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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.

48 Lucky Winners Receive Prizes Worth Rs. 207 Million from Development Lotteries

05-June-2026

The cheque presentation ceremony for 48 winners of Development Lotteries was held on June 2, 2026, under the patronage of the General Manager of the Development Lotteries Board, Anura Jayaratne, with the participation of the management team.

During the event, cheques were presented to the...

30-April-2026

DLB Presents Cheques to 33 Lottery Winners – April 30, 2026

The Development Lotteries Board (DLB) awarded cheques to 33 lucky winners on 30^th April 2026 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 pr...

10-April-2026

Historic Rs. 629.8 Million Grand Jackpot Winner Celebrated in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka’s history of development lotteries, marking its name in golden letters, the Kapruka lottery succeeded in producing a lucky winner of the country’s largest-ever grand jackpot prize worth Rs. 629,855,919.60 on 19.02.2026.

The event included the presentation of the c...

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...