Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government's Summer Bumper Lottery 2025 (BR-102) will carry a total prize money of Rs 34 crore. The ticket will be priced at Rs 250 and 54 lakh tickets have been printed. The gross value of tickets printed is Rs 105.47 crore.

The first prize will be Rs 10 crore, and agents' commission will be Rs 1 crore. The second prize will be Rs 50 lakh. The purpose of organizing the summer bumper lottery is to mobilize revenue for the social welfare and the developmental activities of the state and to provide direct and indirect employment opportunities, especially to the weaker sections of society.

The scope and limitation of organizing the lottery is to regulate certain types of gambling and illegal lotteries in the state and to curtail its impact on the poor sections of society by organizing a lottery of the state itself. The funds raised through the lotteries will go to the state exchequer and, as such, can be utilised for the developmental activities of the state and also to create employment opportunities in the state, according to the notification issued by the Department of Taxes.

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