Donaco’s online gambling launch getting further and further away

Asian casino operator Donaco International’s plans to launch online gambling operations in Cambodia may not actually happen until well into the new year, according to the company’s chief executive.

The Australian-listed Donaco, which operates the Star Vegas casino in Poipet, Cambodia and the Aristo International Hotel in northern Vietnam, first announced its possession of a Cambodian online gambling license in October 2016.

In August, Donaco used its latest fiscal year earnings report to announce that its online operations would launch in September. Last week, Donaco CEO Joey Lim Keong Yew hinted that the launch date could be pushed back until October.

But in a newly published interview with The Edge Malaysia Weekly, Lim was asked about the October launch date, only to reply that the timeline was “maybe not so soon.” Lim then said it could take “maybe six to seven months to develop the platform and integrate it with our [customer relationship management.”