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Tag: game of chance

Kerala: 11 women civic body workers bag Rs 10 crore lottery

Kerala state government’s 2023 Monsoon Bumper lottery results have brought in great tidings for eleven municipality workers in Kerala who have won a total...

Kerala FM sees GST Council’s decision on online gaming favourable to state

Kerala's Finance Minister K N Balagopal recently opined his views on the GST Council's decision to levy 28% GST on online gaming, casinos and...

Australia: Parliamentary committee calls for total ban on gambling adverts within three years

The much-awaited parliamentary inquiry report on gambling has been made public today. Among the 31 recommendations, one of them is to ban all forms...

Goa: HC orders govt to address casino operators’ appeals

Casino operators in Goa recently challenged the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) order to remove the advertisement hoardings. And in the latest...

Punjab: Family recovers prize-winning lottery ticket worth Rs 1 crore from garbage bin

A 20-year-old hawker from Mansa district of Punjab named Devinder Kumar won a Rs 1 crore lottery prize at Nagaland Dear Lotteries. However, in...

Indian expat in UAE wins lottery, pledges to donate portion to Odisha train accident victims

A native of Jaspur town in Odisha, Sahajan Mohammad who recently won a lottery in Abu Dhabi has pledged to donate a portion of...

We will not allow 3 types of online games in the country: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Following the announcement of new online gaming rules, Minister of State for the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Rajeev Chandrasekhar has announced...

LKS releases GoM report analysis highlighting need of fair taxation framework for online gaming

Popular Indian law firm Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (LKS) Attorneys has released a report of analysis of the recommendations by the Group of Ministers (GoM)...

Australia: Northern Territory govt lowers pokies cap amid problem gambling concerns

The Northern Territory (NT) government has lowered the number of poker or slot machines permitted after substantial backlash from the community over hospitality firm...

New Zealand amends requirements at pokies venues to minimize harm

New Zealand government announces new changes to requirements at the pokie venues in order to reduce the harm to players. The new changes will...

CPM leader Thomas Isaac requests defamation case filed by lottery king Santiago Martin to be transferred to Kerala

A transfer petition regarding the civil defamation case filed by lottery king Santiago Martin in the Gangtok Court to Kerala has been requested by...

Law firms write to PMO requesting to maintain current GST rate for online gaming industry

Various law firms representing prominent online gaming companies recently wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), requesting the GST Council to maintain the current...

GST rates for online gaming to be discussed in GST council meeting in June

In the latest update regarding tax rate for online gaming, GST council may discuss the report submitted by Group of Minister (GoM) back in...

ED freezes assets worth Rs 457 Crore from lottery king Santiago Martin

In an official statement today, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) revealed that search operations in residential and business premises of Santiago Martin & Others in...

SC rejects Centre’s maintainability challenge over Meghalaya suit challenging regulation of lotteries

A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice Dinesh Maheshwari and Justice Sanjay Kumar rejected centre’s challenge on the maintainability of State of Meghalaya’s suit challenging...

Ambiguity around ‘wagering’ persists among online gaming stakeholders, minister believes otherwise

The amendments to the IT Rules, 2021 were released earlier this month by Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the MoS for the Ministry of Electronics and Information...