(a) the names of the States in which lottery tickets are being sold in the country;
(b) the value of the lottery tickets sold in various States during each of the last three years alongwith the profit earned thereby; and
(c) the time by which a final decision to ban all types of lotteries is likely to be taken by the Government ?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
( SHRI I.D. SWAMI )
(a)&(b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.
(c) : The Lotteries (Prohibition) Bill, 1999, which seeks to prohibit the organisation, conduct and promotion of lotteries falling under entry 40 of List I -Union List of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India, has already been introduced in the Rajya Sabha.