{"id":4639,"date":"2020-03-19T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T11:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=4639"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:57:21","slug":"casino-macau-jockey-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casino-macau-jockey-club","title":{"rendered":"Casino Macau Jockey Club to remain closed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The gaming venue will not reopen due to &#8220;renovation works&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The Casino Macau Jockey Club, located inside the Macau Roosevelt Hotel, <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/four-casinos-closed-macau\">will remain shut after the Friday deadline for Macau casinos to reopen<\/a><\/strong><\/em> due to &#8220;renovation works&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino is licensed as a satellite property under the Macau gaming rights of SJM Holdings Ltd, and was allowed by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau to keep its doors closed despite the regulator mandating that all casinos reopen by the end of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it is not the only property that will remain closed. Casino Taipa, also operated by SJM Holdings, will not reopen as it is being used by the government to quarantine people arriving in Macau. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All other Macau properties are now required to resume operations by the end of the week, following the <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-coronavirus-2\">massive two-week shutdown ordered in February<\/a><\/strong><\/em> due to the Coronavirus outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDICJ will continue to monitor casinos round-the-clock, and ensure all the prevention and control measures are in place,\u201d the regulator said in a statement<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has already put strict measures in place, including temperature screening of anyone entering a casino floor; requiring staff and guests to put on masks upon entering the property; asking casino patrons to fill a declaration form about their health, and banning from casinos anyone that has been in the Chinese mainland province of Hubei in the previous 14 days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Macau government also requires gaming operators to disinfect their gaming facilities and equipment inside casinos, and maintain&nbsp;distancing measures&nbsp;between operational gaming tables and slot machines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The gaming venue will not reopen due to &#8220;renovation works&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Two satellite casinos in Macau, Casino Macau Jockey Club and Casino Taipa, will remain closed despite a regulatory mandate for all other properties to reopen. The Casino Macau Jockey Club cites \"renovation works,\" while Casino Taipa is being used for government quarantine, both operating under SJM Holdings Ltd's gaming rights. The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau has implemented stringent health and safety protocols for all resuming operations.","focusai_entities":"SJM Holdings Ltd, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, Casino Macau Jockey Club, Macau Roosevelt Hotel, Casino Taipa, DICJ","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SJM Holdings Financial Impact?","query":"What are the financial implications for SJM Holdings Ltd given the extended closure of two satellite casinos and the broader operational restrictions in Macau?"},{"label":"DICJ Protocols Impact?","query":"How will the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau's enhanced monitoring and health protocols impact operational efficiency and player experience across Macau's gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16338],"tags":[29,257,337],"class_list":["post-4639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-macau","tag-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639","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=4639"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20285,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4639\/revisions\/20285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}