{"id":10645,"date":"2020-10-06T05:48:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T05:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=10645"},"modified":"2026-04-24T01:14:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T04:14:59","slug":"india-andhra-pradesh-considers-legalising-floating-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-andhra-pradesh-considers-legalising-floating-casinos","title":{"rendered":"India: Andhra Pradesh considers legalising floating casinos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government of the state is considering legalising casino gaming on ships sailing on the Visakhapatnam Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.- The state of Andhra Pradesh is considering the legalisation of casino boats that sail the waters of the Visakhapatnam coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state of Andhra Pradesh has a coastline about 975 kilometers in length along the Bay of Bengal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Severely hit by the pandemic crisis, the state is exploring the feasibility of the move as a means to raise funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to local media, Andhra Pradesh is taking as a model the policy in the state of Goa\u2019s, which allows floating casinos on the Mandovi River. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even before the Covid-19 crisis, the state was in financial difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has taken a tough line on gambling in the past. Just last month, <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-bans-online-gambling-in-andhra-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\">the state government announced a ban on all online gambling activity<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of the state is considering legalising casino gaming on ships sailing on the Visakhapatnam Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Andhra Pradesh is exploring the legalization of casino gaming on ships along its Visakhapatnam coast, mirroring Goa's model, as a strategy to generate revenue amidst significant financial challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. This consideration marks a potential shift in the state's historically stringent stance on gambling, evidenced by its recent ban on online gaming.","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"India, Visakhapatnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Comparison","query":"What specific governance frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing structures is Andhra Pradesh considering to mitigate regulatory arbitrage risks, given its prior stance on online gambling?"},{"label":"Economic Impact Analysis","query":"What are the projected GGR contributions from the proposed floating casino vertical, and what are the anticipated capital expenditure and operational expenditure implications for potential market entrants?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,16338,154,158],"tags":[12436,58,225],"class_list":["post-10645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","tag-casinos","tag-india","tag-legislation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10655,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10645\/revisions\/10655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}