{"id":8556,"date":"2020-07-30T21:37:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T21:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8556"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:12:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:12:13","slug":"21-casinos-in-cambodia-request-to-reopen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/21-casinos-in-cambodia-request-to-reopen","title":{"rendered":"21 casinos in Cambodia request permission to reopen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So far only NagaCorp\u2019s Nagaworld has received the necessary authorisation to partially restart operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Cambodia.- Since the government lifted the temporary closure of casinos in the country, 21 venues in Sihanoukville have requested permission to reopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casinos in the area have been shut down since April 1. If their applications to reopen are approved by provincial authorities, they will be presented to the national government, Phnom Penh Post has informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each individual casino must obtain permission from the Ministry of Health (MOH) and implement measures to prevent Covid-19 contagion before being allowed to reopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donaco International said this week that it expected to obtain permission from the MOH and reopen <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-to-reopen-in-cambodia-in-a-few-weeks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in the next few weeks<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, only NagaCorp\u2019s Nagaworld has received the necessary authorisation, <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nagacorp-back-to-full-business-this-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">partially resuming its operations<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So far only NagaCorp\u2019s Nagaworld has received the necessary authorisation to partially restart operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Cambodia's casino sector is gradually resuming operations, with 21 Sihanoukville venues seeking approval following NagaCorp's Nagaworld partial reopening in July. The restart process mandates stringent Ministry of Health authorization for COVID-19 prevention, alongside provincial and national government endorsements, impacting operational timelines for entities like Donaco International.","focusai_entities":"NagaCorp, Nagaworld, Donaco International, Ministry of Health","focusai_location":"Cambodia, Sihanoukville","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Reopening Timeline","query":"What specific regulatory milestones and average approval timelines are anticipated for the remaining 21 Sihanoukville casinos, and what are the potential implications for their Q3\/Q4 GGR contributions?"},{"label":"Operational Cost Impact","query":"How will the mandated Ministry of Health COVID-19 prevention measures impact the operational expenditure (OpEx) and staffing models for NagaCorp and other reopening operators, and what is the projected effect on NGR margins?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,158,16333],"tags":[30,12436],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-cambodia","tag-casinos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556","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=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8577,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions\/8577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}