First Prize 3 Crore for one person, Second prize 50 lakhs for one ticket and third prize of 5 lakhs in each series, ticket cost only 100 Rs

The prize structure of this year`s Monsoon bumper 2015 BR 44th is as below

How to claim winning prize ticket.

• Prize winning tickets should be surrendered within 30 days from the data of draw
• Prizes up to and including 1 lakh and excluding gift prizes like gold, car etc can be claimed from any district lottery office.
• Prizes above 1 lakh and the gifts like gold, car etc can be claimed from the Directorate office(Head office) at Trivandrum.
• So in case of this bumper lottery from 1st prize to 3rd prize, tickets should be surrendered to the Directorate of state lotteries either by person or though Nationalised, Scheduled or Co-Operative banks. The prize winning ticket should be surrendered to the bank with all the necessary documents, if necessary. The bank should submit the claim to the Director of State Lotteries
• Agents are allowed but not forced to collect the genuine prize tickets from winner upto 5000. so genuine prizes up to 5000 you can submit to the agent if he is willing and collect the money and may not need to come to office.
• For the latest rules and for the list of documents to be submitted with your claim, please visit the official link http://lotteries.kerala.gov.in/index.php/prize

Income tax for kerala lottery winning prize

• For prize money more than Rs. 5000, income tax at prevailing rate will be deducted and credited into the central government account. As of now, an Income tax of 30% will be deducted for all the prize winning claims exceeding Rs. 5000/-

• The tax will be deducted from the prize amount, In case of gift no tax will be deducted from the gift and the tax amount will be paid by the department.

• For example if you won 1lakh rupees, you will get 0nly 7000 and 30000 will be deducted as tax which is 30% of the total prize amount. If agent’s prize also deducting from prize amount you will only get 60000 finally after deducting 10% agents prize. If you won gift say 20 sovereign, you will get ful 20 sovereign, the tax will be paid by the department.

• For the agents prize claims an amount equivalent to 10% of the claim will be deducted as income tax.

• Presently no surcharge or educational cess is deducted as per the Income Tax rules.
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  ** Prize winning tickets above Rs.1 Lakh and upto Rs.20 Lakhs shall be passed for payment by the Deputy Director(Prize) and that above 20 lakhs by the Director.

Importance of Barcode and secret code in the kerala lottery ticket.

• In your ticket there will be two barcodes one for the 'ticket number' and the other the 'secret code'. you should not tamper both of these barcodes since these are essential for eazily checking the genuinity of the kerala lottery ticket.For each ticket there is one and only secret code. so once you know that your ticket won a prize you should never reveal the secret code.
• Also if you tamper these barcodes the computer will not read the barcodes and cannot check the genuinity this may lead to invaldating of your claim itself. so keep the ticket safe till the result announced and if prize won, till the ticket is submitted for prize claim.
• For more details regarding the lottery ticket structure and importance please visit structure of a kerala lottery ticket