{"id":777016232,"date":"2024-06-07T09:26:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T12:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016232"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:24:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:24:21","slug":"cambodian-pm-casinos-not-allowed-in-kampot-and-kep-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodian-pm-casinos-not-allowed-in-kampot-and-kep-provinces","title":{"rendered":"Cambodian PM: casinos not allowed in Kampot and Kep provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hun Manet said any new casinos should be opened on Cambodia&#8217;s border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Prime minister\u00a0<strong>Hun Manet<\/strong>\u00a0has stated that the provinces of Kampot and Kep are prohibited from granting casino licences. He said that if they wish to allow a casino, they must seek permission to do so at a border location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during the launch of the Kampot Multi-Purpose Port, Manet said an investigation had been conducted into the application for a casino licence in Kampot and pointed out that only one casino was permitted at the border, in Bokor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Khmer Times, he said any interest in investing in casinos should be directed to the border area in Prek Chak. He said he would not prohibit the issuance of hotel licences in either province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, <strong>Manet<\/strong> urged investors to reconsider or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/cambodias-prime-minister-calls-for-end-to-gambling-investments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">halt investments in the country\u2019s gambling sector<\/a> at a meeting with Cambodians in Australia and New Zealand. According to a local media outlet, Manet said the government aims to suspend the issuance of new gambling licences and reduce or revoke existing ones due to the industry\u2019s perceived lack of societal benefits. He said the country needed to focus on building factories and creating employment opportunities to boost the economy and improve living standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hun Manet said any new casinos should be opened on Cambodia&#8217;s border.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has announced a prohibition on new casino licenses in Kampot and Kep provinces, directing any future developments to specific border locations. This policy reflects a broader government strategy to suspend new gambling licenses and potentially revoke existing ones, prioritizing manufacturing and employment creation over the gambling sector due to perceived lack of societal benefits.","focusai_entities":"Hun Manet, Khmer Times","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Kampot, Kep, Bokor, Prek Chak, Australia, New Zealand","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Border Casino Criteria?","query":"What specific criteria will define 'border locations' for future casino developments, and what is the government's long-term vision for these designated zones within Cambodia's gaming verticals?"},{"label":"Existing License Revocation Impact?","query":"How will the government's stated aim to 'reduce or revoke existing' gambling licenses be implemented, and what are the implications for current operators' governance frameworks and investment protection under this new regulatory compliance regime?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911,23907],"class_list":["post-777016232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016232","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016256,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016232\/revisions\/777016256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}