Act Number: 17

Act Name: The Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998

Year: 1998

Enactment Date: 1998-07-07

Long Title: An Act to regulate the lotteries and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Home Affairs

Department: Department of Home

Section 4: Conditions subject to which lotteries may be organised, etc.
    A State Government may organise, conduct or promote a lottery, subject to the following conditions, namely:—
         (a) prizes shall not be offered on any pre-announced number or on the basis of a single digit;
         (b) the State Government shall print the lottery tickets bearing the imprint and logo of the State in such manner that the authenticity of the lottery ticket is ensured;
         (c) the State Government shall sell the tickets either itself or through distributors or selling agents;
         (d) the proceeds of the sale of lottery tickets shall be credited into the public account of the State;
         (e) the State Government itself shall conduct the draws of all the lotteries;
         (f) the prize money unclaimed within such time as may be prescribed by the State Government or not otherwise distributed, shall become the property of that Government;
         (g) the place of draw shall be located within the State concerned;
         (h) no lottery shall have more than one draw in a week;
         (i) the draws of all kinds of lotteries shall be conducted between such period of the day as may be prescribed by the State Government;
         (j) the number of bumper draws of a lottery shall not be more than six in a calendar year;
         (k) such other conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
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