{"id":3331,"date":"2020-02-11T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T11:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3331"},"modified":"2026-04-24T08:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T11:00:34","slug":"macau-casino-closur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-closur","title":{"rendered":"Government could extend 15-day closure of Macau\u2019s casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We cannot go back to normal life right now even though we have not had any new cases in the last six days,&#8221; SS Director Lei Chin Ion, said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macau.- Macau authorities are evaluating whether to re-open its 41 casinos after the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-closed-coronavirus\">15-day closure period<\/a><\/em><\/strong> or to keep them shut as the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/em><\/strong> outbreak continues to worsen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe end of the epidemic is unpredictable and unknown. The situation in Macau is still very tough, we cannot go back to normal life right now even though we have not had any new cases in the last six days,\u201d SS Director, Lei Chin Ion, said at a press conference on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Macau Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng ordered the closure of all of Macau\u2019s casinos, slot machine parlours, VIP clubs and horse and sports betting venues which have closed their doors until February 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other measures have been taken to halt the deadly virus including Macasu&#8217;s <a style=\"font-style: italic;font-weight: bold\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-hotel-casino-coronavirus\">23 hotels <\/a>closing their doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite no new confirmed cases, it is known that at least five Coronavirus patients identified in nearby cities had visited Macau\u2019s casinos and hotels before testing positive.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We cannot go back to normal life right now even though we have not had any new cases in the last six days,&#8221; SS Director Lei Chin Ion, said.<\/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 authorities are evaluating whether to re-open its 41 casinos after the initial 15-day closure, set to end on February 20, amidst the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. Despite no new local cases for six days, the decision is complicated by the prior presence of infected individuals within Macau's gaming and hospitality venues, indicating continued operational uncertainty for the region's gaming vertical.","focusai_entities":"Lei Chin Ion, Ho Iat Seng","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.75), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected daily GGR loss for Macau's concessionaires for each additional week of casino closure, and how does this impact their Q1\/Q2 earnings guidance?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Adaptations","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks are being considered by Macau authorities to facilitate a safe re-opening, and what are the implications for B2C operational protocols?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3331","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\/3331","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=3331"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3364,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3331\/revisions\/3364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}