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Preity Zinta bats for legalising betting

Popular Bollywood actress and co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Preity Zinta, suggested…

Lottery companies refute charges of GST evasion

One day after it was reported that the central GST authorities in Punjab investigated four major lottery companies in the…

Top lottery conglomerates slapped with GST evasion cases

India's top three lottery distributors: Essel Group, Martin Group and Sugal & Damani Group have been slapped with cases for…

SC rejects appeal to initiate criminal action against Dream11, does this end the debate on fantasy sports legality?

In April 2017, a single judge bench of the Punjab & Haryana High Court rejected a complaint by an advocate,…

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports launched in Mumbai

A registered not-for-profit trade body, the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), was officially launched with 13 Indian Fantasy Sports…

Punjab & Haryana HC rules fantasy sports to be a game of skill

The Punjab and Haryana High Court in an order dated 18th April, 2017 has ruled that playing fantasy sports online…

Punjab government increases paper lottery draws, proposes legal horse-betting in bid to bolster fiscal health

The Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab government is banking on revenues from lottery and horse-betting to improve the state's financial condition…

Karnataka exploring the option of allowing offshore casinos

A recent report in The Times of India indicates that the Congress-led Karnataka government may be amenable to allowing offshore…

Punjab government to start online lottery schemes in a bid to generate Rs.150 crore+ revenue

Undeterred by the recent Supreme Court judgment which passed certain adverse but non-binding strictures against online lotteries, the Punjab government…

Punjab lottery operators go on strike over tax hike, impasse likely to end soon

India's top three lottery operators, Pan India Network Limited, Sugal & Damani and Future Gaming (all three also hold lottery…