Macau Shuts Casinos And Other Businesses To Contain COVID Outbreak

HONG KONG, July 9 (Reuters) - Macau will shut almost all commercial and industrial businesses including its casinos for one week from Monday, as authorities race to curb a surge of COVID-19 infections in the world's biggest gambling hub.

When asked if he was confident activities and concerns raised in the NSW inquiry into Star had not occurred in Queensland, Mr Hogg said the company was working to improve its anti-money laundering policies.

"We've been focusing on improving our policies now over the last three or four years, once we realised there were some gaps in what we're doing that would apply in both areas, and committed to fixing those and addressing those which we've done over the last four years," he said.

The territory had largely been COVID-free since an outbreak in October 2021. A shopping mall inside the Four Seasons hotel owned by Las Vegas Sands Macau unit Sands China was also requested to shut this week after several cases were found.

Comedian James Adomian heaped praise on his colleague: 'Whenever I was on a lineup with Jak Knight, I knew it was going to be a wildly funny night,' he began, adding, 'Always loved watching him over the last decade. He was winning big, all of it well deserved, so witty and memorable every moment onstage and off. A painful loss to comedy.'

Only Macau's casinos have been allowed to stay open in a move to protect jobs, the government said. Macau gets more than 80% of its tax revenues from the industry with most of the population employed directly or indirectly by the casino resorts.

"Certainly we've obviously focused on remediation steps that we can do when we have any breaches or anything that occurs, and it's been a focus for us. I'm not aware of any fines," he told a parliamentary inquiry on Monday.

Former justice Robert Gotterson will investigate Star's commitment to anti-money laundering, its management of high rollers and the use of China UnionPay bank cards to facilitate gambling by Chinese nationals despite currency restrictions.

With 993 suites and villas, 500 table games and 3,000 electronic gaming machines, it is the biggest of four multibillion-dollar casino-resorts operating in the capital of the Philippines, which has one of Asia's most freewheeling gaming industries. (Reporting by Neil Jerome Morales Editing by Edwina Gibbs and Mark Potter)

That inquiry is vetting proposed casino laws that would force operators to self-report legal breaches, expand the government's power to gather information about casino operations and impose penalties of up to $50 million for breaches.

Crushed by the passing of Jak Knight,' Max Silvestri shared. 'Watch Bust Down NOW. I was lucky enough to spend years writing with and for Jak, and we taped our Netflix sets the same night. Such a f***ing funny, surprising, kind, weird, singular talent. My heart goes out to his family and loved ones. 

Solomon Georgio posted: ' I don't know what to say. I met Jak Knight when he was a teenager. I'll never forget the weekend me, him and Mo Welch did a casino show for a bunch of Trump voters. One crowd was especially hateful and he didn't hold back a single punch.'

'A lot of our investigators on the task force have children. This was an unnecessary random act of violence. It's a horrific act and we're just very grateful we were able to get out there and get him into custody in under 12 hours,' said Clark. 

Tiger Resort, owned by Japan's Universal Entertainment Corp , said Okada Manila's growth was driven by a recovery plan developed by previous officials, and influenced by the pent-up demand for leisure activities.

'I don't know what to say about Jak Knight that he wouldn't make fun of me for,' wrote writer and actor Dani Fernandez. 'But you were so incredibly loved and respected. There will never be anyone quite like you.'

HONG KONG, July 7 (Reuters) - Macau shut down a popular shopping mall adjacent to MGM China's casino resort on the city's main peninsula after several COVID-19 infections were found, as authorities raced to the biggest outbreak yet in the world's biggest gambling hub.

Filipino associates of Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada seized the $3.3 billion casino, which is owned by Tiger Resort, Leisure & Entertainment, ousting its previous management with the help of private security guards and local police.

'We started at 5:30 Wednesday morning, exhausted some leads here in the city of Philadelphia. We had some other things we needed to run down in South Jersey and, lo and behold, we found a spot for him at Harrah's Casino.  

Universal has agreed to merge Okada Manila with 26 Capital Acquisition Corp, a Nasdaq-listed blank check firm, for $2.5 billion and has extended its deadline for the merger to Sept. 30 in the wake of the takeover of the property.

The more than 600,000 residents in the former Portuguese colony have been asked to stay at home when possible and are required to take part in three citywide COVID-19 tests this week.
People are also required to take rapid antigen tests in between.

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