Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, has confirmed that the Grand Dragon Casino, in Taipa, officially ceased operations on Tuesday (September 23). The closure had already been flagged by the property’s gaming licence provider, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd, in a statement issued on Friday.
The firm’s plan to close the venue – along with three small slot parlours also using Melco Resorts’ gaming licence – had been announced in June.
The satellite system utilised by Grand Dragon Casino – under which third-party investors were permitted to share gaming revenue with licence holders – will no longer be permitted from 2026.
The property was the second Macau satellite casino to cease operations in under two months, following the closure of Casino Grandview, also in Taipa, in late July. The latter had relied on the gaming rights of Macau casino operator SJM Holdings Ltd.
Tuesday’s official closure of Grand Dragon Casino followed “established procedures,” the regulator said in a statement.
The shutdown was overseen by the regulator, “which coordinated closely with multiple government departments to ensure legal compliance” and was carried out in an “orderly manner,” it added.
Following the casino’s final business day, at 11:59 pm on Monday, the regulator “immediately suspended gaming table operations” at the property and carried out all required formalities.
Melco Resorts had previously stated that all gaming tables operating at Grand Dragon Casino would be reallocated to its City of Dreams complex in Macau’s Cotai district.
