Kerala FM dubs Mizoram lotteries illegal

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac yesterday that se🤡lling Mizoram lotteries in the state was illegal and without the government’s authorisation.

Isaac ♏added that the government would investigate as to who was advertising the sale of Mizoram lotteries in the state and indicatಞed that lottery king Santiago Martin seemed to be behind the move.

The 🔥government has also issued notification imposing restrictions on the sale of lottery tickets of other states, he noted.

He also added that after the imposition of the Goods & Services Tax (GST), effo🌸rts were on from various stat⛦es to sell lotteries in Kerala.

Isaac was to imp🌠ose a higher GST rate on sale of lottery tickets authorised by the state government but sold by private distributors. According to him, having a 28% rate on lotteries sold by other states꧂ through private distributors would curtail fraud and malpractices associated with the business.

The Kerala government has been vociferous in the sale of other state lotteries within its territory and has claimed that sale of such lotteries violated many rules. Recently the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) also found sever💯al irregularities in the conduct of Mizoram state lotteries.

The claimed that proceed from sale of lottery tickets worth Rs. 11,808 crores was not deposited in the stꦅate exchequer from the period 2010-15. The report also pointed out many other irregularities in the issuance of tenders to private operators to conduct the lottery draws and the flaws in the revenue share model adopted by the state government.

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