G3-247 Report INDIA
INDIA: Vital Statistics Capital: New Delhi Population: 1,220,800,359 Land Area: 3,287,263
sq.km Currency: Indian Rupees (Rs) Median age: 26.7 years Languages: English, official (91.2%), Maori (3.9%), Samoan (21.%) Ethnic Groups: Indo-Aryan (72%), Dravidian (25%), Mongoloid, other (3%) Government: Federal Republic Chief of State: President Pranab Mukherjee Head of Government: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Elections: President elected by an electoral college for a five year term. Last election held in
2012.Prime Minister chosen by parliamentary members of the majority party following elections. Last elections held in May 2009. Next due in May 2014.
locked country in South Asia, Bhutan, is also allowed to run lotteries in India. The central government is in pro- lottery business which is said to be a Rs50,000 crore industry.
Today in most Indian states there are lottery terminals available and some lotteries are drawn every 15 min- utes. There is a high proliferation of illegal lotteries throughout the country and it is said the government is losing revenue and credibility.
A good example of a state run popular lottery is in Sikkim which introduced its system in 2001. Sikkim licensed PlayWin Lotto which is very popular and tick- ets are bought online or via a terminal. It was one of the first such lotteries and established in 2001. Tickets costs 10 Rupees and can produce massive payouts.
It has operations now in many Indian towns and is the gaming brand of Pan India Network Ltd which is part of the US$2.4bn Essel Group. PlayWin is also India’s first and largest online gaming company providing an online lottery network.
The Essel Group has been in existence for the last 30 years and is a leading business conglomerate working in media, entertainment, infrastructure, education and technology.
In the entertainment field alongside PlayWin, the com- pany also operates the Fun Cinema chain which has 81 screens in 19 cities plus two amusement parks called Essel World
Playwin offers three big lotto games – Thunder Ball (drawn every Tuesday), Thursday Super Lotto and
Horse racing is entirely legal and one of the most popular forms of gambling in India. It is grown
in popularity due to a decision by the Supreme Court found that betting on horse racing was a matter of skill.
Saturday Super Lotto plus smaller games Jaldi 5 and Jaldi 5 Double and after 10 years in operation the games can be played on various platforms in retail outlets, internet and via the SMS platform.
Meanwhile Sugal and Damani, which is primarily involved in the lottery business (amongst other busi- nesses in tourism, hospitality and engineering) has recently opened a casino via its subsidiary company Sol Entertainment (Crown Casino) in Goa.
Sugal and Damani has 40 years experience in operating government lotteries in India and has developed its own in house software whilst its subsidiary Skill Lotto Solutions runs lotteries in Punjab, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Goa, West Bengal and Mizoram amongst others.. The company has rolled out over 20,000 computer based online lottery terminals in various states.
The company’s lottery application branded Complott/Playsmart is now running in over 30,000 point of sale terminals generating over five million transactions a day.
The application supports traditional distribution chan- nels such as retail agents and equips them with lottery terminals.
Sunny Group is an authorised distributor of the Sugal and Damani systems in the Mumbai region and provides the Complott/Playsmart and Smartlot lottery systems.
HORSE RACING Horse racing is entirely legal and one of the most popu-
lar forms of gambling in India. It is grown in popularity over the last 20 years or so mainly due to a decision in 1996 when the Supreme Court found that betting on horse racing was a matter of skill, so neither the 1888 Police Act or the 1930 Gaming Act could be applied to horse race betting and it was not considered as gambling per se.
Today, Pari Mutual horse races are organised by five Turf Authorities who between them operate eight race tracks. It is a very popular sport and has expanded greatly throughout the country. It is a cheap sport to attend and costs between Rs20 and Rs200 so attracts large crowds. Races are run on flat tracks and the cours- es are relics of the British colonial era.
At the moment people can only bet on local races at the track via bookmakers who offer prices from white cages in the betting rings. There are also on course tote book- makers who run a pool betting system. For large bets bookmakers open up credit accounts. In addition bets can be made off course via betting shops and overseas racers can be bet on at foreign online bookmaker sites. But there is no online betting on horse racing for the Indian races. Indians can of course bet on international sites for international races.
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