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Punjab Government Notifications and Orders

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

DIRECTORATE OF LOTTERIES

PUNJAB STATE DEAR 5000 QUARTERLY LOTTERY SCHEME

The 29th January, 2021

No. DSL-LOTT0SCHM/21/2020-ADMIN-170.-The Governor of Punjab, in exercise of the powers

conferred upon him under section 4 of “The Lotteries (Regulations) Act 1998” read with rule 3 of “The Lotteries

(Regulations) Rules 2010” and all other powers enabling him in this behalf , is pleased to promulgate the

following scheme to conduct a lottery scheme in the State viz:

THE NAME OF THE SCHEME AND THE LOTTERY

The Scheme shall be called the “Punjab State Dear 5000 Quarterly Lottery Scheme” and the lotteries

under this scheme shall be marketed in the State of Punjab and Lottery operating States.

NUMBER OF TICKETS

The scheme shall have Ten thousand lottery tickets numbering from 0000 to 9999.

TICKET PRICE

The MRP of a single ticket shall be Rs. 5000/-.( Rupees Five Thousand only) (MRP shall be Inclusive

of all taxes and discount).

PRIZE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHEME

The detail of Prizes shall be as under:-

Rank

No. of Prizes

Prize amount

Total Amount

1st *

1,05,00,000

2nd *

21,50,000

43,00,000

3rd

100

9,000

9,00,000

4th

100

7,000

7,00,000

5th

900

6,000

54,00,000

2,18,00,000

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*Note :

Winning amount of Sub Agent and Seller in 1st and 2nd Prizes (table ii) will be deducted from the total

amount shown in table (i) above.

ii)

Winning Amount for Sub Agent and Seller will be as under :

Prize No.

No. of Prize

Sub Agent

Total Amount

Seller

Total Amount

1st

100000

400000

2nd

50000

100000

200000

(** All prizes shall be paid in Indian Currency.)

METHOD OF DRAW

The following prizes shall be given on the basis of the draw, to be conducted by Directorate of Punjab

State Lotteries in accordance with the method prescribed against each prize.

1^st Prize

Rupees One Crore

One number of four digits shall be drawn.

and five Lakh only

2^nd

Rupees twenty one

Two numbers of four digits shall be drawn.

lakh fifty thousand

each only

3^rd

100

Rupees Nine

Hundred numbers of four digits shall be drawn.

thousand each only

4^th

100

Rupees seven

Hundred numbers of four digits shall be drawn.

thousand each only

5^th

900

Rupees six thousand

Nine Hundred numbers of four digits shall be drawn.

each only

DATE TIME AND VENUE OF THE DRAW

The draw shall be held quarterly in year and 1st draw will be on 29.03.2021 , 2nd draw will be on

30.06.2021 , 3rd draw will be on 29th September 2021 and 4th draw will be on 29th December 2021,

time 08.00 pm onwards, at Ludhiana. In exceptional circumstance the said date of draw and venue can

be changed by Director Lotteries. Draw can be discontinue with the approval of the Government, but

before printing of tickets.

PAYMENT OF GST AND OTHER TAXES

(a)

Further any other tax on lotteries imposed by the Central Government/ State Government from

time to time shall be borne by the distributor as decided.

DISTRIBUTOR OF THE SCHEME

M/s West Bengal lottery Stockists Syndicate Pvt. Ltd. Regd Office : 55A, S.P Mukherjee Road ,

Kolkata- 700026 having branch office at : 392/27, shop No. 406-07 , Gurunanak Pura , Kailash Chowk,

Ludhiana, Punjab -141001 will be the Distributor to sell and marketing the tickets of said bumper.

PROCEDURE FOR ISSUE OF TICKETS AND DEPOSIT OF SALE PROCEEDS

This Scheme for selling of lottery tickets has been allotted to the Distributor as per the terms and

conditions of the tender and agreement signed between Distributor and State Government.

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The Distributor will sell the lottery tickets through their network of Stockists in the State of Punjab and

other lottery operating/permitted States in India. A detail of Stockists has to be submitted by the Distributor

in the office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries. Government has the right to cancel the stockist-ship

of any stockist appointed by the Distributor, if that stockist is found doing some illegal activity.

iii

The Face Value of the ticket will be Rs. 2153/- for each ticket. Tickets will be issued to the Distributor

on a discount @ 35.065 % of MRP of the ticket .

Face value of the issued tickets will be deposited in the consolidated fund or Public ledger account as

decided by the Director, Punjab State Lotteries.

The Distributor shell get delivery of tickets by making 100% payment for the face value of issued

tickets in shape of Bank Draft i.e ( MRP- GST-Discount) and shall also submit receipt for amount

deposited as GST for sold tickets.

The distributor shall get delivery of tickets on following payment terms: -

Payment of at least 25% of the face value of issued tickets (MRP-GST-Discount) in shape of

Bank Drafts; and

75% by furnishing security in the shape of Bank Guarantee / FDR etc. mortgaged/ pledged in

favor of the Director, Punjab State Lotteries, Chandigarh. Validity of the bank Guarantee / FDRs

should remain valid for sufficient period.

Distributor has to submit the receipt for amount deposited as GST in the Office of Directorate

Punjab State Lotteries within 7 days of depositing the GST on Punjab State Lottery Schemes.

The tickets shall not be issued to the Distributor if they fail to settle the accounts of any previous lottery

scheme within stipulated period.

vii

The request for sending the ticket by post as received in Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries shall not

be entertained and the tickets shall not be dispatched to the individual customer from Directorate of

Punjab State Lotteries.

viii

The tickets shall be issued to the distributor as per the procedure laid down in condition 9 above. Any

amount paid less by the distributor/agent shall be charged interest @18% p.a, for the delayed period.

10.

UNSOLD TICKETS

The distributor shall submit the list of unsold tickets, in shape of hard copy and soft copy, in the

office of Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries up to fifteen minutes before the time of draw on the date

of draw and no list of unsold tickets would be entertained by the office after scheduled time. The signed

list of unsold tickets can be sent through registered post or through special messenger or email but this

Department shall not be responsible for any postal delay.

However if any ticket claimed by winner out of list of unsold tickets declared by Distributor , then

liability to pay that prize amount will be of the Distributor . An amount upto 10 times of total MRP of

these tickets or as decided by the Director Lotteries may be imposed on the Distributor who will submit

the wrong detail of unsold tickets.

11.

PAYMENT OF PRIZES TO PRIZE WINNERS/DISTRIBUTOR/AGENTS

(i)

All the prize winning tickets above Rs. 10,000/- should reach the office of the Director, Punjab State

Lotteries, Vit Te Yojna Bhawan , Plot No. 2-B , Sector 33 A, Chandigarh-160020 on the prescribed

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form within 30 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette

either personally or through a nationalized bank or by registered post or by insured parcel.

(ii)

Prizes upto Rs. 10,000/- will be paid by or distributed by the Distributor to the winner as per scheme on

the behalf of the Directorate Punjab State Lotteries.

(iii)

Sellers’ and Sub- Agents’ promoter incentive up to Rs. 1,000/- should be claimed from the Distributor

within 30 days from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government Gazette and

the promoters prizes above Rs. 1,000/- should be claimed directly from the Director, Punjab State

Lotteries Vit Te Yojna Bhawan, Plot No. 2-B , Sector 33 A, Chandigarh-160020 within 30 days from

the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette. TDS shall be deducted at

source while making payment of such incentive(s).

(iv)

In case the prize winners' claim does not reach this Directorate within 30 days, the right of the winner to

claim the prize/amount thereafter shall be extinguished in accordance with the Punjab State Lotteries

Rules 2015. The Director or the State Government, as the case may be, may in exceptional circumstances

and on sufficient cause being shown, condone the delay in submission of claim after the prescribed 30

days in accordance with the rules ibid. Distributor/Agents are authorized to make the payment of prizes/

incentives below the aforesaid limit and seek reimbursement/adjustment from office within 90 days

from the date of publication of the result in the Punjab State Government gazette.

(v)

The gross amount of higher prizes (each prize more than Rs. 10,000/-) should be deposited by the

Distributor in the Consolidated Fund of the State or PLA prior to holding the actual draws as per the

approved scheme by the Government of Punjab. Higher prizes will be paid out of that amount and for

the next draw, the Distributor has to ensure the deposit of higher prizes amount of next draw in the

Consolidated Fund of the State or PLA. If those prizes (except guaranteed prizes if any), do not fall out

of the sold tickets then this amount will be considered for the next draw of the scheme.

12.

PRINTING OF TICKETS

Printing of tickets will be done by the Office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries. Distributor will

convey the number of tickets required to be printed as per the market condition.

ii)

Distributor has to sell minimum 75% of the printed lottery tickets of the scheme as desired by

him for printing. If Distributor fails to sell less than the specified limit then printing charges for

the differential number of tickets is to be recovered from the Distributor.

13.

LEGAL JURISDICTION

The legal jurisdiction of this lottery shall be only at Chandigarh.

14.

OTHER IMPORTANT CONDITIONS OF THE SCHEME

The draw for the prizes shall be held out of the total scheme.

ii)

Income Tax on prizes / incentive(s) wherever applicable, shall be deducted at source.

iii)

Promotional publicity shall be done through the Directorate Public Relation Department Punjab,

Chandigarh on the DAVP/DPR rates through the mode of T.V., Radio, newspapers, banners, hoardings

etc. Distributor is free to make his own publicity at his own cost. Notification and result Publication of

Weekly, Monthly and Bi Monthly in different news papers will be done by Directorate of Punjab State

Lotteries on DAVP rates approved by the Government. Selection of news papers will be done in

consultation with Distributor and reimbursement of expenses on publication of weekly, monthly and bi

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monthly lottery schemes results shall be made from Distributor.

iv)

GST imposed by the Government of India on Lotteries shall be borne by the Distributor.

Distributor(s)/ Sub Agents and sellers are advised to check the correctness of the printing and numbering

of the tickets before selling and buyers should also check the same before purchasing tickets. Defective

tickets should not be sold to the public, but should immediately be returned to the issuing authority.

vi)

A ticket, which is forged, torn out, mutilated or tampered with shall not be entertained.

vii)

Prize shall be paid on the production of original tickets only.

viii)

Prize winning tickets holders abroad shall be paid in Indian currency as per scheme.

ix)

One ticket shall be eligible to only one prize viz. The highest prize drawn against it.

In case of any dispute, the decision of the Principal Secretary to the Government of Punjab, Department

of Finance shall be final and binding.

xi)

Before submitting the claim, results may be checked with the Punjab State Government Gazette.

xii)

The request for sending the tickets by post as received in the office shall not be entertained and the

tickets shall not be dispatched to the individual customers from office.

xiii)

The provisions of ‘The Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998', The Lotteries (Regulations) Rules, 2010,

Punjab State Lotteries Rules 2015 and GST Rules shall be applicable.

15.

AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME

The Director, Punjab State Lotteries may at any time amended/ delete/ modify/ relax any of the provisions

of the Scheme in exceptional circumstances without assigning any reasons(s).

Notes:

Printing of tickets / promoter coupons will be got done from the Security Printing Press on the panel of

Reserve Bank of India or the Indian bank Associations Mumbai, However, lottery posters/banners will

be got printed from the private printing press which stands selected through open tenders at approved

rates or as decided by the Govt. keeping in view the prevailing circumstances.

ii)

The expenditure for making payment to Prize winners/Selling Agents/Distributors / Sellers/ Advertisers/

GSM checking Institutions/ Laboratories/ Printers, Taxes/Charges (if any), Draw Exp. etc. under this

scheme shall be met from the Budget grant provided in the budget by the State Government. The

Director, Punjab State Lotteries is authorized to sanction all kinds of payments mentioned above.

Incentive to officers / officials will be paid as per policy decision to be taken in this regard on a separate

file.

K A P SINHA , IAS,

Principal Secretary (Finance),

Punjab Government, Chandigarh.

2239/03-2021/Pb. Govt. Press, S.A.S. Nagar