Haven't bought Onam bumper tickets yet? Rs 25 crore worth draw in two days

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Lottery Department's Thiruvonam bumper draw will be held on the 27th of this month. Finance Minister KN Balagopal will inaugurate the draw at a special function to be held at the draw venue at Gorky Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram at 2 pm. MLAs Antony Raju, VS Prashanth and Lottery Department Director Dr Nithin Premraj will be present.

All 75 lakh tickets printed for this year's Thiruvonam bumper have been sold to agencies. The public can buy tickets till 2 pm on the 27th of this month, when the draw will be held.

Palakkad saw the highest sales. 14,07,100 tickets were sold here. Thrissur, which is in second place, has sold 9,37,400 tickets and Thiruvananthapuram, which is in third place, has sold 8,75,900 tickets to agencies. 71.40 lakh Thiruvonam bumper tickets were sold last year.

Like last year, the first prize of the Onam Bumper Lottery is Rs 25 crore this year as well. The second prize is Rs 1 crore each for 20 people, the third prize is Rs 50 lakh each for 20 people, the fourth prize is Rs 5 lakh each for 10 series, and the fifth prize is Rs 2 lakh each for 10 series. In addition, several prizes of Rs 5000, 2000, 1000 and 500 are also available through the draw.