Phone off, house locked: Punjab family vanishes after winning Rs 1.5 crore lottery in Faridkot. The reason will shock youA daily wage worker in Punjab's Faridkot, who had been buying lottery tickets for nearly two years, finally won the prize of Rs 1.5 crore. ...
11 Dec, 2025, 02.56 PM IST
Rs 1,000 turned into Rs 11 crore: Man becomes crorepati overnight after selling vegetables all his lifeAmit Sehra, a vegetable seller from Rajasthan’s Kotputli town, won Rs 11 crore in the Punjab State Lottery’s Diwali Bumper 2025 after borro...
06 Nov, 2025, 06.50 PM IST
Vegetable vendor wins Rs 11 crore lottery after borrowing Rs 1,000 from his friend, what he wants to return will melt your heartA vegetable vendor from Rajasthan’s Kotputli has won Rs 11 crore in the Punjab State Lottery’s Diwali Bumper after purchasing tickets with ...
05 Nov, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
CAG's 2017 report pointed out serious irregularities by MartinThe decision to hold a CAG audit was taken by the Union home ministry in 2015 following rampant complaints of corruption and violations in ...
18 Mar, 2024, 12.24 AM IST
Kerala lottery Nirmal NR-364 Result: Winners numbers to be out soon, Check update for Jackpot prize Rs 70 lakhKerala Lottery Nirmal NR-364 results: The Kerala lottery department will announce the results of the Nirmal NR-364 lottery today. The first...
19 Jan, 2024, 12.47 PM IST
11 Kerala sanitation women workers pool Rs 25 each to buy Rs 250 lottery, win Rs 10 crore jackpotEleven women members of Haritha Karma Sena in Kerala, collectively won a lottery prize of Rs 10 crore, ending two-and-a-half years of hard-...
28 Jul, 2023, 02.45 PM IST
Indian lottery business has a Rs 50,000-crore problem after SC ruling on lotteriesThe question now is whether lottery sellers would pass on the GST cost to the consumers, by increasing the price of the lottery tickets, or...
07 Dec, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
GST can be levied on lotteries, says Supreme Court; upholds government noticeThe bench was dealing with a petition filed by Skill Lotto Solutions Pvt Ltd, an authorised agent for sale and distribution of lotteries or...
04 Dec, 2020, 07.30 AM IST
Government looks at 28% GST on lotteryThe lottery industry, which is controlled by a handful of operators, is pitching for a uniform 12% levy and removal of tax on prize money.
18 Sep, 2019, 11.11 AM IST
No plans to impose pan-India ban on lotteries: Nityanand RaiThe amount of service tax collected from lottery distributors and selling agents during the year 2016-17 was about Rs 260 crore.
03 Jul, 2019, 05.04 PM IST
GoM favours uniform tax on lottery, GST Council to decide rate on February 20Currently, a state-organised lottery attracts 12 per cent GST while a state-authorised lottery attracts 28 per cent tax.
18 Feb, 2019, 07.06 PM IST
Try your luck! Buy lotteries on your mobile phoneSugal & Damani will roll out its mobile platform (app) ‘Luckykhel’ over the next few days.
30 Oct, 2018, 11.45 AM IST
Punjab labourer borrows Rs 200 to buy lottery ticket, wins Rs 1.5 croreManoj Kumar, 40, and his wife Raj Kaur earned just Rs 250 each every day, working as daily-wagers at a local brick kiln in Punjab’s Sangrur...
13 Sep, 2018, 10.33 AM IST
GST from lotteries fetch nine state governments nearly Rs 3,950 croreAs per data sourced from the All India Federation of Lottery Trade (AIFLTAI), Kerala collected GST worth Rs 908 crore and state revenue of ...
05 Jun, 2018, 08.29 AM IST
Lottery operators in Punjab ask state government not to raise taxLottery operators said they generate tax revenue of Rs 120 crore annually from lottery business which goes to the state exchequer.
05 Sep, 2014, 06.53 PM IST
- Punjab FM launches lotteries website
Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal launched the website of Directorate of Lotteries at a simple function held in Punjab Bhawan here on T...
12 Feb, 2008, 08.40 PM IST
- Sugal & Damani in race for UK lottery
Sugal and Damani, a little-known Delhi-based firm, is in race to run Britain's National Lottery.
06 Aug, 2007, 09.40 PM IST