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Awarding cash prizes for Multiple winners.

04-March-2024

For more than four decades, the Development Lotteries Board has been selling lottery tickets to fulfill its national mission of supporting Sri Lankans through the President's Fund and the Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Fund. Over the years, the Board has given cash prizes to many winners, including millionaires and two-millionaires, who have continued to trust the lottery. On February 15, 2024, the Board awarded cash prizes and certificates to the lottery dealers who had produced the winners.

The event was held at the Development Lotteries Board Auditorium premises and was presided over by the board's Honorary Chairman/CEO, Ajith Gunaratne Naragala. The General Manager of the Development Lotteries Board, Mr. Anura Jayaratne, and other management members were also present.

Development Lotteries Board Donates Rs. 15.5 Million to Support Victims of Cyclone “Ditwa”

03-February-2026

The Development Lotteries Board (DLB), in line with its long-standing commitment to national service and social responsibility, has donated Rs. 15.5 million to assist communities affected by Cyclone Ditwa, which impacted Sri Lanka on 28 and 29 November.

For more than four decades...

20-January-2026

DLB Presents Cheques to 30 Lottery Winners – 16th January 2026

The Development Lotteries Board (DLB) awarded cheques to 30 lucky winners on 16^th January 2025 at a special ceremony held under the patronage of Mr. Anura Jayaratne, General Manager of the Development Lotteries Board, with the participation of the management team.

Cheques were ...

30-December-2025

DLB Awards Rs. 88.57 Million to 48 Lucky Winners

The Development Lotteries Board (DLB) awarded cheques to 48 lucky winners at a special ceremony held on 29th December 2025, under the patronage of Mr. Anura Jayaratne, General Manager of the Development Lotteries Board, with the participation of the DLB management team....

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...