The Queensland government has yet to make its decision on whether to let The Star Entertainment Group keep its casino monopoly on the tourism heartland of the Gold Coast, amid fears of long-term repercussions for the gaming sector from coronavirus.

As the tourism industry reels from the fall-out from the deadly infectious disease, the ban on Chinese tourists is also hurting the casino and gaming sector, which is also reliant on the 1.4 million Chinese tourists who visit Australia each year.