Kerala Karunya Plus Lottery result today KN-279: Winner announced, takes home Rs 80 lakh

Kerala Karunya Plus Lottery result today KN-279: If you bought a Kerala lottery ticket and have been waiting for the result, there is good news. The wait is over and the Kerala state lottery department has announced the results of Kerala Karunya Plus Lottery KN-279. The result was declared on Thursday afternoon and the winner has won a whopping Rs 80 lakh. The results were declared on the official website of the Kerala lottery department - keralalotteries.com and can now be checked by all those who had purchased the ticket.

As per the details provided on the above-mentioned website, the Kerala Karunya Plus Lottery has been won by the person with lottery number PZ 434795. The ticket holder will receive the prize money worth Rs 80 lakh. The second and third position holders have been given Rs 5 lakh and Rs 1 lakh, respectively. 

Interestingly, the Kerala state lottery department has also announced a consolation prize for other ticket holders. The amount has been set at Rs 8,000. The money comes as a bonanza for the winners as the price of a single ticket was just Rs 40 while for the entire book was Rs 750. 

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Here is what the winners get - 

First prize - Rs 80 lakh
Second prize - Rs 5 lakh
Third prize - Rs 1 lakh

In case you have won less than Rs 5000, then the amount can be claimed from the lottery shop in Kerala itself. However, if the amount won is more than Rs 5000, the winners need to surrender their tickets before a bank or government lottery office with id proofs. The lottery is one of the biggest cash flows in Kerala with seven daily and multiple bumpers draws. 

The state government organises four festival bumper draws — Onam, Vishu, Christmas and Pooja/Dussehra. Apart from this, there are also two seasonal jackpots - the monsoon and summer bumper.