{"id":3628,"date":"2020-02-19T05:20:58","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T05:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3628"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:46:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:46:29","slug":"macau-coronavirus-opening-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-coronavirus-opening-casino","title":{"rendered":"Macau: DICJ imposes measures ahead of casinos re-opening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) met with operators to discuss the measures they must take to prevent the spread Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Government of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/macau\">Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> announced yesterday that the city\u2019s <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-coronavirus-2\">41 casinos can re-open<\/a><\/em><\/strong> from midnight on 20 February, but has imposed regulations and restrictions that operators must meet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) met with representatives of all six gaming operators on Tuesday and talked through the restrictions to prevent the spread of the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides wearing face masks and undertaking temperature checks on staff and visitors, the DICJ is also requesting that gaming tables  be placed a safe distance apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Guests must also leave a space between one another when sat at a gaming table and similar rules will be applied to slot machines, with visitors leaving an empty machine between one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other measures have been put in place for casino staff. Workers have to sit separately and during breaks must disperse and not stay in a confined space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaming operators have cleaned and disinfected all gaming areas and facilities during the closure period and must continue to do this, according to the DICJ measures.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) met with operators to discuss the measures they must take to prevent the spread Coronavirus.<\/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":"The Macau Government, through the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), has authorized the reopening of the city's 41 casinos from February 20, implementing stringent operational and public health protocols. These measures mandate face masks, temperature checks, social distancing at gaming tables and slot machines, and continuous disinfection, directly impacting the operational capacity and regulatory compliance of the six concessionaires.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Macau Government","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of these social distancing and capacity restrictions on Macau's Q1\/Q2 GGR, and how will this affect concessionaire profitability?"},{"label":"Compliance Challenges","query":"How will the DICJ enforce these new operational compliance measures, and what are the potential penalties for non-adherence by operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3628","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\/3628","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=3628"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3665,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3628\/revisions\/3665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}