{"id":12959,"date":"2020-12-22T11:22:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T11:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12959"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T01:59:27","slug":"delta-buys-land-for-indias-first-ir-casino-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-buys-land-for-indias-first-ir-casino-complex","title":{"rendered":"Delta buys land for India&#8217;s first IR casino complex"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company has announced it has bought land to use for a casino resort once it can shift operations from floating casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Delta Corp\u00a0has announced the acquisition of around 100 acres of land in Pernem, Goa, where the company plans to build <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delta-corp-receives-green-light-for-goa-integrated-resort\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an integrated resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm&#8217;s intention is to shift operations from floating casinos to land-based casinos resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delta Corp\u2019s company secretary Dilip Vaidya said in a statement to the bourse: \u201cThe integrated resort is expected to be one of its kind in the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Goa Investment Promotion Board had already granted the company approval for this project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The state&#8217;s present policy allows live gaming only at off-shore casinos and on-shore gambling is only via electronic means, but authorities have agreed to make the shift spurred on by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities hope the project will boost tourism, employment and infrastructure in Pernem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In compliance with SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, Delta Corp issued a statement to inform investors about the development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said: \u201cWe hereby inform you that the company has received an in-principle approval from the Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board for setting up of an integrated resort consisting of hotels, convention centre, multiplex cinema, retail area, electronic\u00a0casino, water park and other facilities at Pernem, Goa&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The firm\u2019s initial plan estimated that it would take 36-48 months to build the entertainment zone\u00a0at Mopa and shift all casino operations to the location. The cost of the project is calculated at between 1,200 and 1,500 crore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company has announced it has bought land to use for a casino resort once it can shift operations from floating casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12962,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Delta Corp has announced the acquisition of 100 acres in Pernem, Goa, to develop an integrated resort, signaling a strategic shift from its current floating casino operations to a land-based model. This move, approved in-principle by the Goa Investment Promotion Board, aligns with a policy shift by state authorities to boost tourism and infrastructure, with the project estimated to cost between 1,200 and 1,500 crore.","focusai_entities":"Delta Corp, Dilip Vaidya, Goa Investment Promotion Board, SEBI, Goa Investment Promotion and Facilitation Board","focusai_location":"India, Goa, Pernem, Mopa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.88)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Goa Policy Shift Details?","query":"What are the specific regulatory amendments or new governance frameworks Goa plans to implement to facilitate live gaming in land-based integrated resorts, beyond electronic means?"},{"label":"Project ROI & GGR Impact?","query":"What is Delta Corp's projected Return on Investment (ROI) and the anticipated impact on its Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) from this 1,200-1,500 crore integrated resort project over the next five years?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,158],"tags":[12436,58],"class_list":["post-12959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-casinos","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959","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=12959"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12968,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12959\/revisions\/12968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}