Saipan gaming regulators have approved their first junket operator license, paving the way for the first junket deal with the island’s only casino.

On Monday, the Marianas Variety reported that the Commonwealth Casino Commission had issued a provisional license to Du Young Jang, the owner of South Korean junket operator Big Bang Entertainment.

Commission director Deleon Guerrero said Big Bang’s roster of high-rolling gamblers is drawn primarily from South Korea and Japan. Big Bang’s license was issued on Aug. 11 and will expire on Aug. 31, 2017.

There are currently 18 other junket license applications awaiting the Commission’s stamp of approval. The Commission serves all of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, including Tinian and Rota.