It doesn’t appear as though Goa is ready to accept more casinos. This past Wednesday, India’s Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar asserted before Goa’s legislative assembly that the upcoming draft tourism master plan doesn’t include any gambling expansion in the region.

According to local media outlet NDTV, Ajgaonkar stated in a written statement on the topic of the draft bill, “All stakeholders involved in the tourism industry would be consulted, before finalising the master plan, which incidentally has been criticised by stakeholders as well as Opposition members.”

When subsequently asked directly by a minister of the Nationalist Congress Party, Churchill Alemao, if any new casinos would be allowed in the region, Ajgaonkar simply said, “No, sir.”

He then added, “The tourism master plan was prepared after various consultative sessions with several concerned stakeholders, obtaining views and comments from the elected representatives, local authorities as well as the general public.”