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CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2026 (PAUSA 12, 1947 SAKA)

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Punjab Government Notifications and Orders

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

DIRECTORATE OF PUNJAB STATE LOTTERIES

VIT-TE-YOJNA BHAWAN, PLOT NO 2B, SECTOR 33 A, CHANDIGARH

NOTIFICATION

PUNJAB STATE DEAR 1000 QUARTERLY LOTTERY SCHEME

The 1st December, 2025

No.DSL-LOTT0SCHM/23/2025/5004.-The Governor of Punjab, in exercise of the powers

conferred upon him under section 4 of "The Lotteries (Regulation) 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:

1. THE NAME OF THE LOTTERY SCHEME

The Scheme shall be called the “Punjab State Dear 1000 Quarterly Lottery scheme" and the sale

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

2. NUMBER OF TICKETS

The scheme shall have total Twenty Thousand lottery tickets in two series i.e A and B numbering from

0000 to 9999 in each series. Tickets printed shall not be more than number of tickets approved in scheme.

3. TICKET PRICE

The MRP of a single ticket shall be Rs 1000/- (Rupees One Thousand only) (MRP shall be inclusive of

all taxes).

(2)

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4. PRIZE STRUCTURE OF THE SCHEME

The detail of Prizes for Winners, Sellers and Sub-Stockists shall be as under: -

Prize No. of

Winner Prize

Seller Prize

Sub-Stockist Prize

Total Amount

No.

prize

Prize

Total

Prize

Total

Prize

Total

Amount

Amount Amount

1st

50,00,000 50,00,000 2,00,000 2,00,000

50,000 50,000

52,50,000

2nd 1

5,00,000 5,00,000 50,000 50,000

20,000 20,000

5,70,000

3rd

9,000

1,80,000 900

18,000

100

2,000

2,00,000

4th

7,000

1,40,000 700

14,000

100

2,000

1,56,000

5th

6,000

1,20,000 600

12,000

1,000

1,33,000

6th

5,000

1,00,000 500

10,000

1,000

1,11,000

7th

3,000

1,20,000 300

12,000

2,000

1,34,000

8th

800

1,000

8,00,000 100

80,000

16,000

8,96,000

Total 922

Total

69,60,000 Total 3,96,000

Total

94,000

74,50,000

• All prizes shall be paid in Indian Currency.

• In order to maximise the sales sub stockist and sellers will be given prizes for selling prize winning

tickets and no separate draw will be conducted for the same. The seller/sub-stockist will claim their prizes on

the basis of invoice issued to them, having prize winning number in that invoice.

• Prizes shall be drawn out of total scheme.

METHOD OF DRAW

The draw will be conducted out of the numbering of ticket numbers mentioned in Clause 2.The prizes

shall be given on the basis of the draw to be conducted by the office of Directorate of Punjab State

Lotteries in accordance with the method

prescribed against each prize as follows.

Rank

No. of Prizes

Each Winner

Method of Draw

Prize Amt

1st

50,00,000

One Complete Number of 4 Digit Shall be Drawn

either from Series A or B.

2nd

5,00,000

One Complete Number of 4 Digit Shall be Drawn

either from Series A or B.

3rd

9,000

Ten Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn. (Last 4

Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

4th

7,000

Ten Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn. (Last 4

Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

5th

6,000

Ten Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn. (Last 4

Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

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6th

5,000

Ten Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn. (Last 4

Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

7th

3,000

Twenty Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn. (Last 4

Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

8th

800

1,000

Four Hundred Numbers of 4 Digits shall be drawn.

(Last 4 Digits of Ticket Numbers will be considered,

common to all series)

DATE, TIME AND VENUE OF THE DRAW

The draw of this scheme will be held on Quarterly basis on 2nd Saturday in the month of January,

April, July, October, and 1st draw will be held on 10-01-2026 onwards at 7.00 PM onward at Camp

Office, Zila Parishad Building, Ludhiana. The draw of this scheme will be from January 2026 onward

till further changes, if any. The said date of draw, time and venue can be changed by Director, Punjab

State Lotteries.

PAYMENT OF GST AND OTHER TAXES

GST or any other tax on lotteries imposed by the Central Government/ State Government from time to

time shall be borne by the distributor or as decided by the Government.

DISTRIBUTOR OF SCHEME

M/s Bigstar G Services LLP, a Limited Liability Partnership firm is the Distributor to sell and market

the lottery tickets of said lottery scheme, having its registered office at Sonam Tshering Road, Near

Hotel Takshang Residency, Gangtok, Sikkim, 737101 and branch office at Shop No. 407, Mahek Tower,

2nd floor, Guru Nanak Pura, Kailash Cinema Chowk, Ludhiana, Punjab.

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 the agreement signed between Distributor and State Government.

ii.

Sale of Lottery Tickets by Distributor will be done through their network of Stockists in the State of

Punjab and the same can be done in other lottery operating/permitted States in India. A detail of Stockists

has to be submitted by the Distributor in the office of Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries. Director,

Punjab State Lotteries has the right to cancel the Stockist-ship of any Stockist appointed by the

Distributor, if that Stockist is found doing any illegal activity.

iii.

The Face Value of the ticket will be Rs 372.500 (MRP – GST- DISCOUNT) for each ticket.

iv.

Tickets will be issued to the Distributor on the Face Value.

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

vi.

The Distributor shall get delivery of tickets at 100% face value of issued tickets.

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

a. At least 25% of the face value of issued tickets is adjusted against "Purchase Advance"

deposited by the distributor.

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b. Rest of the 75% amount of face value shall be adjusted against Bank Guarantee /FDR etc. mort

gaged/pledged (at the time of tender) in favour of the Director, Punjab State Lotteries, Chandigarh.

Validity of the bank guarantee/ FDRs should remain valid for sufficient period. However,

distributor will have to deposit 100% of face value on or before the date of draw.

vii.

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

scheme within stipulated period.

viii.

The request for sending tickets 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.

ix.

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

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

period.

In case of shortfall in purchase advance and security deposit the difference amount should be deposited

by the distributor, before lifting of tickets.

10.

UNSOLD TICKETS

i. The Distributor shall have to intimate the list of unsold ticket numbers through special messenger/

email or in writing duly signed by the authorized signatory or registered post which should reach the

Office of Directorate Punjab State Lotteries, before the draw, or at such time as directed by the

Director failing which all the tickets issued to the Distributor shall be considered, to be deemed to be

sold and the Distributor shall be liable to pay the value of all such tickets.

ii. The Distributor shall have to submit the actual unsold tickets within 90 days from the date of draw.

On the basis of some valid reasons only period of submitting the actual unsold tickets can be relaxed by

the Director.

iii. However, if any lottery ticket claimed by winner falls out of the list of unsold tickets declared by

Distributor, then liability to pay that prize amount will be of the Distributor. If any unsold Tickets are

found in the Prize Winning Tickets submitted by the Distributor then 2 times of that short amount or as

decided by the Director Lotteries shall be recovered from the distributor.

11.

PAYMENT OF PRIZES

i. All the prizes above Rs. 10,000/- should reach the office of Director, Punjab State Lotteries, Vit Te

Yojna Bhawan, Plot No. 2B, Sector 33-A, Chandigarh 160020 or received by the officer/official on the

prescribed 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. The payment of the prizes above Rs. 10,000/- or as the case may be shall be made by the State

Government after deducting TDS as prescribed in the Income Tax Act 1961, as applicable from time to

time.

iii. The prizes up to Rs. 10,000/- will be paid or disbursed by the Distributor to the winners as per scheme

on behalf of the State Government.

iv. If a winner, wins prize money exceeding Rs 10,000/- from multiple tickets, he/she must inform the

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retailers/sellers while making his/her claim. In such an event, the retailer/seller shall ensure that the said

prize money shall be claimed from the government in the prescribed claim form. In no circumstances

the retailer/seller shall disburse the prize money exceeding Rs 10,000/- to an individual winner.

v.The prize money which remains unclaimed within the time specified in The Punjab State Lotteries

Rules, 2015 shall become property of the State Government and no claim shall be entertained/ allowed

thereafter.

vi.In case the prize winners' claim does not reach this Directorate within 30 days, then Payment of Prizes

will be made as per the time limit specified in the Punjab State Lotteries Regulations Rules 2015 and

other relevant/applicable law.

12.

PRINTING OF TICKETS

i.Printing of tickets will be done by the Office of Directorate of 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 90% 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 scheme shall be only at Chandigarh.

14.

OTHER IMPORTANT CONDITIONS OF THE SCHEME

All the prizes will be drawn out of the total scheme.

ii.

TDS on all kind of prizes, wherever applicable, shall be deducted at source, as per Income Tax Act.

iii.

Publicity of all the lottery schemes in Print Media shall be done by the Distributor at its own level on

behalf of Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries. However, the approval of list of newspapers and design

of advertisements shall be taken from the Directorate before being published. The Directorate shall

have full right to make any changes in this regard. All Expenditure of publicity in Print media shall be

borne by the Distributor. Publicity in Electronic Media shall be done by the Office of Directorate of

Punjab State Lotteries at its own level. However, the Distributor can also do publicity through electronic

media subject to the approval of the Director, Punjab State Lotteries.

iv. Result publication of all the lottery schemes in different newspapers will be done by Directorate of

Punjab State Lotteries on DAVP rates approved by the Government. Selection of newspapers will be

done in consultation with the Distributor. Expenditure incurred on publication of results will be

reimbursed from the Distributor as per agreement.

The Director shall be authorized to sanction all the payment related to lottery schemes.

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

vii. 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.

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

ix.

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

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

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

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

Department of Finance shall be final and binding.

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

xiv. 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.

xv. It will be the responsibility of the Distributor to follow the guidelines issued by Ministry of Home Affairs

from time to time. Paper lottery shall not be sold through any online mode.

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

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

xvii.No Draw shall be conducted on the National holidays viz. Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi

Jayanti.

xviii.Distributor has to submit the receipt/challan for the amount of GST deposited in the office of

Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries within 30 days from the date of deposit.

15.

AMENDMENTS TO THE SCHEME

The Government may at any time amended/ delete/ modify/ relax any of the provisions of the Scheme

in exceptional circumstances without assigning any reasons(s).

Notes:

i.Printing of tickets 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 may 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/Distributor / 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/make all kinds of payments mentioned above

ALOK SHEKHAR

Additional Chief Secretary

Chandigarh

To the Government of Punjab

The 17 November, 2025

Department of Finance

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