The recent lottery system for liquor shop licenses in Telangana has turned out be a big money-spinning racket, as winners, many of them ordinary applicants, are selling or leasing their licenses for crores to established liquor syndicates.

According to reports in a section of media, those who won the bids in the liquor shop actions by paying Rs 3 lakh deposit, are selling their licences to the liquor syndicates at a premium, ranging from lakhs to even a few crores of rupees.

For example, a housewife who applied for a liquor license by paying Rs 3 lakh became an overnight millionaire after winning the draw in Greater Hyderabad.

A major liquor trader allegedly struck a deal to buy the license for Rs 1.5 crore, leaving her with a windfall profit.

In Mancherial district, a group of seven f

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