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Goa floating casinos can stay put for another six months at least

March 30, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, India

As expected, Goa’s six offshore licensees have been given another extension before having to relocate from their current home in the Mandovi river. According to The Times of India, operators including Delta ...

Casino operators in Goa face significant fee increases in April

Kim M

March 28, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, India, Licenses

Effective from April 1, 2018, casino operators in Goa will be subject to substantial fee hikes which are applicable to both floating casinos on the Mandovi River and land-based gaming facilities in the western ...

First of two planned Grand Openings for Tiger Palace Resort draws record crowd

Kim M

March 19, 2018

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino openings, India, Nepal

Bollywood star Poonam Pandey and dance troupes from Thailand and the Ukraine were on hand this weekend to help Sydney-listed Silver Heritage Group Limited celebrate the Grand Opening of its Tiger Palace Resort ...

Sports Betting & Gaming India summary; 2019 dates announced

Lars Jones

March 7, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, India, Conferences / Trade Shows, Sports betting

Eventus International met and exceeded all expectations for their recently concluded inaugural Sports Betting & Gaming India (SBGI) summit which was held at the Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa on February 2...

Sports Betting & Gaming India 2018 is one week away

Lars Jones

February 20, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, India, Conferences / Trade Shows, Sports betting

The Sports Betting & Gaming India Summit 2018 (SGBI), will be held on 27 & 28 February 2018 at the beachfront luxury 5-star Park Hyatt Goa Resort & Spa, India. We outlined and defined the potenti...

Online lottery under discussion in Maharashtra

Sadonna Price

January 22, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, India, Lottery

The government of Maharashtra is considering changes within its lottery system, discussing whether or not to bring lottery games from paper to online format. The state government has seen the success of an onli...

India’s first ever poker broadcast via DSPORT

Kim M

January 7, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, India, Poker, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Launched by Discovery Networks India, DSPORT is an Indian television channel that caters to sports genre. The channel recently announced that it had acquired the exclusive broadcast rights to Season 2 of the Po...

Golden Globe to get jetty for casino ship MV San Domino

Lars Jones

December 26, 2017

Casino Cruise Ships, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, India

The high court of Bombay at Goa was informed by the state government last week that they will issue a jetty or docking facility to Golden Globe Hotels Pvt Ltd (GGHPL). The jetty, expected to be issued any day n...

Provisional approval for planned Indian casino

Adam Morgan

December 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, India, Licenses

In India, last week reportedly saw local firm Golden Play Pvt Limited receive a provisional license that will allow it to prepare the groundwork in advance of opening a new casino inside the Hotel D’Wang in the...

G2A.com adds Bitcoin option for Indian customers

Adam Morgan

December 15, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, India, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News

With the Bitcoin crypto-currency becoming ever more popular among technology enthusiasts, the online gaming marketplace at G2A.com has reportedly now made the payments system available to its customers in India...

Indian state planning to make online rummy ban permanent

Adam Morgan

October 23, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, India, Online Gambling News

After issuing a temporary ban on the playing of online rummy in mid-June, the government for the southern Indian state of Telangana is now reportedly planning to introduce legislation that would make this prohi...

Beached for months; Goa floating casino finally to be moved

Kim M

October 16, 2017

Casino Cruise Ships, Latest Casino and Gambling News, India

After running aground near the Miramar beach soon after leaving the Mormugao Port Trust on July 13, MV Lucky 7, owned by Golden Globe Hotels Pvt Ltd, could finally be leaving the Indian state of Goa this week. ...

Goa off-shore casinos granted six-month extension

Sadonna Price

September 29, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, India

In July, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of India revealed that the floating casinos of Goa would have to be moved onshore in three years’ time and that locals were also banned from participating in such gaming...

New draft rules approved by Goa law department

Kim M

September 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, India

In Goa, the rules for the regulation of casino operations in the Indian state have been approved by the law department. Once approved by the chief minister, they will be forwarded to the cabinet, The Times of I...

Mercury Poker joins Microgaming’s Indian Poker Network

Lars Jones

August 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, India, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Mercury Poker is now live on the Indian Poker Network after teaming up with Microgaming and the MPN, formerly known as the Microgaming Poker Network. MPN India was established in 2015 and operates exclusivel...

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Goa floating casinos can stay put for another six months at least

Casino operators in Goa face significant fee increases in April

First of two planned Grand Openings for Tiger Palace Resort draws record crowd

Sports Betting & Gaming India summary; 2019 dates announced

Sports Betting & Gaming India 2018 is one week away

Online lottery under discussion in Maharashtra

India’s first ever poker broadcast via DSPORT

Golden Globe to get jetty for casino ship MV San Domino

Provisional approval for planned Indian casino

G2A.com adds Bitcoin option for Indian customers

Indian state planning to make online rummy ban permanent

Beached for months; Goa floating casino finally to be moved

Goa off-shore casinos granted six-month extension

New draft rules approved by Goa law department

Mercury Poker joins Microgaming’s Indian Poker Network

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