The much-awaited Kerala lottery is the Onam Thiruvonam bumper BR 105 in October 2025, which is offering a breathtaking Rs 25 crore as the first prize. The popular Onam bumper lottery was initially scheduled in the last week of September, but was postponed to the next month due to new GST rates and heavy rain that impacted ticket sales.
The new date is announced and set for later in the current week. The new date for Kerala’s Onam bumper lottery is fixed on October 4th, compared to the initial date of September 27. In a notification, the Kerala Lotteries department said, “Agents have requested that the draw date be postponed due to the GST change and the unexpected heavy rains, which have resulted in the inability to fully sell tickets.”
The cost of the ticket for one Onam BR-105 lottery is Rs 300. The lucky draw for Thiruvonam bumper BR 105 lottery will begin at 2 pm on October 4th, at the Gorky Bhavan Near Bakery Junction, Thiruvananthapuram. Furthermore, the Kerala lotteries department stated that in 2025, 75 lakh bumper tickets were printed.
These are sold entirely to agencies but also to agencies and distributors. Despite the impact this year, the current Thiruvonam bumper lottery ticket sales are higher compared to the total of 71.40 lakh tickets that were sold in 2024. In 2025, among the top districts, the sales of tickets were highest in the Palakkad district, at 14.07 lakh. This was followed by 9.37 lakh tickets sold in Thrissur and 8.76 lakh tickets sold in Thiruvananthapuram, respectively. With effect from September 22, Kerala lotteries are under a 40% GST slab compared to the earlier 28%.
Additionally, the fixed income tax rate is 30% on lottery wins under section 194B of the Income Tax Act. The income tax rate further increases due to the addition of the health and education cess of 4%, which takes the total tax rate to 31.2%. Notably, there are also surcharges levied if the winning prize is over Rs 50 lakh.
So there is a 10% surcharge imposed on the winning amount between Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore. The surcharge is increased to 50% on the winning amount greater than Rs 1 crore. Additionally, there is a 31.2% tax deducted at source (TDS) levied if the winning amount exceeds Rs 10,000. If the lottery amount is rewarded in a mixture of cash and non-cash prizes, then TDS will apply to the cash gains. There are also 10% to 12% agent commissions levied on the Kerala lottery prizes.
