{"id":777020710,"date":"2024-11-14T08:39:38","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T11:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777020710"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:12:42","slug":"goa-to-launch-fully-online-lottery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-to-launch-fully-online-lottery","title":{"rendered":"Goa to launch fully online lottery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first draw will be held on November 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The government of Goa has announced that it will launch an online lottery <\/strong>called Great Goa Games on November 18. The state will become one of the first in India to move from paper tickets to a fully online lottery system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prize amounts will vary from the initial ticket price up to more than Rs50 crore (US$5.9m). The state government said the inaugural draw will take place on November 24.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narayan Gad<\/strong>, the director of small savings and lotteries, told The Times of India that a joint venture consisting of Rhiti Sports<\/strong> and Dusane Infotech<\/strong> had been established to manage the online lottery. According to authorities, more than 50 per cent of sales will be returned as prizes. The lottery system will enable users to monitor how funds are allocated to social initiatives like education and healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp posts revenue of US$24.9m for Q2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Delta Corp<\/strong> has shared its financial results for the second quarter of the financial year 2024-25. It posted revenue of Rs2.06bn (US$24.9m), down 24.4 per cent from\u00a0a year before<\/a>\u00a0but up 5.34 per cent sequentially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revenue from gaming operations was up 4.61 per cent in quarter-on-quarter terms to Rs1.77bn (US$21.36m) but down 30 per cent when compared to the second quarter of the last financial year. Online skill gaming revenue grew 13.91 per cent quarter-on-quarter from Rs 36.55 crores (US$4.41m) to Rs 41.63 crores (US$5.02m). The figure was up 13.24 per cent in year-on-year terms. Income from hospitality operations declined 27 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 9.72 crores (US$1.17m) but grew 11.5 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cumulatively, Delta Corp has reported income of Rs4.02bn (US$48.7m) <\/strong>for the first six months of the financial year, down 26.5 per cent from the same period last year. Gaming operations were down 31.9 per cent year-on-year to Rs3.46bn (US$41.75m). Online skill gaming revenue was Rs 78.18 crores (US$9.43m), up 7.7 per cent, while income from hospitality operations was down 6.57 per cent to Rs 22.06 crores (US$2.66m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>Mahadev Book betting app owner arrested in Dubai<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first draw will be held on November 24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Goa government is launching \"Great Goa Games,\" an online lottery, transitioning from paper tickets to a fully digital system managed by a Rhiti Sports and Dusane Infotech joint venture. Concurrently, Delta Corp reported a 24.4% year-on-year revenue decline for Q2 FY2024-25, primarily in gaming operations, though online skill gaming showed sequential and year-on-year growth.","focusai_entities":"Goa government, Rhiti Sports, Dusane Infotech, Delta Corp, Narayan Gad, The Times of India","focusai_location":"India, Goa, Dubai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Goa Lottery Compliance?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges does the Goa online lottery face in its transition to a fully digital model, particularly concerning B2B\/B2C licensing and governance frameworks?"},{"label":"Delta Corp Q2 Impact?","query":"How do Delta Corp's Q2 FY2024-25 results, particularly the 30% year-on-year decline in gaming operations revenue, reflect the broader impact of India's recent GST regime changes on the iGaming sector's GGR and NGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16334],"tags":[23911,3573],"class_list":["post-777020710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777020710"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777020734,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777020710\/revisions\/777020734"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777020710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777020710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777020710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}