Kerala Seeks Supreme Court Permission to Take Action Against Online Lotteries in the State
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala (March 18, 2010) -- The government will move the Supreme Court seeking permission to take action against online lotteries in the State, Finance Minister Thomas Isaac is reported to have said today......................Subscribers

Protest Against Legislation to Legitimize Online Lotteries
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala (March 17, 2010) -- The Lottery Samrakshana Samithi, an umbrella organization comprising lottery agents and vendors affiliated to various unions, is embarking on a protest against the Central Government because of a rumour that the Centre is considering legislation to legitimize online lotteries.....................Subscribers

Lotteries, Games of Chance Now declared A New Taxable Service
CHENNAI, India (March 15, 2010) - The Finance Bill, 2010 has brought in certain changes in the scope of service tax....................Subscribers

Supreme Court Urges the Central Government to Consider State’s Application to Ban Online Interstate Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (March 12, 2010) – According to local media reports the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Central Government (The Centre) to consider an application sent by the Kerala State Government in 2004 seeking a ban on other State lotteries in Kerala on the ground that these States were violating the provisions of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act.................Subscribers

State Governments Finalizing New Rules for Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (March 9, 2010) – According to local media reports the Centre is in the process of regulating rules regarding lotteries...................Subscribers

Lotteries Department Winners ‘Get-Together’ Receives Luke Warm Reception
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (March 7, 2010) -- In a few days, the capital city will host the ‘lucky rich,’ if a novel idea of the Lotteries Department clicks. The Lotteries Department is organising a get together of the first prize winners since the setting up of the Department in 1967.......................Subscribers

Lottery Tickets Seized
CHENNAI, India (February 26, 2010) – According to local media reports the city police on Wednesday seized lottery tickets worth over Rs.5.6 crore from a private parcel office.....................Subscribers

Government Issues Draft of New Lotteries Regulation Rules
NEW DELHI, India (February 11, 2010) -- The Central Government is reported to have issued a draft of new lottery regulation rules under which a state or the central government has been empowered to ban a draw conducted by any other state......................Subscribers

Government to Get Tougher on Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (February 11, 2010) - In a move to rein in the lottery trade, the government is set to notify fresh rules that place online lotteries on a par with paper lotteries, ban double and triple-digit lotteries and introduce a process for one state government to ban lotteries of another................Subscribers

Special Online Lottery to Fund Commonwealth Games
NEW DELHI, India (February 9, 2010) - Those sceptical about Delhi’s preparedness to host the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 say its success is now pretty much a matter of  chance. Unfazed, the organisers are moving in for the lucky draw.......................Subscribers

Central Government Set To Legalize Online Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (February 10, 2010) – Local media source reports that the Central Government plans to legalize online lotteries by bringing it under the purview of Lotteries (Regulation) Act-1998. This Act was brought to curb the rampant surge of online lotteries across the country........................Subscribers

State’s Finance Minister Alleges Central Conspiracy to Assist Online Lotteries Operators
Kerala Government to Launch Campaign Against Online Lottery
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India (February 6, 2010) - Opposing the Centre's move to legalise online lottery, it was reported that the Kerala Government has alleged that there was a "nexus between online lottery mafia and Congress" and, is reported to have said it would launch a political campaign against it........................Subscribers

Director Issues Guideline on Lottery Purchases
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala (January 20, 2010) -- The Director of Lotteries has asked those buying State government tickets to write their name and address and affix their signature on the reverse of the ticket........................Subscribers

State Government to Amend Lottery Act
KOLHAPUR, India (January 16, 2010) - Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today said the government was considering modifications to the Lottery act in order to severely punish those involved in the illegal ....................Subscribers

Government To Ban Two Digit Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (January 11, 2010) - The government is framing rules to ban double digit lotteries that account for nearly 75% of sales of lottery tickets..................Subscribers

Indian Online Gambling Market Estimated to Be Worth $5 Billion
MUMBAI, Maharashtra, India (January 5, 2010) - Indian culture adopted gambling from the beginning of Indian civilization, which started 4000 years ago. Great Indian epic Mahabharata dating to 1500 B.C. has the main story, which starts with a dice match...................Subscribers

Lottery Sellers Resent Government Services Tax
PALAKKAD, India (December 25, 2009) - The Kerala State Lottery Agency and Sellers’ Union has warned of protest against the Central Government’s move to bring in a law which would impose service tax on lotteries and enable online lotteries to operate in the state........................Subscribers

Tax To Include Lottery, Betting and Gambling
CHENNAI, India (December 29, 2009) - The Committee of State Finance Ministers has released the ‘First Discussion Paper' on proposed goods and services tax....................Subscribers

Online Lotteries Amount to Pure Gambling
PALAKKAD, India (December 27, 2009) - Paper lotteries could not be equated with online lotteries as the latter amounted to ‘pure gambling’, Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac was reported to have said when he called for regulations in the conduct of lotteries..........................Subscribers

Government’s Lottery Legislation Amendment Allows Multiple Daily Draws
NEW DELHI, India (December 15, 2009) – It was reported that at a time when the Supreme Court was favouring strict enforcement of the law limiting lottery draws to just once a week, the Centre appears to have made up its mind by drafting an amendment that allows fifty (50) draws a day in a state for all lotteries operating there............................Subscribers

Present Lottery Turnover is Only the Tip of the Iceberg
THRISSUR, India (December 6, 2009) - Finance Minister Thomas Isaac said that the present sales turnover of the Kerala State lottery, which is expected to touch Rs 700 crore during the current financial year, was only the tip of the iceberg...............Subscribers

Why is the Government in the Business of Running Lotteries? -- Supreme Court
NEW DELHI, India (December 7, 2009) – According to a report the Supreme Court today wondered what business the government has got to do by running lotteries which according to a petition is ruining the lives of lakhs of families.....................Subscribers

Finance Minister Reiterates Stance Against Online Lotteries
KERALA, Thrissur, India (December 6, 2009) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, on Saturday, reiterated the Left Democratic Front government’s opposition to online lotteries....................Subscribers

Companies Line-Up for Internet Gambling Licences in India
LONDON, U.K. (November 19, 2009) - William Hill, along with Betfair and Bwin, is reportedly bidding for the Internet licence in the Himalayan state of Sikkim....................Subscribers

Calls for Total Ban on Lottery Across the Country
NEW DELHI, India (November 27, 2009) – A leading Indian newspaper reported that the Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Vijay Goel on Friday called for a total ban on lottery drawings across the country...................Subscribers

Supreme Court Upholds Law Concerning Frequency of Lottery Draws
NEW DELHI, India (November 28, 2009) -- According to a number of local media reports the Supreme Court on Friday cautioned state-run lotteries against breaching the law that restricts draws to one per week....................Subscribers

Government Fails to Withdraw Lotteries Bill
NEW DELHI, India (November 24, 2009) -Yielding to opposition pressure the Government on Tuesday reportedly failed to withdraw a ten (10) year-old bill that would have banned lotteries throughout the country. .........................Subscribers

Central Government Should Recognize Lottery as an Industry and Set Up Regulatory Body to Oversee Its Functioning
MUMBAI, India (November 3, 2009) - Pan India Network, the lotto and gaming arm of the Essel Group, today said that it would urge the Central government to recognize lottery as an industry and set up a regulatory body to oversee its functioning...................Subscribers

Mizoram Lottery to Launch November 1 in Aid of Commonwealth Games
NEW DELHI, India (October 28, 2009) -- The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (OC) has reportedly just signed an agreement to hold a lottery in Mizoram, and the OC said it is hoping that other non-lottery states will permit sales in the interest of sport....................Subscribers

Baring India Private Equity Fund Sells Stake in Gi Terminal I-Tech
INDIA (October 21, 2009) --  Baring India Private Equity Fund II Limited has sold its stake in Gi Terminal I-Tech Pvt., Ltd., an India-based online gaming solutions company that develops solutions for the lottery market..................Subscribers

High Court Resumes Hearing Lottery Petitions
CHANDIGARH, India (October 6, 2009) -- Two petitions, challenging the Punjab government action in taking out draws of Punjab Lotteries every 15 minutes, came up for resumed hearing before the division bench of Punjab and Haryana High Court on Monday...................Subscribers

Decision on Lottery Bill Postponed
NEW DELHI, India (October 1, 2009) – With an eye on the upcoming Assembly elections, particularly of Maharashtra, the government on Thursday withheld the announcement of a decision to withdraw the Prevention of Lotteries Bill 1999................Subscribers

Call for Decade Old Lottery Bill to be Scrapped
NEW DELHI, India (September 30, 2009) -- The government might dispose off an NDA lottery bill in its Cabinet meeting on Thursday.....................Subscribers

Former Governor Alleges NDA Government Asked Him to Rig Online Lottery
Ved Marwah was Manipur's governor when the alleged incident took place
NEW DELHI, India (September 21, 2009) – According to reports Ved Marwah, who served as governor in Manipur, Mizoram and Jharkhand, has accused some National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders of pressurizing him to favour a Mumbai-based business tycoon in an online lottery deal during his term as Manipur governor.....................Subscribers

Finance Minister Targets Online Lotteries
KOLKATA, India (September 15, 2009) -- State Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta is planning a crackdown on online lotteries once again. The minister said on Monday that many complaints are pouring in against these lotteries and that they are harming the poor..................Subscribers

Finance Minister Seeks to Amend Lotteries Regulation Act
KOCHI, Kerala, India (August 26, 2009) -- Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has urged the Union government not to equate online lotteries with paper lotteries in the Supreme Court on an appeal filed by online lottery operators against the ban imposed on their operation by the State government.......................Subscribers

High Court Approves Tax on Lotteries; New Direct Tax Code Could See Gambling and Lottery Winnings Taxed at 30%.
BOMBAY, India (August 15, 2009) -- The Bombay high court on Friday dismissed a bunch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the state government’s power to impose tax on lottery sales. Lottery taxation earns the state Rs400 crore annually...........................Subscribers

Reserve Bank Warns Public of Lottery Scams Using Its Name
MUMBAI, India (August 4, 2009) -- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has warned the public of a ‘lottery’ scam doing the rounds, which fraudulently invokes the central bank's authority, besides the promise of windfall gains, to lure people into parting with big amounts of money......................Subscribers

High Court Orders Payment of Prize Money To Lottery Winner
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu (August 7, 2009) -- Setting aside an order of authorities rejecting the claim of a lottery ticket winner, the Madras High Court has directed them to pay the prize money of Rs.1 lakh with nine per cent interest from April 2001.....................Subscribers

Kerala Calls on Central Government To Ban Online Lotteries
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (August 7, 2009) -- An all party meeting held on Saturday decided to press the Central government to differentiate between the online and paper lotteries and empower the States to take action against lottery operators breaching the Central Lotteries (Regulation) Act..............Subscribers

Police Seize Banned Lottery Ticket Shipment Consigned by Train
TIRUCHI, Tamil Nadu (August 2, 2009) – According to local media sources the Tiruchi Rural Police seized banned lottery tickets worth Rs. 5.5 crore on Saturday.................Subscribers

Reserve Bank Clarification on Ban on Remittance From Lottery Schemes
MUMBAI, India (July 30, 2009) - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today clarified that remittance in any form towards participation in lottery schemes is prohibited under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999....................Subscribers

Lottery Sales in Kerala At Record High
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala (August 4, 2009) -- The Hindu Business Line reports that the Kerala Lotteries Department has set an all-time record in lottery ticket sales in July 2009....................Subscribers

Onam Bumper Lottery Reports Record Sales
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (July 29, 2009) – According to local media reports the State government’s Onam Bumper Lottery is recording record sales....................Subscribers

Banned Lottery Ticket Trade Flourishes
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India (July 23, 2009) -- Though the sale of lottery tickets has been banned in Tamil Nadu more than six years ago, vendors of the contraband are still carrying on a lucrative trade especially in the Theni district.......................Subscribers

Finance Minister Seeks Opposition Support to Ban Online Lotteries
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (July 16, 2009) – According to a local media report Finance Minister Thomas Isaac has sought the support of the Opposition to put pressure on the Central Government to ban online lotteries in the State....................Subscribers

State Lotteries Revenue Collection Reduced
KOHIMA, Nagaland, India (July 12, 2009) – According to some local media reports the revenue receipts for the financial year 2007-2008 of the Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries have reduced drastically...................Subscribers

Lottery Dealers Not Deterred by Interstate Ticket Ban
CHENNAI, India (May 20, 2009) – According to local media reports banned lottery tickets of other States are reportedly being sold in certain areas of Chennai........................Subscribers

Indian board Pulls Plug on SMS Lottery Sports Game
NEW DELHI, India (May 13, 2009) -- The Indian cricket board on Tuesday decided to close down a controversial mobile game launched by the IPL in which participants were asked to predict ball-by-ball scores of the next over in return for cash prizes......................Subscribers

Police Turning Tables on ‘Satta’ Operators
MOHALI, Chandigarh, India (May 11, 2009) – According to local media sources the recent crack down on illegal lotteries by the police has been responsible for the sale of legal lottery tickets picking up in the district from Rs 8.9 crore per month last year to Rs 23 crore per month this year...................Subscribers

Supreme Court Rules That Service Tax Cannot Be Levied On Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (May 6 2009) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that no service tax can be levied on the sale, promotion and marketing of lottery tickets..................Subscribers

Kerala Lottery Posts Record Profit
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala (April 27, 2009) -- The Kerala State Lottery Department posted record profit of Rs 104 crore in 2008-09...................Subscribers

Lottery Operator Faces Court Action Over Unpaid License Fees
MEGHALAYA, India (February 19, 2009) -- The Meghalaya government is exploring legal options to realise an outstanding amount of Rs 35 crore from a firm, MS Associates, to conduct online lottery in the state, local media source ‘The Telegraph’ reported today.................Subscribers

Supreme Court Rules Lottery Tickets Not Liable For Sales Tax
NEW DELHI, India (February 16, 2009) -- The Supreme Court has dismissed two appeals by the Kerala government demanding sales tax on lottery tickets....................Subscribers

Agents Go to Court to Challenge State’s Crack Down on Online Lottery Centres
MUMBAI, India (January 21, 2009) -- A few years ago, the state began to crack down on online lottery centres starting with Buldana and other small cities and districts, but lottery agents went to court to challenge the raids conducted by the police..................Subscribers

Law Does Not Permit Online Lotteries
MUMBAI, Maharashtra, India (January 16, 2009) -- Instant lotteries may soon run out of luck with the law. Admitting that there is no law for such lotteries in the state, principal secretary  Ranjana Sinha said..................Subscribers

Government to Launch Cultural Lottery 
KOCHI, India (January 8, 2009) -- In a bid to constitute a ‘welfare fund’ for artistes belonging to different art forms, the state government is planning to launch a ‘Cultural Bumper Lottery’ on January 10..................Subscribers

New Bi-weekly Lottery Launched, Interstate Lotteries to be Regulated
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India (November 30, 2008) -- Stringent steps will be taken to effectively regulate lotteries from other states Kerala finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac has been reported as saying..................Subscribers

Another Indian State to Ban Lotteries
Jharkhand, India (November 25, 2008) -- The Jharkhand Government has decided to ban all state lotteries operating in the state.
The decision to ban the lotteries was taken at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Shibu Soren on Monday evening, under section 12 of the Lotteries Regulation Act, 1998, official sources said on Tuesday.

Chief Minister Denies Providing Permit For Lottery Business
RANCHI, India (November 18, 2008) -- Chief minister Shibu Soren and finance minister Stephen Marandi have denied giving permission to the Sikkim Lottery to operate in the state...............Subscribers

Kerala's New Lottery Offers Gold Instead Of Cash
KOCHI, Kerala, India (November 18, 2008) -- Kerala's department of lotteries wants to utilise the people's preference for gold instead of cash. The department has come up with a lottery that offers the winning ticket a prize in the form of gold coins instead of money..............Subscribers

Lottery Firm Defaults on Agreement; Told to Repay Rs 35cr
SHILLONG, India (September 29, 2008) -- The Meghalaya government has written to MS Associates, an online lottery distributor, to pay back pending dues of Rs 35 crore...............Subscribers

Lottery Company Targets A and B Class Income Group
MUMBAI, India (Aug 24, 2008) -- The country's leading online lottery company Playwin is gearing itself as the Rs 25,000 crore regulated industry is witnessing a perceptible consumer shift from paper lottery to the online version...................Subscribers

Ban on Online, Single-Digit Lotteries to Continue
KOCHI, India (August 5, 2008) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac, while launching a welfare fund for the nearly 2.5 lakh lottery sellers and agents on Monday, reiterated the State government’s opposition to single-digit and online lotteries...............Subscribers

Court Orders Further Probe Into Old Lottery Case
CHANDIGARH, India (July 26, 2008) – Local media sources report that nine years after the infamous Haryana lottery case, a local court today ordered the Chandigarh Police to re-investigate the involvement of several government functionaries, including a number of former government ministers who were partners of a lotteries stocker in New Delhi...............Subscribers

Online Lotteries to be Banned from Operating Near Schools
MUMBAI, India (July 24, 2008) -- Finance Minister Jayant Patil said in the assembly on Wednesday that the state government will shortly frame guidelines to ban online lotteries from operating near schools..................Subscribers

Maharashtra Appoints Skill Lotto Solutions as Bulk Agent for Sale of Monthly and Weekly Lotteries
MUMBAI, India (July 23, 2008) -- The Government of Maharashtra has recently appointed M/s Skill Lotto Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as Sugal & Damani Lottery Agency Pvt. Ltd.) as its Bulk Agent for sale of monthly and weekly lottery...............Subscribers

State to Oppose Move to Ban Paper Lotteries
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India (July 15, 2008) -- Kerala would strongly oppose the Central government move to ban paper lotteries, Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac told the Assembly on Monday....................Subscribers

Online Lotteries Are Fully Transparent - Playwin
MUMBAI, India (June 19, 2008) -- Online lotteries look like becoming the cause of a quarrel between two state government departments, home and lottery...............Subscribers

Finance Minister Urges Congress Leaders to Clarify Stance on Lottery Cases
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (June 16, 2008) -- Finance Minister T.M. Thomas Isaac has asked State Congress leaders to articulate their policy on the Central government’s stance in respect of the lottery cases which are coming up for hearing in the Supreme Court on August 18................Subscribers

Government Slow to Act on CID Lottery Report
MUMBAI, India (June 15, 2008) – The Maharashtra Government has been criticized for not taking any action on a CID report submitted last November saying that there was a nexus between government officials and online lottery operators...............Subscribers

Congress Party Accused of Trying to Revive Lottery Trade
NEW DELHI, India (June 12, 2008) – The BJP today accused the Congress Party of "quietly" working towards ''reopening'' the single digit lottery trade, which was banned in 1998 by the NDA government..............Subscribers

Stakeholders Meeting Scheduled to Agree on Uniform Lottery Regulation
MAHARASHTRA, India (June 11, 2008) -- Maharashtra will host a conference of lottery stakeholders next month to draw up effective and transparent measures to regulate the industry that currently earns the state governments................Subscribers

Government Mulls Country-wide Lottery Ban
NEW DELHI, India (June 7, 2008) -- The Centre is considering a ban on all kinds of lottery across the country and has convened an inter-ministerial meeting on June 10 to evolve a consensus and formulate a national policy on the issue...............Subscribers

Report Highlights Loss of Government Lottery Revenue Through Agreement Oversight
SHILLONG, Meghalaya, India (May 27, 2008) -- The Meghalaya Government has incurred a revenue loss of more than Rs 6,000 crore from the state lottery over the years because of.............Subscribers

Lottery Case Hearing Adjourned
KOCHI, Kerala (May 23, 2008) -- The Kerala High Court on Thursday adjourned to May 27, the hearing on a writ petition seeking a direction to the State government to abolish the practice of conducting lotteries for.............Subscribers

Punjab Government Served Notice for Violating Lotteries Act
CHANDIGARH, Punjab, India (May 14, 2008) – The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notices to the Punjab Government for violating the Lotteries (Regulations) Act, 1998...................Subscribers

District Lottery Sales Up
KOCHI, Kerala, India (May 12, 2008) -- The district Lottery Department has started taking steps towards including agents into a welfare fund at a premium of Rs. 15 a month...................Subscribers

Online Lotteries Case Fixed for August 18
INDIA (May 2, 2008) -- The Supreme Court today fixed August 18, for the hearing of petitions seeking ban on online lotteries, mainly in North-Eastern states, on the ground that............Subscribers

Leading International Betting Agencies Support Campaign to Make Sports Betting Legal in India
BANGALORE, India (April 24, 2008) --  Leading international betting agencies, including Ladbrokes and Betfair, are eager to help in a campaign to make sports betting legal in India and have reportedly approached a senior Indian Premier League (IPL) official with offers in this regard....................Subscribers

Minister Says Some Districts Are Lagging Behind in the Planning and Implementation of the Lottery Scheme
KOCHI, Kerala, India (April 12, 2008) – The Minister for Forest and Housing, Benoy Viswom, told members of the public attending a meeting of the M.N. One Lakh Housing Renovation Scheme that there was insufficient government funds to renovate all the houses in the scheme....................Subscribers

Bumper Lottery Tax Evasion Detected; Distributors Evade Rs. 2,162 Crore in Service Tax 
KARNATAKA, Bangalore, India (March 13, 2008) – According to local media reports the Central Excise Intelligence (Bangalore Zone) has uncovered biggest ever ‘service tax’ evasion reported in the country..............Subscribers

Government Staff Seconded to Sell Lottery Tickets
CHANDIGARH, India (March 10, 2008) – According to local media reports the Punjab Government is allowing staff at district headquarters across the state to sell lottery tickets...................Subscribers

Punjab Government Predicts Bumper Year From Lotteries
CHANDIGARH, Punjab, India (February 13, 2008) – The Punjab government aims to generate revenue of Rs 200 crore from lotteries in the next fiscal, while its collections this year would certainly be more than last financial year.............Subscribers

Six New State Lotteries Launched
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (February 10, 2008) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac launched six new lotteries on behalf of the Lotteries Department on Friday.................Subscribers

Deputy Commissioners Told to Sell Lotteries Through Suwidha Centres
JALANDHAR, Punjab, India (February 1, 2008) – The Punjab Government is reported by the local media to have directed its deputy commissioners (DCs) to sell the state monthly lotteries through Suwidha centres....................Subscribers

CID Calls for Ban on Online Lotteries
PUNE, India (January 31, 2008) -- The State Crime Investigation Department (CID), Pune, has submitted a report to the state government recommending a ban on online lotteries on the grounds that they were operating illegally in Maharashtra..............Subscribers

Lottery Companies May Be Caught-Up in Service Tax Net
BANGALORE, India (January 21, 2008) -- The central tax administrators say companies which run lotteries on behalf of state governments will be liable to pay tax for the service they render to state governments.................Subscribers

Supreme Court Issues Notice to Finance Ministry and States Over On-Line Lotteries
NEW DELHI, India (December 10, 2007) -- The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and three states, West Bengal, Sikkim and Tripura, on a plea seeking to ban on-line lotteries...............Subscribers

Finance Ministry Selects Lottery Marketing Agent
BHUTAN (December 6, 2007) -- The finance ministry this week selected Martin Lottery Agency of India as the marketing agent for the Bhutan paper lottery in India and Bhutan..............Subscribers

Government Sets Ambitious Target For Lottery Revenue in Current Fiscal
CHANDIGARH, India (November 29 2007) -- The Punjab Government’s Lotteries Department has reportedly set a target of Rs175 crore in revenue from the sale of lotteries in the current fiscal year...............Subscribers

Three Companies Short-Listed for Paper Lottery
BHUTAN (November 21, 2007) -- Three Indian companies submitted their bids to the finance ministry on November 19, and one will soon become the sole marketing agent of the Bhutan paper lottery in India........Subscribers

Kerala Lottery to be Re-launched, More Prizes, Increased Agent Commission
KOCHI, Kerala, India (November 20, 2007) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac announced on Monday that the Kerala Lottery would be re-launched in December...............Subscribers

Government Puts Lottery Agency Out to Tender
BHUTAN (November, 7 2007) -- Eight Indian companies have reportedly been invited by the finance ministry to take part in the bidding, which will be held on November 9, to become the marketing agent for...........Subscribers

High Court Upholds Ban on Lotteries
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (September 28, 2007) -- The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday upheld a single judge order on the ban on lotteries in the State and also the notification declaring Karnataka a lottery-free zone..........Subscribers

Finance Minister Optimistic About Outcome of Lottery Cases
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala ,India (September 15, 2007) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac told the Assembly on Friday that the petition filed by the State Government before ......Subscribers

Tax Increase on Lotteries Upheld by High Court
KOCHI, Kerala, India (September 11, 2007) -- The Kerala High Court has upheld the Government action in increasing the tax per draw of paper lotteries........Subscrbers

State Lottery To Be Run On Commercial Basis
KANNUR, Kerala (July 9, 2007) -- Minister for Finance T.M. Thomas Isaac has announced that the State Lottery Directorate will be equipped to take commercially viable decisions .......Subscribers

Lottery Cooperative Formed
KANNUR, Kerala, India (July 5, 2007) -- A co-operative society for lottery workers has been formed to initiate activities for the welfare of lottery sellers and their families.........Subscribers

State Frustrated at Attempts to Ban Interstate Lotteries
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala, India (July 3, 2007) -- Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Monday told the Assembly that the Government was doing everything in its power to end the illegal operations of lotteries from other States in Kerala..........Subscribers

Supreme Court Orders State Government Not to Take Coercive Action Against Sugal & Damani Lottery Agency
NEW DELHI, India (May 20, 2007) -- The Supreme Court has asked the Maharashtra Government not to take any coercive action against Sugal and Damani Lottery Agency (SDLA), which has challenged......Subscribers

Court Upholds Ban on Lottery Tickets
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (May 10, 2004) -- The Karnataka High Court recently upheld the ban on the sale of lottery tickets enforced by the state government since April 1.........Subscribers

Lottery Ticket Sales Continue Unchecked
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu, India (May 10, 2007) -- The volume of lottery tickets coming into the State is huge and remains unchecked, though the sale was banned in .........Subscribers

Government Doubles Tax on Lottery Draws
MAHARASHTRA, India (May 6, 2007) -- To combat the increased tax on lottery draws online lottery dealers in Maharashtra are set to reduce the number of draws from 33 to 20 per day.......Subscribers

Minister Prepared To Quit Over Lottery
KARNATAKA, India (May 3, 2007) -- The Minister for Lotteries and Planning, Ramachandra Gowda, is reported by the media as saying he is prepared to quit the Government if the lottery ban does not come into effect in Karnataka............Subscribers

Government Files Application On Lottery Ban
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (April 25, 2007) -- A week after the Karnataka High Court passed an interim order staying a notification on banning lotteries in Karnataka..........Subscribers

Government Ready to go to Supreme Court on Lotteries Ban, Says Minister
BANGALORE Karnataka, India (April 24, 2007) -- According to local media reports Karnataka’s Minister for Lotteries, Ramachandra Gowda, on Monday declared that the Government would not budge from ..........Subscribers

Government Stands Firm On Lottery Decision
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (April 18, 2007) -- Karnataka’s lottery industry is in turmoil. On Tuesday, the Karnataka High Court issued stay notification to the State Government banning lotteries........Subscribers

Bangalore, Lottery-Free For Second Day
BANGALORE, India (April 3, 2007) -- All lottery shops in Bangalore remained shut for the second day in succession following the ban on the sale of all lottery tickets that came into effect..........Subscribers

High Court Dismisses Appeal Filed By Kerala on Sikkim Lottery Issue
KOCHI, Kerala, India (March 30, 2007) -- A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court today dismissed the appeal filed by the state against the judgment of the single judge, which held that the show cause .......Subscribers

State Government Proposes to Abolish All Lotteries
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (March 16, 2007) – The Karnataka Government announced today that it intends to abolish all kinds of lotteries in the state from the next financial year ........Subscribers

Lottery Association Urges Chief Minister to Restore Raffle Scheme
CHENNAI, Tamil Nadu (March 17, 2007) -- The Tamil Nadu Lottery Traders Welfare Association has reportedly appealed to the State’s Chief Minister to restore ......Subscribers

Lotteries to be Regulated, Not Banned
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (March 6, 2007) – The Minister for Small Savings and Lotteries Ramachandra Gowda on Monday is reported to have said the Government would not ban........Subscribers

Sports Lottery Tagged A Failure, Petition Filed Against Amended Prize Structure
KOCHI, Kerala, India (February 13, 2007) -- The Kerala High Court on Monday admitted a writ petition against the Government decision to reduce the number of prizes offered .........Subscribers

Government Prefers Regulation to Banning Lotteries
BANGALORE, Karnataka, India (January 22, 2007) -- The State Government has reportedly sought the cooperation of the Central Government in regulating lotteries in Karnataka...........Subscribers

‘Play and Win’ -- Lawmakers Question Reciprocal Lottery Agreement
BHUTAN (January 16, 2007) -- The National Assembly yesterday discussed the operation of the ‘Play Win’ lottery, which is reportedly thriving in several towns across the country........Subscribers

High Court Rules States Have No Power to Prohibit Interstate Lotteries
KOCHI, Kerala, India (January 10, 2007) – The Kerala High Court today held that the state government had no powers to regulate or prohibit lotteries of other states, unless.............Subscribers

Bid To Revive Lottery Trade In Tamil Nadu
TAMIL NADU (January 4, 2007) -- The sale of lottery tickets is banned in Tamil Nadu, but according to PMK founder, S Ramadoss, a “section” in the state is making efforts ...........Subscribers