Bill to ban lottery trade

The statement said, the continued prevalence of popularly known single digit and instant lotteries and the temptation offered by them had proved to be the undoing of many families. In spite of the guidelines issued by the supreme court, the evil could not be totally eliminated.

and it was felt that a Central legislation to regulate the conduct of lotteries was necessary to protect the interests of the gullible poor. This led to the enactment of the Lotteries (Regulation) Bill by Parliament.