Kerala Lottery FAQ

The Kerala State Lottery draw is held every day at 3:00 PM IST at Gorky Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram. The result is published here within minutes and the official PDF follows around 4:00 PM.

Kerala runs one lottery per weekday: Bhagyathara on Monday, Sthree Sakthi on Tuesday, Dhanalekshmi on Wednesday, Karunya Plus on Thursday, Suvarna Keralam on Friday, Karunya on Saturday and Samrudhi on Sunday.

Compare the full ticket number (series and six digits) with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes. For the consolation prize, match the six digits with the first prize in any other series. For the 4th to 9th prizes, only the last four digits need to match. You can also use the ticket checker on this site.

Weekly lottery tickets cost ₹50. Bumper lottery tickets cost between ₹250 and ₹500 depending on the bumper.

Every weekly Kerala lottery now carries a first prize of ₹1 crore. Second prizes are typically ₹25 to ₹30 lakh and third prizes ₹5 to ₹10 lakh, followed by consolation prizes and six tiers of four-digit ending prizes from ₹5,000 down to ₹100.

Prizes up to ₹5,000 can be claimed from any authorised lottery agent. Larger prizes must be claimed within 90 days at a nationalised or scheduled bank, or at the Directorate of State Lotteries in Thiruvananthapuram, with the original ticket, a claim form, ID proof and bank details.

Winning tickets must be surrendered within 90 days from the date of the draw. Tickets presented after 90 days are not accepted.

Yes. Prizes above ₹10,000 are subject to 30% income tax deducted at source, plus applicable surcharge and cess. Agents' commission is also deducted from prizes above ₹5,000.

No. The Kerala State Lotteries department sells tickets only through authorised agents and retailers in Kerala. Websites or apps offering Kerala lottery tickets online are not authorised.

No. This is an independent information website. The official website is run by the Kerala State Lotteries department. Always verify your ticket against the official result before making a claim.

Every result page on this site links to the official PDF published by the department for that draw. The PDF is usually available about an hour after the 3 PM draw.

When the first prize is drawn, tickets in every other series that carry the same six-digit number win the consolation prize. There are usually eleven consolation prizes of ₹5,000 each.

From the 4th prize downwards, only the last four digits of a ticket are drawn. Every ticket in every series ending with those four digits wins that prize, so one four-digit number means many winners across Kerala.

The chart lists the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize numbers of recent draws in one table, so you can scan several days of results at once. This site publishes it at /kerala-lottery-result-chart/.

Bumper lotteries are seasonal draws with much larger prizes, held around Christmas-New Year, Summer, Vishu, Monsoon, Thiruvonam (Onam) and Pooja. Tickets cost more and the first prize can be several crores.

Draws take place at Gorky Bhavan, near Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram, in the presence of officials and members of the public, using mechanical draw machines.

Every authorised agent has a code issued by a District Lottery Office. The first letter shows the district, for example T for Thiruvananthapuram, E for Ernakulam and D for Kozhikode. You can check a code on this site.

Kerala State Lottery tickets are sold only inside Kerala through authorised agents. Sale of Kerala tickets in other states is not permitted, and no online sale is authorised.

The ticket itself is the only proof of the win. Prizes cannot be claimed without the original ticket, so sign the back of your ticket and keep it safe until the claim is processed.

Before the 2025 restructuring the weekly draws were Win-Win, Sthree Sakthi, Akshaya or Fifty-Fifty, Karunya Plus, Nirmal, Karunya and Pournami. Their results since 2021 are archived on this site under Previous lotteries.

Each weekly draw has one first, second and third prize winner, about eleven consolation winners, and thousands of smaller winners because the 4th to 9th prizes are paid to every ticket ending with the drawn four digits.

No. Draws are random and no method can predict them. This site publishes only official results, historical data and claim guidance.