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[[Image:CasinoGoa.jpg|thumb|250px|The ''Casino Goa'']]
The '''[https://casinogoa.in/ Casino Goa]''' is a live [[casino]]<ref name="TLC">{{cite web|url=https://truelivecasinos.com/|title=Live Casinos WorldWide|last=Cox|first=Phill|date=June 15, 2019|access-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref> located offshore in [[Panaji]] in [[Goa]]. The casino is located on a [[yacht]], the ''M.V. Caravela'', anchored in the [[River Mandovi]]. The casino vessel worth is 110 million [[Indian rupee|Rupees]] and is owned by the Advani Pleasure Cruise Co Ltd as a joint venture between the company and [[Casinos Austria]]. It has around eleven tables of [[Roulette#Board depiction .28American Roulette.29|American Roulette]], [[Blackjack]] and ''Paplu'' ([[Rummy]]) besides a few electronic [[slot machine]]s.

The setup of the casino was controversial as live gambling is outlawed [[India|in]] India. This was partially circumvented by hosting it off the mainland. The government in Goa is promoting offshore [https://www.deltin.com/deltin-royale/ goa casino ship] by granting new licences to more companies in an attempt to generate more tourist related revenue. Goa state is the only one in India that permits both electronic onland casinos as well as live offshore ones.

==References==
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*[http://www.worldrecordsindia.com Deltin Royale: India's Largest and Most Luxurious Casino honored by World Records India ], World Records India, March 8, 2016
*[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/deltin-royale-casino-lessons-from-indias-largest-offshore-gaming-and-entertainment-centre/articleshow/47658647.cms Deltin Royale: Casino lessons from India's largest offshore gaming and entertainment centre], The Economic Times, June 14, 2015
*[http://www.goanews.com/28dec00.htm Live casino comes to Goa], GoaNews, Sandesh Prabhudesai, 28 December 2000
*[http://www.goanews.com/8jan01.htm Politicians jumble facts on casino gamble], GoaNews, Sandesh Prabhudesai, 8 January 2001
*[http://www.goanews.com/29dec04.htm No more casinos in Goa], Goa News, Rupesh Samant, 29 December 2004
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050825183046/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/07/stories/2003120700480700.htm Punters Ahoy], ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Hugh and Colleen Gantzer]], Sunday, 7 Dec 2003

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>Katherineallenm at 07:57, 29 April 2021