{"id":8274,"date":"2020-07-20T22:50:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T22:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:29:24","slug":"dicj-to-conduct-stricter-inspections-in-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/dicj-to-conduct-stricter-inspections-in-casinos","title":{"rendered":"DICJ to conduct stricter inspections in casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspections will coninue and meetings with the six largest casino operators in Macau are being held to evaluate Covid-19 measures. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Macau.- The director of the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Adriano Marques Ho, has been visiting the six larger casino operators in Macau to control the implementation of measures to prevent Covid-19 spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Operators must ask players and guests for their Covid-19 test results and take their temperature on entry. They must also enforce cleaning routines and provide sanitation elements on the floors among other measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casino <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-begins-testing-casino-staff-for-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">workers are also being tested<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, especially those with frontlines contact with customers. Health Authorities in Macau say about 4,000 staff a day are being tested for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Macau Business reported that head of the <strong><em>DICJ<\/em><\/strong> Gambling and Inspection Department, Vong Chi Fu, and the Coordinator of the Macau Health Bureau Disease Control and Prevention Center (SSM), Dr. Lam Chong, had jointly carried out inspections in the casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DICJ says its plan is to conduct \u201crigorous inspections\u201d and that it will hold regular meetings with concessionaires to evaluate and adapt prevention measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspections will coninue and meetings with the six largest casino operators in Macau are being held to evaluate Covid-19 measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8279,"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 Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) in Macau is conducting rigorous inspections and holding regular meetings with the six largest casino operators to ensure strict adherence to Covid-19 prevention measures. These protocols include mandatory testing for players and staff, temperature checks, and enhanced sanitation routines, directly impacting operational continuity and regulatory compliance for concessionaires.","focusai_entities":"Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Adriano Marques Ho, Macau Business, Vong Chi Fu, Macau Health Bureau Disease Control and Prevention Center (SSM), Dr. Lam Chong","focusai_location":"Macau","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis?","query":"What is the projected impact of these enhanced operational protocols and mandatory testing requirements on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of Macau's concessionaires for the current fiscal quarter?"},{"label":"Concession Re-Tendering Influence?","query":"How might the DICJ's intensified regulatory oversight and the operators' compliance performance with these health mandates influence the upcoming re-tendering process for Macau's gaming concessions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[12436,20582,257],"class_list":["post-8274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-casinos","tag-dicj","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274","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=8274"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010427,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions\/777010427"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}