Kerala Christmas New Year Bumper Lottery: Top Prize Now 25 Crore Rupees
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Kerala has a big lottery every year. It is called the Christmas New Year Bumper. The prize money is now bigger. The first prize is 25 crore rupees. A crore is ten million. Before, the first prize was smaller.
The lottery has many prizes now. There are more prizes than before. The total prize money is 124.01 crore rupees. This means many people can win money.
The ticket price will not change. People can buy tickets from the 28th. Many people in Kerala like to buy these tickets. They hope to become rich.
The Christmas New Year Bumper is very popular. People buy tickets and wait for the results. Some people win small prizes. A few people win very big prizes.
This year, 25 people can become crorepatis. A crorepati is a person who wins one crore rupees or more. People are happy about the new prize money.
Vocabulary7 words
- lottery
- a game where you buy a ticket and can win money
- prize money
- money you win in a game or contest
- crore
- a number equal to ten million
- total
- the full amount of something
- ticket
- a small paper you buy to join a game
- results
- the answer of who wins a game
- crorepatis
- people who win one crore rupees or more
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Answer key
1. 25 crore rupees 2. On the 28th 3. No
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Kerala has a big _____ every year.
It is called the Christmas New Year _____.
The first prize is 25 _____ rupees.
The lottery has more _____ now.
The _____ prize money is 124.01 crore rupees.
The _____ price will not change.
People can buy tickets from the _____.
25 people can become _____.
A crorepati wins one crore rupees or _____.
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