GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

NOTIFICATION

exercise

the

powers

conferred

sub-rule

(3)

rule 3 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010, issued by the Government of India under

sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 (Central Act 17 of 1998), the

Government of Kerala hereby notify the following information, in respect of the X’Mas - New

Year Bumper Lottery 2024-25 (BR-101) to be organized by the Government of Kerala,

namely:-

Taxes (H) Department

G.O.(P) No.173/2024/TAXES.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 12 ^th December

, 2024

27th Vrischikam, 1200.

േകരള സർകാർ

Government of Kerala

2024

േകരള ഗസറ്

KERALA GAZETTE

അസാധാരണം

EXTRAORDINARY

ആധികാരികമായി ്പസിദെപടുതുനത

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

Regn.No. KERBIL/2012/45073

dated 05-09-2012 with RNI

Reg No.KL/TV(N)/634/2021-2023

വാല്ം 13

Vol. XIII

തിരുവനനപുരം,

വ്ാഴം

Thiruvananthapuram,

Thursday

2024 ഡിസംബർ 12

12th December 2024

1200 വൃശികം 27

27th Vrischikam 1200

1946 അ്ഗഹായനം 21

21st Agrahayana 1946

നമർ

No.

3971

S. R. O. No. 1150/2024

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(a)

Name of the lottery or lottery scheme

X’Mas - New Year Bumper Lottery

2024-25 (BR-101)

(b)

Price of the lottery ticket

₹ 400 (Rupees Four Hundred only)

(Ticket Price 312.50 + 28% Goods and

₹

Services Tax)

(c)

Total number of tickets printed in case

of paper lottery

90 Lakh (Ninety lakh)

(d)

Gross value of the tickets printed

₹281,25,00,000/-(Rupees Two hundred and

eighty one crore twenty five lakh only )

(e)

Name or names of the distributors or

selling agents with their addresses

and contact information

Kerala State Lottery Agents’ and Sellers’

Welfare Fund Board,

Head Office, K.S.R.T.C. Bus Terminal

Complex, 3^rd Floor, Thampanoor,

Thiruvananthapuram-695 001.

(f)

Prize structure

Tickets are issued in

TEN

series

with

the prize structure stated in the

table given below

TABLE

Sl.

No.

Category of

Prize

Details of

Prize

Amount of

Prize (`)

No. of

Prizes

Total prize

Amount (`)

Agents’

commission

on Prize (`)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Common to all

series

20,00,00,000

2,00,00,000

Common to all

series

1,00,00,000

20,00,00,000

2,00,00,000

III

Three prizes in

each series

10,00,000

3,00,00,000

30,00,000

Two prizes in

each series

3,00,000

60,00,000

6,00,000

Two prizes in

each series

2,00,000

40,00,000

4,00,000

Last Four digits

to be drawn 30

times

5,000

Up to

27,000

Up to

13,50,00,000

Up to

1,35,00,000

VII

Last Four digits

to be drawn 54

times

2,000

Up to

48,600

Up to

9,72,00,000

Up to

97,20,000

VIII

Last Four digits

to be drawn 108

times

1,000

Up to

97,200

Up to

9,72,00,000

Up to

97,20,000

Last Four digits

to be drawn 270

times

500

Up to

2,43,000

Up to

12,15,00,000

Up to

1,21,50,000

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Last Four digits

to be drawn 306

times

400

Up to

2,75,400

Up to

11,01,60,000

Up to

1,10,16,000

CONSOLATION PRIZE

1,00,000

9,00,000

90,000

TOTAL

6,91,300

100,19,60,000

10,01,96,000

(g)

Amount offered as prize money

₹ 100,19,60,000/- (Rupees One hundred crore

nineteen lakh sixty thousand only)

(h)

Periodicity of the draw

Bumper Draw

(i)

Place where the draw

shall be conducted

Thiruvananthapuram.

(j)

The procedure for drawing the

prize winning tickets or prize

winners

The Government appoints a panel of judges and

the draws are conducted under the supervision of

the panel. The panel selects one among them as

Chairman. The draw is conducted by operating

the draw machine based on random technology or

in the case of contingency, using drums and coins,

as the case may be. The draw shall be

commenced only after convincing the panel of

judges and spectators about the modus operandi

of the draw machine. All the spectators shall be

convinced that all digits/alphabet representing

ticket number and series respectively are stuck on

the wheel fixed on the shaft by manually rotating

it. Live telecast of the draw process will be made

in at least 3 television channels and official You

tube channel of the State Lotteries Department

using a digital camera or a suitable device. The

draw machine will be operated by pressing the

switch. The motor will be operated for different

times for drawing every single prize

number/numbers. The prize winning ticket is

taken, after pressing the switch by the members

of the panel of judges or the public. Then the disk

engraved/stuck with series and digits

rotates and come to a standstill when a particular

number appears on the slots provided for the

display of selected prize numbers. All other prizes

are also drawn in the similar manner based on the

prize structure of the lottery. For selecting the

consecutive prize numbers, all other

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windows except the one which is to be

used for selecting a particular prize number/

numbers shall be covered by shutters.

The prizes shall be drawn either in the

ascending or descending order. When a

prize number is selected, the officer in

charge of declaring the result should announce

the

number.

The

personnel

deputed from the Department of Lotteries shall

then

verify

whether

the

drawn

number is sold or unsold. If the selected number

is unsold the draw procedure of

that particular number will be repeated till

a new number is exposed in the windows.

If any number is found repetitive that

number will invariably be cancelled and

draw will be repeated. On announcing the prize

number the officer in charge of documenting the

prize number shall document this in a prize

by according their signature on it. When the draw

is completed the prize register thus prepared will

be authenticated by every judge present at the

draw of the Lottery.

In case of any contingency, such as

technical error in draw machines or

shortage of draw machines occur, the method of

draw using drums and coins, as described below

shall be used.

There shall be seven rotatable

drums, which is operated by the staff of the

Lotteries Department. The First drum represents

the

series

lottery,

and

the

rests represent the digits from lakhs to

units. Plastic tokens engraved with series, XA,

XB, XC, XD, XE, XG, XH, XJ, XK, XL shall

be deposited in the series drum and similar tokens

engraved with the digits 0-9 shall be deposited in

other drums. All the tokens shall be concealed in

plastic purses which can be opened with hand.

Before commencing the draw, the judges shall

inspect the empty drums, purses and the tokens.

The tokens shall then be thrust into the plastic

purses and deposited into the drums one by one.

Then all the drums shall simultaneously be

rotated so that the tokens in plastic purses may

get shuffled within the drums. The drums shall be

operated by persons duly authorised by the

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Director of State Lotteries. Thereafter, the

Chairman shall open the drums after removing

the lid and take one token from the purse and

show it to the audience. It shall be recorded in

the Display board as well as in the register kept

by the Lotteries Department which shall be

attested by the panel of judges. Accordingly a

series with six digit numbers shall be formed and

announced as prize winning number.

Based on the prize structure of the lottery

the remaining other prizes are also drawn

in the similar manner.

By order of the Governor,

DR. A. JAYATHILAK,

Additional Chief Secretary to Government.

Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

As per sub-rule ( 3) of rule 3 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Rules, 2010 issued by the

Government of India as G.S.R. 278 (E) dated 1^st April, 2010 and published in Part II, section 3,

sub-section (i) of the Gazette of India Extraordinary dated 1^st April, 2010, the lottery organizing

State shall announce in advance by way of a notification in its Official Gazette, the information such

as the name of lottery, price of lottery ticket, total number of tickets printed etc. as prescribed in the

above said rule. The Government of Kerala have rescinded the announced information in respect of

X’Mas - New Year Bumper Lottery 2024-25 (BR-101) issued under G.O.(P)

No.171/2024/Taxes dated 4^th November, 2024 published as S.R.O. No.1130/2024 in the Kerala

Gazette Extra Ordinary No.3893 dated 5^th December, 2024 and decided to issue a fresh notification

in respect of X’Mas - New Year Bumper Lottery 2024-25 (BR-101) to make the scheme more

attractive.

The notification is intended to achieve the above object.

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