Kerala Lottery Draw Codes and Series Letters, Explained
SM, SS, KN, KR, AK, NR, BR — Kerala's result pages are full of two-letter codes and almost nobody explains them. Worse, the word "series" is used for two completely different things on the same ticket. This Lottery Game Bonus reference sorts it out: current codes, legacy codes, bumper codes, and the print-series letter that decides whether a matching number is a first prize or a consolation. Structure only — we publish no winning numbers.
The Short Version
A Kerala ticket code is two letters identifying which weekly lottery you hold (SM, SS, KN, KR…). A print series letter is a separate marking on your ticket saying which print run within a draw it came from — and it is what separates a first prize from a consolation prize. BR marks a bumper draw. Codes like AK and NR belong to the earlier scheme and survive in the archives. Confirm every current mapping on the official Kerala State Lotteries source.
Two Different Things Called "Series"
Start here, because everything else depends on it. When people talk about a Kerala lottery "series" they may mean either of two unrelated things:
| Thing | Looks Like | Tells You | Matters For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ticket code | Two letters, e.g. SM | Which weekly lottery this is | Finding the right gazette |
| Print series letter | A letter beside your ticket number | Which print run within that draw | First prize vs consolation prize |
They are printed close together, they are both letters, and they do entirely different jobs. If you take one thing from this page, take that one — it is the difference between correctly identifying a consolation win and wrongly believing you missed out entirely.
The Current Ticket Codes
Kerala operates one branded ticket per day of the week, each with its own code and its own running draw counter. Under the current scheme the rotation looks like this:
| Code | Ticket Name | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BT | Bhagyathara | Start-of-week weekly |
| SS | Sthree Sakthi | Long-running and heavily searched |
| DL | Dhanalekshmi | Midweek weekly |
| KN | Karunya Plus | Midweek weekly |
| SK | Suvarna Keralam | Late-week weekly |
| KR | Karunya | One of the oldest brand names in the scheme |
| SM | Samrudhi | The ticket behind "SM-65" style searches |
A reported mapping, not a legal register. Ticket names, codes and draw days are set officially and have been revised. Confirm the current list at statelottery.kerala.gov.in before relying on it.
Because each ticket keeps its own counter, draw numbers are not comparable across codes. KN-65 and SM-65 are unrelated draws that happen to share a number — which is why searching a bare number without a code returns an incoherent mixture of results. The full walkthrough of that pairing is in our SM-65 draw-code guide, and the day-by-day view is in the weekly draw schedule.
Where the Letters Come From
The codes are abbreviations of the ticket names, and once you see that they stop looking arbitrary. SS for Sthree Sakthi, KN for Karunya Plus, KR for Karunya, SK for Suvarna Keralam, SM for Samrudhi, DL for Dhanalekshmi, BT for Bhagyathara. Where two names would collide, the Directorate picks a distinguishing consonant rather than the obvious initials — which is why KR and KN are separate tickets that both begin with "Karunya".
That collision is worth knowing about in its own right. KR and KN are two different lotteries drawn on two different days with two different prize charts, and confusing them is common enough that we wrote the KN ticket its own Karunya Plus result guide.
Legacy Codes Still in the Archives
Kerala restructured its weekly scheme in recent years — retiring some tickets, introducing others, and reassigning codes in the process. The old gazettes remain published, because past results are a permanent public record, so these codes are still very much alive in search results:
| Legacy Code | Ticket | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AK | Akshaya | Historical — archived gazettes only |
| NR | Nirmal | Historical — archived gazettes only |
| W | Win-Win | Historical — archived gazettes only |
| RN | Pournami | Historical — from an earlier generation of the scheme |
Two practical implications. First, a search result showing one of these codes is not necessarily a scam site — it may simply be an old page. Second, if you are holding a physical ticket carrying a legacy code, the code is not the issue: the surrender deadline is. Kerala prizes lapse after the claim window printed on the ticket, and the process for a live claim is covered in how to claim a Kerala lottery prize.
Bumper Codes (BR)
Outside the weekly rotation, the Directorate runs occasional bumper lotteries around festivals and seasons. These carry the BR prefix with their own running number and behave differently in every way that matters: a much longer sale window, a separate prize chart, a separate ticket price and a draw that happens a handful of times a year rather than weekly.
The long sale window is the practical hazard. A bumper bought months before the draw is very easy to misplace and even easier to forget, and a forgotten ticket cannot be claimed once the surrender period has passed. Write the draw date somewhere the day you buy it.
The Print Series Letter on Your Ticket
Now the other kind of series. Within a single draw, tickets are printed in multiple runs, each identified by a letter that sits alongside your ticket number. That letter is what the top prize tiers use to separate otherwise identical numbers.
The mechanic works like this. The first prize is awarded to one full number in one specific print series. Tickets carrying the same number in the other print series receive a consolation prize instead. So an identical-looking number is either the top prize or a consolation depending entirely on a single letter — and this is, by a wide margin, the most commonly missed win in Kerala.
Lower prize tiers work the other way round: they are listed as bare digit strings with no series letter at all, meaning any print series with that ending qualifies. Read the tier heading before you decide whether the letter matters for that row.
The step-by-step routine for applying all of this to an actual ticket is in how to check a result by draw number, and the same tier logic applied to one specific ticket is in our Sthree Sakthi result guide.
How to Decode an Unfamiliar Code
- Check length. Two letters plus a number is a weekly draw identifier. A BR prefix is a bumper.
- Check it against the current list on the official site. If it is not there, it is probably a legacy code.
- Check the archive. Legacy codes still return real, historical gazettes — useful for confirming what a ticket was.
- Ignore anything that is not two letters. A single letter beside a number on your ticket is a print series, not a ticket code.
- If a site invents a code you cannot find officially, stop using that site. This is a reliable tell for a scraper with fabricated data.
That final point deserves emphasis. Kerala's official code list is short and public. A page showing codes that do not appear on the official scheme is not a source worth checking a real ticket against.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Questions about Kerala’s ticket codes, print series letters and the legacy codes in the archives.
What is a Kerala lottery draw code?
A two-letter identifier for one of the weekly Kerala State Lotteries tickets — SM, SS, KN, KR and so on. It appears on the printed ticket, in the header of every result gazette and in the official archive listing. Paired with a sequential draw number it identifies one specific draw uniquely.
Is the ticket code the same as the series letter?
No, and confusing the two is the most expensive mistake in Kerala lottery checking. The ticket code says which weekly lottery you are holding. The series letter, printed alongside your ticket number, says which print run within that draw your ticket came from — and it decides whether a matching number is a first prize or a consolation prize.
Why did the Kerala lottery codes change?
The Directorate restructured its weekly lottery scheme in recent years, retiring and renaming several tickets and reassigning codes as part of that. Older articles therefore map some letters to tickets that no longer run. Names, codes and days are set officially and can be revised again, so confirm the current mapping on the official source.
What does AK stand for in Kerala lottery results?
AK was the code for the Akshaya ticket, one of the best-known weeklies from the earlier scheme. It remains a heavily searched code because the series ran for many years, and its past gazettes are still in the official archive. It is a historical code rather than a current one.
What is a BR code?
BR is the prefix used by Kerala’s bumper lotteries — the occasional large seasonal and festival draws that run outside the weekly rotation. A bumper has its own numbering sequence, its own prize chart and a much longer sale window than a weekly ticket.
Do two tickets with the same draw number relate to each other?
No. Each ticket code keeps its own independent counter, so a draw numbered 65 in one series has nothing whatever to do with draw 65 in another. This is exactly why the code must be read before the number, and why searching a bare number without a code returns a confusing mixture of unrelated results.
Where can I confirm the current code list?
On the official Kerala State Lotteries website, which publishes the current ticket names, codes, draw days and result gazettes. Treat any list in an article — including this one — as a guide, and treat the official listing as the answer.
Does knowing the codes help me win?
No. Understanding the code system makes you accurate at checking a result; it changes nothing about the odds, because a Kerala weekly is a random draw of printed ticket numbers. No series letter is luckier than another, and no draw-number pattern means anything. Play strictly 18+ and only with money you can comfortably lose.