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Kerala FM dubs Mizoram lotteries illegal

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac claimed yesterday that selling Mizoram lotteries in the state was illegal and without the government's…

Kerala FM hails GST rate on lottery tickets, private operators federation expresses unhappiness

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac expressed satisfaction at the Goods & Services Tax (GST) rate on lottery tickets and said…

GST Council decides dual rate structure for lotteries: 12% for state-run lotteries, 28% for state authorised private lotteries

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley  announced a dual GST rate for lottery tickets in a press conference after the GST Council…

Government likely to set 28% GST rate for lottery tickets

It seems that the central government has made up its mind to put lotteries in the highest GST slab of…

Kerala government considering notifying poker as a skill game, 1976 notification already grants immunity to rummy [Exclusive]

Exclusive The Kerala government has announced its decision to consider including poker and bridge in the category of games of skill…

Kerala government mops up almost $1 billion in lottery sales, Karnataka mulls the lottery route to generate funds

Lotteries organised by the Kerala government has grown exponentially in the past decade, as per data released by the state…

Will Bihar restart lotteries to offset liquor revenue loss?

Newly re-elected Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar recently announced a complete ban on sale of all alcoholic beverages in…

Complete analysis of the recent SC judgment that allows states to ban online lotteries

A 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Chief Justice of India HL Dattu, Justice RK Agrawal and Justice…

Kerala High Court directs payment of prize money to Mumbai lottery winner

In a recent order dated 29th May 2014 in Saroj Subash Nagori v. Director of State Lotteries & Others [Writ Petition…

New Bhutanese government to resume lottery business, raise issue of resumption of lotteries with Indian government

Bhutan witnessed a surprise political change this month with the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) defeating Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT)…