All casinos in Cambodian will remain shut. The order has come from Prime Minister Hun Sen as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus.

All casinos in the country now have to close their operations from 11.59 pm on Wednesday, 1 April, until further notice with the government to “take action per the law in force accordingly” against any operators that fail to comply. This is under measures introduced by the Ministry of Economy and Finance to combat the spread of COVID-19.

“I would like to clarify various gamblers that if you want to gamble, do it tonight. There is still tonight and tomorrow night,” Hun Sen said.

The Cambodian leader was an early skeptic of coronavirus. Still, cases have begun to increase, and last week his government ordered restaurants and bars to close, and it limited entry visas for foreigners. Mr Hun Sen said that the finance ministry would work with casinos on tax exemptions while they were suspended.

Source: https://europeangaming.eu/portal/latest-news/2020/03/31/67424/cambodian-pm-orders-shut-down-of-casinos/