Macau’s Casino Fortuna is to “cease operations at 23:59 on 9 December 2025,” confirmed SJM Resorts Ltd, holder of the gaming licence for the satellite property, in a Tuesday press release.
The news affirmed an earlier staff memo seen by GGRAsia, which said the casino (pictured), in downtown Macau, would be shut down by December 10.
The satellite system that has been utilised by Casino Fortuna and other venues – under which third-party investors were allowed to share gaming revenue with licence holders – will no longer be permitted from 2026.
Macau’s casino regulator, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), said in a Tuesday update that it would continue to maintain close communication with the city’s Labour Affairs Bureau regarding the 553 workers at Casino Fortuna.
That was “in order to ensure compliance with the commitments made by SJM, with regard to the relocation of all the respective workers, as well as guarantees regarding their remuneration, benefits and working conditions, providing them with opportunities for job changes, with a view to continuing their employment”.
SJM Resorts stated in its Tuesday update on Casino Fortuna, that all gaming tables and gaming machines currently operating at the location will be redeployed to “self-promoted casinos of the company”.
Any Casino Fortuna customers holding chips, deposits, or cash rebates accumulated there and not redeemed at the time of shutdown, can visit SJM Resorts’ self-promoted casinos from December 10, for “follow-up arrangements,” said the casino group.
It added: “The company will ensure that all customer entitlements are duly honoured.”
All local employees at Casino Fortuna working directly for SJM Resorts will be reassigned to other casinos in the group, for “gaming-related roles according to operational needs,” stated the casino firm.
Locals workers at Casino Fortuna not employed by SJM Resorts will be invited to apply for related vacancies within SJM Resorts and given “priority” in relation to hiring, and be provided with “necessary support” where appropriate, “to facilitate a smooth transition” from the shutdown.
The gaming bureau’s own Tuesday update affirmed that another Macau satellite property – Casino Kam Pek Paradise (pictured, above), also under the SJM group’s licence and managed by Hong Kong-listed Paradise Entertainment Co Ltd – had closed at 11.59pm on Monday night. The pending shutdown had been announced last week.
DICJ stated that Casino Kam Pek Paradise’s ending of operations “took place in accordance with established procedures”. It was overseen by the gaming bureau, with “close interdepartmental cooperation” of other public departments, ensuring “orderly conduct of the entire process”.
SJM Resorts has pledged relocation of the “584 workers” that it directly employs at Casino Kam Pek Paradise.
