{"id":8072,"date":"2020-07-13T21:57:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T21:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8072"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:42:12","slug":"guam-revokes-gaming-machines-licences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/guam-revokes-gaming-machines-licences","title":{"rendered":"Guam revokes gaming machines licences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Local operators on Guam have been sent notices regarding the non-renewal or revoking of their current gaming machines licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Guam.- The government of Guam has finally brought down the curtain on gaming machines on the Pacific island. It has sent out notices revoking all existing gaming machines licences and will no longer issue or renew licences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision comes after a long legal battle in which the local Office of the Attorney General argued gaming machines should not be allowed to operate on Guam owing to a 2008 referendum that decided against them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent court judgment determined that regulations the Department of Revenue and Taxation uses to grant the licences for gaming machines date back to prior gubernatorial administrations and did not comply with the Administrative Adjudication Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ruling has led authorities to void gaming machines licences held by companies such as Guam Music and Atlas Amusement Enterprises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guam has also been <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/guam-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debating a new bill<\/a><\/em><\/strong> that would make all casino related forms of gambling illegal, leaving bingo and lottery as only forms of gambling allowed on the island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local operators on Guam have been sent notices regarding the non-renewal or revoking of their current gaming machines licences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8074,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The government of Guam has initiated the revocation of all existing gaming machine licenses and will cease renewals, effectively ending this gaming vertical on the island. This action follows a protracted legal dispute and a court ruling that found the Department of Revenue and Taxation's licensing regulations non-compliant with local law, impacting operators like Guam Music and Atlas Amusement Enterprises. Concurrently, a new bill is under debate to outlaw all casino-related gambling, potentially limiting legal gambling to bingo and lottery.","focusai_entities":"Guam Music, Atlas Amusement Enterprises, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Revenue and Taxation","focusai_location":"Guam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Legal Precedent Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of Guam's court ruling on administrative law compliance for other jurisdictions with legacy gaming regulations?"},{"label":"Market Contraction Analysis","query":"How will the complete cessation of gaming machine operations and the potential casino ban in Guam affect regional iGaming market growth projections and investment strategies?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16331,156],"tags":[22312],"class_list":["post-8072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elsewhere-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gaming-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072","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=8072"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19681,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8072\/revisions\/19681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}