{"id":777034837,"date":"2025-11-19T11:46:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777034837"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:56:19","slug":"melco-resorts-announces-closure-date-for-mocha-grand-dragon-hotel-slot-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/melco-resorts-announces-closure-date-for-mocha-grand-dragon-hotel-slot-hall","title":{"rendered":"Melco Resorts announces closure date for Mocha Grand Dragon Hotel slot hall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Electronic gaming machines will be distributed to its other Macau casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- <strong>Melco Resorts<\/strong> has announced that its slot hall at the <strong>Mocha Grand Dragon Hotel<\/strong> will cease operations on <strong>Monday, November 24, <\/strong>at 11:59pm. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the group said all electronic gaming machines will be distributed to its other Macau casinos and that staff currently  will also be reassigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure will be supervised by Macau&#8217;s gaming regulator, the <strong>Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ)<\/strong>. Melco Resorts said it will work with the DICJ to guarantee an orderly closure and with the <strong>Labour Affairs Bureau<\/strong> regarding the relocation of the <strong>44 workers<\/strong> at Mocha Grand Dragon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said customers will be able to continue to use their gaming slips at the Altira Casino, Mocha Inner Harbor, Mocha Golden Dragon and Mocha Sintra Hotel. Melco Resorts closed operations at the Mocha Kuong Fat slot parlour and the Grand Dragon Casino in September. The Mocha Hotel Royal will close before the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/11\/ea49cfd8-6538-415a-8044-266e64d173fb-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casino-casa-real-in-macau-to-cease-operations-on-november-21'>Casino Casa Real in Macau to cease operations<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electronic gaming machines will be distributed to its other Macau casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":25856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Melco Resorts is ceasing operations at its Mocha Grand Dragon Hotel slot hall in Macau, effective November 24. This strategic consolidation involves the redistribution of electronic gaming machines to other Melco properties and the reassignment of 44 staff, with the process overseen by Macau's Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ).","focusai_entities":"Melco Resorts, Mocha Grand Dragon Hotel, Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Labour Affairs Bureau, Altira Casino, Mocha Inner Harbor, Mocha Golden Dragon, Mocha Sintra Hotel, Mocha Kuong Fat, Grand Dragon Casino, Mocha Hotel Royal, Casino Casa Real","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Melco's Macau Strategy","query":"What is Melco Resorts' overarching strategic rationale for consolidating its Macau gaming footprint, and how will this impact its GGR and NGR projections across its remaining properties?"},{"label":"Regulatory Oversight Impact","query":"How will the DICJ's supervision of these closures influence future regulatory compliance expectations for other operators undertaking similar asset rationalization in Macau, particularly concerning labor and asset transfers?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[20582,257,18488],"class_list":["post-777034837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-dicj","tag-macau","tag-melco-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034837","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777034837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777034842,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777034837\/revisions\/777034842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777034837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777034837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777034837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}