Macau casino regulator Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has doused off rumors of the supposed re-opening of the shuttered Casino Greek Mythology.
GGRAsia reported that Greek Mythology, which is inside Taipa’s Beijing Imperial Palace, remains non-operational since the DCIJ ordered its “temporary” closure on December 31, 2017.
It would be recalled that the gambling body made the order at the request of casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd, which provides the gaming license for the casino. The DICJ that the agency has not received any request or plans to resurrect the beleaguered gambling facility.
“So far, the DICJ has not received any plan for re-opening of Casino Greek Mythology from the gaming concessionaire,” the gaming regulator stated in an emailed reply to the news website.
The DICJ, however, pointed out that Casino Greek Mythology does not risk losing its license despite being shut down for almost a year.
“The current regulation has no specification on how long [a] casino can suspend operation,” DICJ explained.
SJM Holding oversees Greek Mythology since its operations have been shut down. The so-called satellite casino has been riding on the license of one of the city’s six official casino concessionaires.
Meanwhile, the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) ordered in July a temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel for a period of six months. The sanction on the hotel – formerly known as New Century Hotel – was the result of “serious administrative irregularities” and “illegal reconstructions”, said at the time Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, MGTO’s director.
In July 2016, the Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) ordered a temporary closure of Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel for a period of six months. The sanction on the hotel was the result of “serious administrative irregularities” and “illegal reconstructions.” Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, MGTO’s director, said.
HongKong-listed junket operator Amax International Holdings Ltd, which has a 24.8 percent stake in an entity called Greek Mythology (Macau) Entertainment Group Corp Ltd, claimed that the operator of the controversial casino has been keeping them in the dark in terms of the resort’s “valid financial information.”
