Kerala State lotteries hadn’t made loss since its inception. In 1967, the total revenue from lottery sales was only Rs. 20 lakhs which witnessed a whopping increase to reach Rs. 625.74 crores in 2009- 2010 and Rs. 557.69 crores in 2010-2011 ( from only one weekly lottery from Sept 2010 to March 2011 and six bumper lotteries). Also the profit too had grown substantially to reach Rs. 114.7 crores in 2009-2010 and Rs. 92.02 in 2010-2011 (even after reduction in the number of weekly lotteries) from meagre Rs. 14 lakhs. The profit and revenue of the department since 1967 is as follows:
|
Year |
Revenue |
Profit |
|
1967-68 |
00.20 |
00.14 |
|
1968-69 |
01.84 |
01.50 |
|
1969-70 |
02.43 |
01.50 |
|
1970-71 |
02.04 |
00.87 |
|
1971-72 |
01.52 |
00.51 |
|
1972-73 |
01.42 |
00.53 |
|
1973-74 |
01.41 |
00.59 |
|
1974-75 |
01.63 |
00.58 |
|
1975-76 |
01.54 |
00.59 |
|
1976-77 |
02.16 |
00.92 |
|
1977-78 |
02.75 |
01.30 |
|
1978-79 |
02.99 |
01.49 |
|
1979-80 |
02.54 |
01.06 |
|
1980-81 |
03.01 |
01.24 |
|
1981-82 |
04.30 |
01.32 |
|
1982-83 |
05.93 |
01.91 |
|
1983-84 |
08.88 |
03.18 |
|
1984-85 |
11.72 |
03.94 |
|
1985-86 |
12.57 |
04.45 |
|
1986-87 |
10.20 |
02.87 |
|
1987-88 |
33.38 |
05.38 |
|
1988-89 |
39.12 |
05.38 |
|
1989-90 |
41.62 |
06.54 |
|
1990-91 |
51.88 |
07.64 |
|
1991-92 |
54.48 |
06.39 |
|
1992-93 |
59.26 |
07.34 |
|
1993-94 |
65.01 |
08.51 |
|
1994-95 |
71.22 |
10.71 |
|
1995-96 |
93.27 |
11.83 |
|
1996-97 |
106.74 |
13.41 |
|
1997-98 |
105.32 |
12.25 |
|
1998-99 |
112.01 |
15.53 |
|
1999-2000 |
101.38 |
10.20 |
|
2000-01 |
134.16 |
13.44 |
|
2001-02 |
122.69 |
08.15 |
|
2002-03 |
131.69 |
13.40 |
|
2003-04 |
134.98 |
19.87 |
|
2004-05 |
156.60 |
30.02 |
|
2005-06 |
237.19 |
55.65 |
|
2006-07 |
236.26 |
36.36 |
|
2007-08 |
333.91 |
48.28 |
|
2008-09 |
484.76 |
104.2 |
|
2009-10 |
625.74 |
114.70 |
|
2010-11 |
557.69 |
92.02 |
|
2011-12 |
1287.08 |
394.87 |
|
2012-13 |
2778.80 |
681.76 |
|
2013-14 |
3793.72 |
788.42 |
|
2014-15 |
5445.43 |
1168.26 |
|
2015-16 |
6317.73 |
1461.16 |
|
2016-17 |
7394.91 |
1691.05 |
|
2017-18 |
8977.24 |
|