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DLB Sweep App and Sasiri Digital Lottery wins awards at NBQSA 2021

22-January-2022

The DLB Sweep App which has been introduced by Development Lotteries Board applying modern technology and stepping beyond the traditional lottery style has won a Silver award under Retail and Distribution in Consumer Category " at National ICT Awards , NBQSA 2021. In the meantime the DLB Sweep App has been recommended for Best Digitalization Process Enabler and it is another achievement of DLB.

Sasiri lottery, the first digital lottery of South Asia , which has been introduced by Development Lotteries Board in line with digital technology, has won a merit award under In House Category in the same ceremony.

Mr. Ajith Gunarathna Naragala, Chairman of DLB, Mr. Madura Harshana, Assistant General manager ( Information Technology), Dr. Asankhaa Gunasinghe, Assistant General Manager ( Marketing) and Mr. Umesh Ileperuma, System Analyst have graced this occasion representing DLB

The second round of the Development Lotteries Board's Dealer meeting series begins in the Northern Province -2025.10.19

21-October-2025

The second round of the Dealer Meeting Series was successfully held and concluded on 19.10.2025 at the Valampuri Hotel premises in Jaffna for the DLB dealers of Jaffna, Mannar, Kilinochchi, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern Province.

10-October-2025

DLB Presents Cheques to 56 Lottery Winners – October 9, 2025

The Development Lotteries Board held a ceremony on October 9, 2025, to present cheques to 56 lucky winners from across the island.

The event was held under the patronage of Mr. Anura Jayaratne, General Manager of the Development ...

07-October-2025

President's Fund Commends the Mission of the Development Lotteries Board

The Development Lotteries Board (DLB), the sole financial contributor to the President's Fund, was commended and highly praised at the Presidential Secretariat on September 29, 2025, for its exceptional financial contribution during the year

In appreciation of this achievement, the Pr...

Our forerunners, who bring you a bright future

05-December-2019

Life cannot be confined in a certain borderline, there should be space to explore the meaning of life.Even though the majority tends to make selections based on the facts such as gender, education, anyone can make a turn in his life, which opens such person more successful ways than in the public...

05-December-2019

When someone overhears the word ‘Development Lottery’ the first impression he gets is that the lottery brings luck only to those who buy lottery tickets. But even today there are a large number of individuals who have made their path for success joining hands with Development Lottery....

22-August-2019

Were you one of those three hundred thousand students, who pursued the goal with the help of Mahapola scholarship?

Are you aware of the financial provider, who makes every effort to lend hand to the students of the country extending Mahapola Scholarship, which once brought you under its shelter?

Most probably you may have no idea.

It is the human nature that we normally forget easily the giant...