- Silver Heritage Group, the Asian Casino operator has opened a casino inside its 100-room Tiger Palace Resort Bhairahawa on 31st December 2017. This is the largest casino in Nepal. The Group already operates the ‘Millionaire’s Club and Casino’ inside the Shangri-La Hotel in Kathmandu. They have reportedly paid an ‘initial casino license’ fee of US$ 194,000 apart from a royalty fee of US$ 291,000. The 26,597 sq. ft. casino offers some 216 slots alongside 44 gaming tables and 100 hotel rooms. The resort targets Indian gamblers specifically as it is located at a distance of only seven miles from the Nepalese border with India. Uttar Pradesh is the adjacent state of Bhairahawa.
- The domestic airport in Bhairahawa is under upgradation to International airport and will be complete by March 2021. This is good news for visitors of Tiger Palace Resort Casino. The domestic airport in Gorakhpur is currently being upgraded. A welcome center and lounge for Tiger Casino visitors has been added.
- The Silver Heritage Group is looking to develop two new Tiger Resort Properties with a combined offering of over 200 gaming tables and 1,000 electronic game machines across the border.
- The Deltin Group has launched their first International Venture Deltin Casino at the 214-room Marriott Kathmandu.
- Two new casinos could open soon, with Vegas City International and Prime International & Recreation having applied for licenses.
- Small electronic casinos operate in border towns such as Kakarvitta, Biratnagar, Birganj, and Mahendra Nagar in Eastern Nepal. Widetech (Malaysia) Berhad manages and operates four electronic gaming clubs in Nepal, along the Indo-Nepal border. CMG Clubs operates small electronic casinos in three hotels. CMG is Nepal’s first and largest Electronic Entertainment Gaming Club. Happy Valley, the sister company of Silver Heritage also operates electronic casinos on the Indian border. Two popular electronic casinos operate at Riyaz Hotel and Dhaka Hotel at Kakarvitta. 80 percent of visitors to Kakarvitta casinos come from Siliguri.
Thus, with so many prospective clients from India and China, the casino industry in Nepal is expected to grow in the future.