{"id":777046457,"date":"2026-08-20T09:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046457"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T13:23:59","slug":"himachal-pradesh-invites-bids-to-restart-state-lottery-after-25-year-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/himachal-pradesh-invites-bids-to-restart-state-lottery-after-25-year-gap","title":{"rendered":"Himachal Pradesh invites bids to restart state lottery after 25-year hiatus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government plans to issue both paper and online lottery tickets through the appointed agent and its network of agents, sub-agents and retailers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The Himachal Pradesh government<\/strong> has invited bids to appoint a sole selling agent as it moves to bring back a state lottery after almost 25 years. The director, treasuries, accounts and lotteries issued a 51-page tender document<\/strong> yesterday, inviting interested companies to submit expressions of interest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lottery will operate under India\u2019s Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998, the Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010, and the Himachal Pradesh State Lottery (Regulation) Rules, 2026, alongside applicable government guidelines. Applicants must pay a non-refundable tender fee of \u20b95 lakh (US$370) and provide an earnest money deposit of \u20b92 crore (US$208,957). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The selected sole selling agent will pay an annual licence fee of \u20b910 crore (US$1.04m), with the amount increasing by 5 per cent each year. The agent will also pay a revenue share based on its successful bid, subject to a minimum guaranteed payment of \u20b96 crore (US$626,906).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The successful bidder will also be required to establish a special purpose vehicle (SPV) dedicated to operating the lottery under the tender, government agreement and applicable laws. The government intends the lottery to issue both paper and online tickets through the appointed agent and its network of agents, sub-agents and retailers. Ticket details will include the state government\u2019s logo, the director\u2019s facsimile signature, ticket number, draw date and time, and maximum retail price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draw schedule, ticket prices and prize structures will be determined separately for each lottery scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> India’s Bihar state proposes bill to criminalise online gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government plans to issue both paper and online lottery tickets through the appointed agent and its network of agents, sub-agents and retailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777043846,"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 Himachal Pradesh government is re-establishing a state lottery after 25 years, inviting bids for a sole selling agent. The tender outlines significant financial commitments, regulatory compliance under existing and new state-specific rules, and mandates the issuance of both paper and online tickets through a dedicated SPV and agent network.","focusai_entities":"Himachal Pradesh government, director, treasuries, accounts and lotteries","focusai_location":"India, Himachal Pradesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Revenue Share Model Impact?","query":"How will the proposed revenue share model and escalating annual licence fees impact the long-term profitability and operational viability for the appointed sole selling agent?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Nuances?","query":"What are the specific distinctions and additional compliance obligations introduced by the Himachal Pradesh State Lottery (Regulation) Rules, 2026, compared to the existing national Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[3573],"class_list":["post-777046457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046457","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046457"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046467,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046457\/revisions\/777046467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777043846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}