Kerala Onam Bumper’s Rs 25 Crore First Prize Reaches Wayanad; Rs 12 Crore Pooja Bumper Released
When Finance Minister KN Balagopal touched the lottery draw machine in Gorky Bhawan in Thiruvananthapuram for the first prize of Thiruvonam Bumper 2024, it was literally a touch of consolation for Wayanad. Kerala, which was heartbroken by the Wayanad disaster, saw that Rs 25 crore, the first prize of this year’s Onam Bamber, has arrived where it deserves.
The first prize of Onam bumper was won by a ticket (TG 434222) that was sold by Panamaram SK Lottery agency owner AM Gineesh (Agency No. w402) at his Bathery branch. The prize was for a ticket that was sold at Nagaraj’s NGR Lotteries, Bathery, sold to them by the wholesale agency SJ Lucky Center, Panamaram.
Before the draw, the Finance Minister stated that Kerala Lotteries’ Karunya Project, which is the light of life for about one lakh people, is a medical aid and the lottery welfare fund is a people’s lottery that supports the lives of agents including pension and medical aid.
He said that 33 crores have already been spent on providing welfare fund pension to lottery vendors. The highest amount of prize money is given in the state through tickets of low-priced draws. “The income received by the state government through lottery is only three percent,” he said.
“The government is taking steps to use and intervene in the social sectors as well,” he said while adding that based on the requests received from people including lottery ticket sellers, steps are being taken to revise the prize structure and guarantee more prizes.
The minister said that the income from the lottery is being fully utilized for public welfare and the lottery movement will be further strengthened with the support of the people.
The first draw for the second prize was conducted by VK Prashant MLA who presided over the function.
The Minister of Finance released the Pooja bumper with the first prize of Rs 12 crore to VK Prashant MLA. State Lottery Department Director Abraham Ren welcomed everyone to the Onam bumper draw event. Joint Directors Maya N. Pillai (Administration), M. Raj Kapur (Operations), senior officials of Lottery Department etc. were present.
A total of 71,43,008 tickets were sold this time out of 80 lakh tickets printed in this year’s Thiruvonam bumper released by the state lottery department. In addition to the first prize of 25 crores, 1 crore each will be given to 20 people for a total of 20 crores as the second prize.
The third prize is Rs.50 lakh each for 2 in each series for a total of 20 people, the fourth prize is Rs.5 lakh for 10 series and the fifth prize is Rs.2 lakh for 10 series. And there are many prizes like 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500. Total prizes including the first prize this time is 5,34,670, in the Onam Bumper.
The newly released Pooja Bumper Lottery (BR 100) comes with an attractive prize structure. The first prize of Pooja Bumper lottery is Rs 12 crores. Another feature of the Pooja bumper being launched is the second prize of Rs 1 crore each for five series. The third prize will be Rs.10 lakh (two for each series), the fourth prize will be Rs.3 lakh (for five series), and the fifth prize will be Rs.2 lakh (for five series).
There are many other prizes worth Rs.5000, Rs.1000, Rs.500 and Rs.300. The ticket price for Puja Bumper which will be drawn on December 4 is Rs.300. Pooja Bumper will be available in the market from tomorrow.
