The Maharashtra government has demanded three northeastern states in India to pay some INR933 crore ($146.7 million) in lottery tax dues or face legal consequences.

India Today reported that the Maharashtra finance department wrote to the chief secretaries of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, and Mizoram states last January 3 to remind them of the unremitted revenues it got from lottery operations.

Figures provided by the Maharashtra finance department showed that Arunachal Pradesh owed Maharashtra some INR710.96 crore ($111.6 million). Sikkim, on the other hand, failed to remit to the government a total of INR220.04 crore ($34.58 million), while Mizoram has yet to pay the government INR1.7 crore ($267,240).

The finance department reminded them that they are mandated to regularly remit the lottery dues to the government as provided under the Maharashtra Tax on Lotteries Act 2006.