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State Legislatures to tax lotteries
March 28 , 2022
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- The Supreme Court has held that a lottery conducted by the Government of India, states or authorized by a state or conducted by private entities is an activity falling within the nomenclature of betting and gambling.
- And hence, the State Legislature has the competence to tax lottery scheme.
- This is applicable to gambling being conducted not only by the Government of India or the Government of any State or by any other agency or instrumentality of a particular State but also by a private entity within the State as gambling.
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