Lottery is a way for countries and individual states to bring in revenues to increase their spending budgets. The more ways for gamblers to spend their cash the more money the government can get.

Officials in Punjab have decided that the internet is the best source to market their new product. It was announced recently that they are going to create an online lottery system to help increase revenue.

This is a good strategy for them to take since online gambling is being seen more and more throughout the world, since players don't have to leave their home for one or find an establishment that offers their game of choice.

Since there is a vast array of gambling websites to choose from that is where a lot of gamblers are going since it's more fun to watch the win instantly rather then buy a lotto ticket and watch the numbers later on television.

This is a major reason why Punjab is going to create an online lottery since the expansion of online gambling is hurting many state lotteries.

The state Finance Secretary said, "It has been noticed that online lottery is a very good source to generate revenue for development works and the process for launching it has already been initiated".

- 2008-02-28