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MatruOS for a state lottery agent and seller

Set up the way a state lottery agent and seller runs: discount on tickets bought from the state (9% for agents in Kerala from Sep 2025), smaller discount kept by sub-sellers; agent prize on winning tickets sold; small earnings on prize encashment float. Routines, workflows, registers, licences and an AI team that knows the work are ready when you sign up.

Shops and retailReady when you sign up

  • 10routines on a timetable
  • 2workflows with approvals
  • 2SOPs and checks
  • 3registers of your own
  • 4jobs for your AI team
  • 4licences tracked

7-day free trial, no card needed.

What this solves

What a state lottery agent and seller deals with today, and what MatruOS sets up for it

01Today

Unsold tickets left after cut-off are a straight loss. Checking hundreds of unsold and returned tickets against the result by hand.

02In MatruOS

MatruOS sets up 10 routines, 2 workflows, 3 registers and 4 licences for a state lottery agent and seller, with an AI team that reads your own records and prepares the work.

03What changes

The right person is reminded at the right time, approvals wait for whoever decides, and every licence has a renewal reminder. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Where you sit

MatruOS starts from how your business earns

Who you sell to, who you buy from, how credit moves and where you sit in the chain decide how your screens, reminders and reports are set up.

  1. State lottery department
  2. District Lottery Office
  3. agent
  4. sub-agent or street seller
  5. buyer

Your customers

  • Walk-in public
  • Daily regular buyers who pick their own numbers
  • Street sellers and sub-agents (agent's trade customers)
  • Workers in markets, bus stands and offices

Your suppliers

  • District Lottery Office or sub-office (state lottery department)
  • Bigger agent (for street sellers)

Credit and cash

Agent pays the DLO in full before taking tickets; sellers usually pay the agent cash for the day's tickets or settle in the evening from sales; prize amounts up to Rs 5,000 paid out by the agent in cash and reimbursed by the DLO after the claim is passed; no returns of unsold tickets in Kerala

Daily. Ticket cash goes out 2-5 days before each draw; sales cash comes in on the day; prize payouts tie up a float of Rs 10,000-1 lakh until DLO reimbursement; bumper allotments need large cash 4-8 weeks before the bumper draw

Your screens use your words

  • CustomerBuyer
  • OrderSale
  • ItemTicket
  • InvoiceTicket bill
  • SupplierLottery office
  • stockTickets in hand

How it works

How MatruOS is set up for a state lottery agent and seller

Set-up takes a few minutes. After that, you change only what is different in your business.

  1. Describe the business in one lineFor example "State lottery agent and seller", typed when you sign up.
  2. Recognised as a state lottery agent and sellerRoutines, workflows, registers, items, licences and the AI team for this trade are set up for you.
  3. Bring your dataCustomers, items and balances come across from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others. For Tally, our team helps you move the data while Tally import is checked on the live app.
  4. Approve and runThe AI team prepares the routine work. A person approves anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes.

Your AI team

What the AI team does for a state lottery agent and seller

Each job goes to a member of your AI team. It reads your own records and prepares the work. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval.

Store keeper

Suggests how many tickets to buy for each draw from the same weekday's sell-through over the last 4 weeks, sellers' requests, salary days and festivals, so unsold tickets fall

Reads ticket stock by draw and seller account

Asks you before paying

Operations head

Reads the official result and checks every unsold ticket and every series the agency sold; lists winning unsold tickets and agent prizes due; makes the prize chart for the kada

Reads official result, ticket stock by draw and prize paid and claim

Works it out and shows you

Accountant

Works out each seller's tickets sold, cash due, prize tickets handed in and balance; sends each seller their slip

Reads seller account

Asks you before sending

Accountant

Tracks every paid-out prize ticket to DLO submission and reimbursement, reminds before the claim deadline, and each month works out margin after seller discount, unsold loss and agent prize with TDS noted

Reads prize paid and claim and ticket stock by draw

Works it out and shows you

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How you run

Your routines, already on a timetable

Each routine has a time, a person and its steps with the checks that matter. MatruOS reminds the right person and keeps the record. Open one to see its steps.

Every day6

  • 7:00 amIssue tickets to street sellersAgent · 2 steps
    1. 1Give each seller the day's tickets and write count and rate in the seller account
    2. 2Collect yesterday's balance and any prize tickets they paid out
  • 8:00 amCounter sales until the draw cut-offCounter seller · 3 steps
    1. 1Display the day's lottery and the coming bumper; buyers choose their numbers
    2. 2Stop selling today's draw an hour before the draw
    3. 3Count unsold tickets for the day and note them
  • 10:00 amBuy tickets for the coming draws at the DLOAgent · 3 steps
    1. 1Decide quantity per draw and series from sell-through of the same weekday's draw over the last 4 weeks
    2. 2Pay the DLO and check the count and series against the bill
    3. 3Enter bought tickets in the ticket stock register
  • 4:00 pmCheck the result against every ticket held and paid outAgent · 3 steps
    1. 1Take the official result (after 15:00) and check unsold tickets and the day's sold series
    2. 2Mark winning unsold tickets and tickets sold by the agency for agent prize
    3. 3Update the prize chart at the kada
  • 4:30 pmPay small prizes to winnersCounter seller · 3 steps
    1. 1Verify ticket against the official result and check it for tampering
    2. 2Pay only prizes up to Rs 5,000; send higher prizes to the DLO
    3. 3Stamp and sign the back of the ticket and write it in the prize register
  • 7:00 pmEvening settlement with street sellersAgent · 2 steps
    1. 1Tickets given minus unsold equals tickets sold; cash due at the seller's rate
    2. 2Take cash and prize tickets; carry any shortage forward with a note

Every week1

  • Tue, FriSubmit paid-out prize tickets to the DLO for reimbursementAgent · 3 steps
    1. 1Bundle paid-out tickets by draw with the claim list
    2. 2Submit well inside the time limit; take the acknowledgement
    3. 3Follow up claims pending more than 15 days

Every month1

  • 5thMonthly margin, agent prize and welfare fundAgent · 3 steps
    1. 1Total discount earned, seller discounts given, unsold loss and agent prize received
    2. 2Pay the welfare fund subscription and keep the receipt
    3. 3Note TDS certificates for any agent prize or commission

Every year1

  • MarRenew agent registration, trade licence and welfare membershipAgent · 2 steps
    1. 1Renew local body trade licence for the kada
    2. 2Check agent registration and welfare fund passbook are current

Workflows

Each stage goes to the person who handles it

Work passes stage by stage to the right person. Stages marked for approval wait for the person who decides.

One draw, bought to settled

  1. 1Quantity decidedAgentNeeds approval
  2. 2Bought at DLOAgent
  3. 3Issued to sellers and counterAgent
  4. 4Sales closed and unsold countedCounter seller
  5. 5Result checkedAgent
  6. 6Sellers settledAgent

Small prize paid to reimbursed

  1. 1Winner hands in ticketCounter seller
  2. 2Ticket verified and paid (up to Rs 5000)Counter sellerNeeds approval
  3. 3Claim bundle submitted to DLOAgent
  4. 4DLO passes claimAgent
  5. 5ReimbursedAgent

Registers and SOPs

Your registers and standards

Registers hold the fields this trade records. SOPs carry the steps and checks, so work is done the same way every time.

  • Ticket stock by draw

    Draw date · Lottery name and draw number · Series and number range · Tickets bought · Amount paid to DLO · DLO bill number · Given to sellers · Sold at own counter

  • Seller account

    Date · Seller name · Seller phone · Tickets given · Rate per ticket · Amount due · Cash received · Prize tickets handed in

  • Prize paid and claim

    Ticket number · Lottery and draw date · Prize amount · Paid to winner on · Winner name and phone · Sold by us · Claim submitted to DLO on · Claim status

  • Paying and claiming prizes

    Pay only genuine prizes within the agent's limit and get every rupee back from the DLO

    5 steps with checks

  • Ticket security and forgery checks

    Avoid paying out on forged, altered or torn tickets and avoid ticket loss

    5 steps with checks

Items and licences

Your first bill is right, and no licence lapses

Starter items arrive with unit, HSN and GST rate. The registrations this business usually needs are listed with a reminder before each one expires.

ItemHSNGST
Daily state lottery ticket · ticket99969240%
Thiruvonam bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Christmas-New Year bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Vishu bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Pooja bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Summer bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Monsoon bumper ticket · ticket99969240%
Other state's weekly lottery ticket (where legal) · ticket99969240%
Tickets supplied to street sellers (sub-agent rate) · ticket99969240%
  • Trade licenceMunicipal corporation or panchayatIf it applies
  • Shops and Establishments registrationState labour department (Shops and Establishments Act)If it applies
  • PANIncome Tax Department
  • Other licence or contract

Your people

The people who run it, each with their own login

Each person sees the screens and reminders for the work they do.

AgentBuys tickets at the DLO, decides how many per draw, supplies sellers, pays small prizes, submits claims, keeps accounts and welfare fund.
Counter sellerRuns the kada, sells, checks small-prize tickets against the result, pays out within limits.
Street sellerWalks a fixed route from early morning, sells, settles cash in the evening, hands in winning tickets.

Not covered yet

  • Sending messages, bills and reminders on WhatsApp from MatruOS is not live yet. Today they go by link, QR code or email, and from your own phone in one tap.
  • Live bank and UPI feeds are not connected yet. Upload a bank statement and MatruOS reads it into payments for you to confirm.

Questions people ask

How long does it take to set up MatruOS for a state lottery agent and seller?

Type one line about your business when you sign up, for example "State lottery agent and seller". MatruOS picks this business type and sets up everything on this page in a few minutes. You then get a 7-day free trial, no card needed.

Do I have to type all of this in?

No. The routines, workflows, registers, items, licences and AI team on this page arrive already set up. You change what is different in your business, and bring your customers, items and balances from Zoho Books, Vyapar, Excel and others, with our team's help for Tally data.

Can I change the routines and workflows?

Yes. Every routine, workflow, register and SOP is yours to rename, retime, switch off or add to. MatruOS keeps the rest of the system in step with your changes.

What does the AI team do without asking me?

It runs routine checks and prepares drafts. Anything that sends, pays, signs, files or deletes waits for a person's approval. The one exception you can choose is payment reminders, which go out on their own once you have checked them and switched them on.

Run a state lottery agent and seller on one system Set up for your trade when you sign up.

Describe your business once. MatruOS sets up your apps, brings in your data and puts Muni and the AI team to work, with your approval on every step that matters. 7-day free trial, no card needed.

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