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  2. Kerala State Lotteries - Wikipedia

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    Kerala State Lotteries is a lottery programme run by the Government of Kerala. Established in 1967, under the lottery department of the Government of Kerala, it is the first of its kind in India. In 1967 all private lotteries were banned and the Government of Kerala started the Kerala State Lotteries. The idea behind the setup of the new ...

  3. Lotteries by country - Wikipedia

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    The Kerala lottery was created as a mean to generate revenue to help the poor and the needy belonging to marginalized sections of society. [16] The profits from state lotteries sponsor several welfare programs. One of these is the Karunya Benevolent Fund Scheme that provides financial assistance to under-privileged people suffering from acute ...

  4. Lottery - Wikipedia

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    Lottery tickets for sale, Ropar, India. 2019. A lottery (or lotto) is a form of gambling that involves the drawing of numbers at random for a prize. Some governments outlaw lotteries, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing a national or state lottery. It is common to find some degree of regulation of lottery by governments.

  5. Lottery mathematics - Wikipedia

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    In a typical 6/49 game, each player chooses six distinct numbers from a range of 1–49. If the six numbers on a ticket match the numbers drawn by the lottery, the ticket holder is a jackpot winner— regardless of the order of the numbers. The probability of this happening is 1 in 13,983,816. The chance of winning can be demonstrated as ...

  6. 2014 Indian general election in Kerala - Wikipedia

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    41.98%. 40.12%. The 2014 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for the twenty Lok Sabha seats in the state on 10 April 2014. [ 1 ] The total voter strength of Kerala for the election was 2,42,51,937 and 73.89% of voters exercised their right to do so. [ 2 ] The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

  7. K. M. Mani - Wikipedia

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    K. M. Mani. Karingozhackal Mani Mani (30 January 1933 – 9 April 2019) was an Indian politician and the chairman of Kerala Congress (M), one of the main factions of Kerala Congress, a party famous for farmers politics, church politics and fractionalism. He has been the longest-serving minister in the Government of Kerala to date and ...

  8. Thiruvananthapuram - Wikipedia

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    Thiruvananthapuram, [ a ] formerly known as Trivandrum, [ b ][ 9 ] is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 2,984,154 as of 2024. [ 10 ][ 11 ] The encompassing urban agglomeration population is around 1.68 million. [ 5 ] Located on the west coast of India near the extreme ...

  9. Kerala - Wikipedia

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    Kerala's sex ratio of 1.084 (females to males) is higher than that of the rest of India; it is the only state where women outnumber men. [ 238 ] : 2 While having the opportunities that education affords them, such as political participation, keeping up to date with current events, reading religious texts etc., these tools have still not ...