Casino operator Golden Play Pvt Ltd has been okayed to launch a new casino in a hotel in Gangtok, the capital of the Indian state of Sikkim.

On Thursday, Indian gaming authority Jay Sayta reported that Golden Play, a subsidiary of Mumbai-based Golden Gaming International, has been issued a provisional license to set up a 12k-square-foot casino in the Hotel D’Wang in Gangtok’s Deorali area.

Golden Play director Manoj Sethi said the provisional license gives the company six months in which to establish the necessary infrastructure and then apply for a permanent casino license. Sethi said the plan was to have the casino ready to roll by April 2018.

Sikkim is one of only three Indian jurisdictions in which such activity is permitted, and Golden Play’s launch will bring the state’s total number of casinos to four.