casino reopening

Universal Entertainment has confirmed its Okada Manila property will reopen at 30 percent of its capacity of table and machine games.

Casinos in Sihanoukville have been given a green light to reopen by the country’s health ministry as part of a phased reopening of the industry in the country and some are already back in business.

Casinos in Sihanoukville have presented a request to reopen their doors following the lifting of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions, The Phnom Penh Post reports.

Donaco International said it expects Cambodian authorities to allow its Star Vegas casino in Poipet to reopen in the next few weeks, although visitor numbers will remain low due to the closure of the border with Thailand.

Genting Singapore is expected to post a loss for this year as the recovery is taking longer than expected, according to analysts at Maybank Kim Eng.

Half of the slot machines were in operation on the first day of opening to the general public of Star Entertainment’s property in Sydney, though business appeared to be brisk, according to analysts at J.P. Morgan.

Social distancing measures will cap capacity at Genting Malaysia and it may take two to three years before visitation levels get back to 2019 levels, Affin Hwang Capital Research said in a note, cited by The Edge.

Macau’s casinos can begin to reopen from midnight on Thursday, however there is unlikely to be any improvement in visitation until China resumes its individual visit schemes (IVS), which may take a further six weeks, Nomura Instinet analyst Harry Curtis warns.