In the next few hours, hundreds of men of all ages leaving and entering Bathinda will make the customary pitstop at Satpal Lottery, clutching their lottery tickets. The turnover of the lottery business in the state in 2016-17 was more than Rs 55 crore, according to the Directorate of Punjab State Lotteries. Others take the lottery route.”Naresh Kumar of Satpal Lottery Agency at the Bathinda bus terminal is one of more than 1500 paper lottery dealer in Punjab. “You can say that I am Punjab state lottery’s brand ambassador of sort,” smiles Garg. One of more than one lakh Diwali bumper lottery tickets at Garg’s agency travelled to Singh via Satnam Lottery at Bathinda bus stop.

Source: Hindustan Times April 08, 2017 11:06 UTC