{"id":611,"date":"2019-11-01T18:31:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T18:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=611"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:11:07","slug":"cambodia-casino-sihanoukville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodia-casino-sihanoukville","title":{"rendered":"Cambodia new casino opens in Sihanoukville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Goddess of Liberty Hotel and Casino, opened on Wednesday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.-  Cambodian seaside town of Sihanoukville, is the definition of gaming hub in Cambodia, continuously expanding its offers and opportunities. Chinese investment has flowed into Sihanoukville in recent years, granting it the nickname of \u201csizeable gambling playground for Chinese tourists\u201d. However, Cambodians are not completely on board with this and regularly reject Chinese suspicious business practices and inappropriate behavior. Recently, there has been much media attention to the issue of casino streaming services based in Sihanoukville aimed at Chinese customers offshore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, the town also enjoys of a number of bricks and mortar casino projects, many of those apparently linked in stock market filings and media reports with Chinese investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a press release by the Cambodian Ministry of Interior, several government officials attended the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Preliminary information states an investment of approximately \u20ac90 million as well as a five-star hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/cambodia-casino-licences\"><em><strong>Cambodia authorities have granted 13 casino licences<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em><strong> <\/strong><\/em>during the first four months of this year. So far government authorities had granted a total of 163 casino licences country-wide. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goddess of Liberty Hotel and Casino, opened on Wednesday in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Goddess of Liberty Hotel and Casino has commenced operations in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, representing a \u20ac90 million investment. This development underscores Sihanoukville's continued expansion as a gaming hub, driven by significant Chinese capital, despite local concerns regarding business practices and offshore streaming operations. Cambodian authorities have recently issued 13 new casino licenses, contributing to a national total of 163.","focusai_entities":"Goddess of Liberty Hotel and Casino, Cambodian Ministry of Interior","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Challenges?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges do operators face in Sihanoukville given the reported 'suspicious business practices' and offshore streaming activities targeting foreign markets?"},{"label":"Market Impact of Investment?","query":"How will the influx of \u20ac90 million in capital and the rapid issuance of 13 new casino licenses impact the competitive landscape and GGR projections for existing and new operators in Cambodia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16333],"tags":[30,29],"class_list":["post-611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611","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\/133"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21873,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611\/revisions\/21873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}