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India – Golden Gaming given green light for casino in Gangtok

By Phil - 15 December 2017

Golden Play, part of the Golden Gaming and Lottery Group from Mumbai, has received a provisional license for a casino in the five-star Hotel D’Wang Residency in Gangtok, the largest town of the Indian state of Sikkim.

Manoj Sethi, Director of Golden Play said the company should begin operations by April 2018. The provisional license is meant to enable the company to set up the necessary infrastructure to launch casino games in the hotel. It is valid for six months during which time the group will have to apply for a regular or ‘go live’ license.

Mr. Sethi said: “After receiving a good response to the online gaming and sports betting operations that we started in Sikkim in 2015, we have decided to operate a five star hotel and 12,000 square feet casino in Hotel D’Wang Residency, in the heart of Gangtok. This will enable us to offer live casino games to our patrons as well, in addition to the online sports betting and gaming services that are already being offered.”

“As part of our growth strategy, we would also be expanding in other states and territories where casinos are permitted. We are going to start a casino in Nepal- in the Hotel Cygnett Inn Krishna in Nepalgunj area, which is close to the Uttar Pradesh border and around 180 kilometres from Lucknow”, he added.

The company wants to launch the Nepal casino by the first half of 2018.

It would be the fourth casino in the Himalyan state with Casino Mahjong in the Mayfair Resort, Casino Deltin in the WelcomHeritage Denzong Regency and Casino Sikkim in the Royal Plaza Hotel all already open.

Golden gaming already operates out of two locations in Gangtok and one in Rangpo where it offers online gaming and virtual sports.