Daman Culture and Cuisine
Daman is a city in the union territory of Daman and Diu, on India's west coast. In the north, St. Jerome Fort, also known as Nani Daman Fort, recalls the area's Portuguese colonial past.
Daman and Diu is a union territory divided by the Daman Ganga River in two parts on the west coast of India. It’s a popular tourist destination with spectacular scenery and architecture and a favourite nightlife spot with restaurants, pubs, dance bars, theatres and overnight activities on the beaches. Te lure of cheap and available alcohol is also a huge pull.
Daman is the only State to have approved legislation alongside Sikkim and Goa but unlike the other two States it hasn’t yet authorised any operator to begin casino activities.
Delta Corp filed a petition in 2018 with the Bombay High Court against various branches of the government of Daman and Diu over a delayed casino licence. Te company has applied for a licence to install and operate slots at the Deltin Integrated Resort, which opened back in 2014.
Te resort offers a five star 176 room hotel and is destined to be India’s only integrated casino resort of its size in India spread across 10 acres. It is the first and only five star hotel in Daman.
Delta planned to install up to 1,200 gaming positions at the resort with 60,000sq.ft of gaming space.
Delta Corp Ltd already owns and operates three offshore casinos and one landbased casino in Goa (Deltin Suites) and also a casino in Sikkim (Casino Deltin Denzong). Te group also has a casino licence in Nepal for a project at the Marriott Hotel in Kathmandu and the right to
P60 NEWSWIRE / INTERACTIVE / MARKET DATA operate casinos on Jalesh Cruises in Mauritius.
Te company also recently acquired Gauss Networks Private Ltd, which operates the online poker site
Adda52.com and
Adda52rummy.com the largest gaming company in India.
Delta Corp is India’s only listed company engaged in the casino market. Te company saw total income of Rs829.10 crore for the year 2018/19 (Rs636.28 crore in FY18). From this from gaming operations for the year 2018 (to March 2019) was Rs779.81 crore and Rs148.16 crore from its online skill gaming operations.
In the annual report for 2019 Chairman Jaydev Mody said: “Te Indian economy is on a sustainable and higher growth trajectory. It grew by 6.8 per cent during FY2018-19 as per the Central Statistics Office, compared with 6.7 per cent growth in FY2017-18, propelled by rising private sector investment and consumption.
“With benefits of structural reforms kicking in, such as the Goods & Services Tax and bank recapitalisation, domestic demand grew and sustained the growth momentum. Today India
continues to be the fastest growing major economy, being in a sweet spot with the global economic landscape. Its US$2.5 trillion economy makes it the world’s sixth largest in terms of nominal GDP, with retail consumption set to grow by almost twice the GDP growth for the next decade.
“Entertainment is one of the fast growing industries and leisure is currently one of the most exciting sectors in India. Today we have achieved a pole position in the industry and have emerged as one of the fastest growing casino companies.
“With over 2,000 plus gaming positions we have well established our leadership in offshore and onshore gaming casinos in India. Today we hold three of the six offshore gaming licences issued in Goa, thus having dominated the gaming and entertainment space and having cemented our first mover advantage.
“We have further expanded our gaming capacities by adding casinos at attractive locations such as Nepal and Sikkim. In fact we are increasing the size of our Sikkim Casino, as we poise ourselves for a footfall increase in view of the recent operationalisation of Pakyong Airport.
“At Daman we have a presence by way of a luxury hotel, which is ‘casino ready’ as we await a government approval for operating a casino.”
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