Dikshit did this because he wants to be all clean in the US. Party has been offered up for sale to some Vegas companies, and such a sale could never happen if the company wasn’t clean with the DOJ.
Party initiated the talk with the DOJ themselves and offered from the start to do whatever it takes to comply with US law.
This is what I have been reading here and there for a couple of years now.
It all makes sense. I assume that once the industry is regulated, any online gambling company that wants to operate here legally will have to pay out some huge sum.