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Puducherry businessman wins Kerala’s Christmas-New Year bumper lottery

Kerala Puducherry

A 33-year-old businessman from Puducherry, who was in Thiruvananthapuram as part of Sabarimala pilgrimage, is the lucky winner of the ₹20-crore Christmas-New Year bumper, the second-highest lottery prize in Kerala. The man refused to divulge his name or address to the media while handing over the prize-winning ticket to the Lottery Directorate in Thiruvananthapuram with the required documents. He had purchased tickets, including the winning one, from a sub-agent at Lakshmi Centre East Nada of Padmanabhaswamy temple. The winner of the first prize will be getting around ₹12 crore after deduction of taxes and agent’s commission.

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