{"id":5332,"date":"2020-04-07T00:33:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T00:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:22:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:22:50","slug":"russia-casinos-extended-closure-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/russia-casinos-extended-closure-period","title":{"rendered":"Russia extends casino closure period"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>All gambling location will remain closed indefinitely as Russia ramps up efforts to combat Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Russia.- All casinos in Russian gambling zones will remain closed indefinitely as part of attempts to stop the spread of Coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casinos in Russia\u2019s Primorye and Siberia zones initially <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/russia-suspended-operations-casinos\">closed their doors from 28 March to 5 April<\/a><\/em><\/strong> but authorities have said they must remain shut. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe date of its opening will become known as soon as the overall epidemiologic situation in Russia improves,\u201d management at the Tigre de Cristal casino said in an Instagram post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <em>Asia Gaming Brief<\/em>, Altai Palace in the Siberian Coin gambling zone made a similar announcement, calling on its followers to observe the self-isolation regime imposed by the Russian authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National authorities declared that all non-essential businesses in the Russian capital, including betting shops, will be closed until 1 May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All gambling location will remain closed indefinitely as Russia ramps up efforts to combat Covid-19.<\/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":"All gambling locations in Russia, including casinos in the Primorye and Siberia zones and betting shops in Moscow, have been ordered to remain closed indefinitely as part of intensified efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19. Operators such as Tigre de Cristal and Altai Palace have confirmed these closures, which were initially temporary but are now extended until the epidemiological situation improves. Non-essential businesses in the capital are also closed until at least May 1st.","focusai_entities":"Tigre de Cristal, Altai Palace","focusai_location":"Russia, Primorye, Siberia, Moscow, Altai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact on operators like Tigre de Cristal and Altai Palace, and what are the implications for their capital expenditure plans?"},{"label":"Regulatory Relief Options","query":"Are Russian authorities considering any fiscal or regulatory relief measures for licensed operators to mitigate the economic impact of these indefinite closures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,16331,154],"tags":[29,7299,2255],"class_list":["post-5332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-elsewhere-news","category-legislation-news","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332","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=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21878,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions\/21878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}