{"id":3951,"date":"2020-02-28T12:44:26","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T12:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:27:36","slug":"macau-casinos-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casinos-open","title":{"rendered":"Macau: four more casinos open after closure period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sands Cotai Central, Rio Hotel and Casino, Oceanus and Casino Eastern are now open to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- Sands Cotai Central, Rio Hotel and Casino, Oceanus and Casino Eastern have all re-opened this week following the forced <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-closur\">15-day closure<\/a><\/em><\/strong> that came to an end on 20 February. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They join the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-open\">36 casinos that have reopened<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to the public albeit with strict measures in place to prevent any more Coronavirus outbreaks. .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Measure include wearing face masks and undertaking <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">temperature checks<\/a><\/em><\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Inside Gaming Asia, the government also announced on Thursday that it will allow bars, pubs, clubs, Karaoke bars, cinemas, theatres and other entertainment venues to resume operations from midnight on 2 March. <br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sands Cotai Central, Rio Hotel and Casino, Oceanus and Casino Eastern are now open to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Following a mandatory 15-day closure, Sands Cotai Central, Rio Hotel and Casino, Oceanus, and Casino Eastern have reopened in Macau, joining 36 other operational casinos. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has mandated strict health and safety protocols, including social distancing at gaming tables and slot machines. Additionally, other entertainment venues are slated to resume operations from March 2nd.","focusai_entities":"Sands Cotai Central, Rio Hotel and Casino, Oceanus, Casino Eastern, DICJ","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Outlook?","query":"What are the projected GGR impacts for Macau's integrated resorts in Q1 and Q2, considering the phased reopening and ongoing operational restrictions?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Challenges?","query":"How are Macau's gaming operators adapting their governance frameworks and operational protocols to ensure sustained compliance with DICJ's new health and safety mandates?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[29,7299,257],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","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=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3980,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/3980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}