Mobile e -Governance

The Government of Kerala have accorded sanction to the Kerala     State IT Mission  to implement Mobile e- Governence in the Department of State Lotteries    vide GO (Rt)No.  38/2011/ITD dated 25.2.2011.The Hon’ble Chief Minister  has  formally inaugurated the Mobile e- Governance projects for various departments. Accordingly the same for Lotteries Department has    been entrusted with M/s Mobme Wireless Solutions by the Kerala State IT Mission. As envisaged, the project has the potential to help make public information and governance services available “any time, anywhere” to citizens and  officials.

The Kerala State IT Mission has set up necessary  infrastructure  for  the implementation of the project. Accordingly a Revenue Model M- Governance project has been implemented in this department as a pilot project. An individual user can access lottery results by sending details of draw number, series and lottery ticket number by SMS to number  537252. SMS format: ---type Lottery (space) draw number (space)  series (space) 6 digit number  Rs. 2/- shall be payable by the subscribers of BSNL and Rs 3/- by the subscribers  of other network service providers for each  SMS under the scheme.  As per the facility provided by the IT Mission, the department is also  making   use of  quick SMS and Group SMS to convey short  messages, short  advertisements, publicity matters etc to both saved and unsaved mobile numbers.