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aquis dismissed a previous offer\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/aquis-agrees-to-sell-casino-canberra-for-au52m\" target=\"_blank\">Capital Leisure &amp; Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0so it will be required to pay an AU$1m break fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Aquis Entertainment has continued to exceed budgeted EBITDA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Aquis Entertainment reported robust Q2 revenues and exceeded budgeted EBITDA despite ongoing COVID-19 operational challenges. The company has entered into an agreement to divest Casino Canberra to Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd for AU$63m, with a AU$2.5m deposit already secured. Proceeds are slated for convertible loan repayment or shareholder distribution, alongside a AU$1m break fee payment to Capital Leisure & Entertainment for a prior rejected offer.","focusai_entities":"Aquis Entertainment, Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd, Aquis Canberra Holdings Pty Ltd, Capital Leisure & Entertainment, Casino Canberra","focusai_location":"Australia, ACT","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Capital Allocation Strategy","query":"How will the AU$63m proceeds from the Casino Canberra sale specifically impact Aquis Entertainment's balance sheet, particularly regarding the convertible loan and potential shareholder distributions, and what is the projected timeline for these actions?"},{"label":"Regulatory Approval Timeline","query":"What are the anticipated regulatory hurdles and timeline for Iris CC Holdings Pty Ltd to secure the necessary gaming licenses and approvals for the change of control of Casino Canberra from ACT authorities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,163,158],"tags":[23787,23786],"class_list":["post-32178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-finance-news","category-slider-home","tag-aquis-entertainment","tag-casino-canberra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32178","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=32178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32185,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32178\/revisions\/32185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}