Kerala: The much-anticipated bumper lottery, Thiruvonam Bumper, has caught quite a few eyeballs, thanks to the largest ever prize money won in the history of Kerala lotteries. The Thiruvonam Bumper was offered at the first prize of whopping Rs 12 crores and the mega prize went to ticket number TM 160869.
Soon after the announcement, the search was on to find out the winner. At the same time, Rajeevan, Ramjim, Rony, Vivek, Subin and Ratheesh were on their routine salesmen duty at Chungath Jewelry in Kollam district’s Karunagapally region.
As the news of the bumper draw spread, the team recollected that they had bought two tickets from a local agent the last night. Out of curiosity, they decided to check if they had won any prize for the lottery.
To their pleasant surprise, the numbers in one of their tickets read TM160869, the same number which won Rs 12 crore. It took them hours to come to terms with the reality that the ticket that they had bought together last night won the first prize.
The first prize winners will get the net amount of over Rs 7.5 crores after tax and other deductions. Srimuruga lottery agency and sub-agent Sidique who sold the ticket will get a commission of over Rs 1 crores. The mega bumper also offered a second prize of Rs 50 lakhs to ten tickets and Rs 10 lakhs to twenty tickets.
Kerala lottery is among the most profitable sources of income for the state government. Apart from tickets with daily and weekly draws, the department also offers bumper lotteries during Onam, Christmas and monsoon.