Kolkata: A microphone promoting lotteries screams Rs. 1 crore and many more attractive prizes while shops are adorned with prominent television personalities from West Bengal endorsing “Dear Lottery”.
The promise of getting rich quick through lotteries is as common in rural West Bengal as political campaigning. Lottery shops have sprung up everywhere in recent years, offering daily games with multiple draws. The results are immediate, but for most, disappointment follows.
The most favoured lottery game is “Dear Lottery,” distributed by Future Gaming and Hotel Services, which has emerged as the top purchaser of electoral bonds, donating approximately Rs 1,368 crore to political parties from April 2019 to January 2024. As per information shared by the Election Commission, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is the second largest recipient of electoral bonds totalling Rs 1609 crore.
The Trinamool’s coffers have been filled with money by individuals engaged in various immoral acts of fraud. The general populace remains unaware of their clandestine operations, allowing these fraudulent activities to persist unchecked. The influx of funds into a regional party has far surpassed that of the century-old Congress party. It raises questions about the sources and motives behind these significant contributions,” said Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Choudhury.
Interestingly, at least three significant jackpot winners of “Dear Lottery” had close links with the ruling party of the state, Trinamool Congress.
In August 2022, Ruchika Gupta, the wife of Jorasanko MLA Vivek Gupta, struck a jackpot of Rs 1 crore in a weekly lottery organised by Future Gaming & Hotel Services Pvt. Ltd. A month earlier, Neru Singh, the sister-in-law of TMC’s Nalhati MLA Rajendra Prasad Singh, also claimed a Rs 1 crore prize
https://m.thewire.in/article/politics/trinamool-congress-links-emerge-in-future-gaming-lottery-winners-a-major-electoral-bond-contributor
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