Are State Lotteries Immoral?
State lotteries also raise significant issues of morality. The State indulging in an activity which is considered immoral for individual members, seems, on the face of it, illogical. This is because the governmental behaviour and policies are understood to exert a strong influence on individual morality and behaviours. Thus, the application of dual standard or morality in the matter of lotteries is likely to lead to confusion with regard to moral standards, and give a feeling to the common man that the social norms are largely moral, if not immoral. But the talk of strict adherence to moral norms and uniformity of moral standards is losing much of its bite on the face of the changing trends which show a marked preference for modifications of the out-dated concepts of morality5 and which approve a wider state role, strictly on the grounds of economy. The Governmental Family Planning Programme is an instance where the traditional notions of sex morality have undergone a marked change and
