The Supreme Court today upheld the decision of Kerala Government to prohibit sale of online lottery tickets, saying the state was "well within its legislative competence" to regulate such lotteries. Kerala government had banned all lotteries in January 2005. <br/><br/>In April 2005, the order modified the notification that the prohibition on online lotteries would continue but sale of paper lotteries conducted by the state government would be permitted. The appeals were filed by All Kerala Online Lottery Dealers Association, Sikkim and others questioning the ban.