(a) whether the State Governments have the power to prohibit the sale of paper based
lotteries organised by other States/countries in their State;
(b) if not, the remedies the State Governments have in case any such
violation is reported;
(c) whether the Government will take steps to amend the appropriate Act and Rules to
give the powers to State Governments to ban the sale of lotteries organised by other States and foreign countries like Bhutan, in their States, if the operators of these
lotteries are found to violate their provisions; and
(d) if so, the time by which a final decision in this regard is likely to be taken?