9 July, 2023
National Lotteries Board Assistant General Manager, Marketing, Menura Chathuranga said that lottery sales had exceeded Rs. 2 million on the first day (July 6) after the price increase.
Over four million lottery tickets of the Lotteries Board are sold daily. He said that by increasing the price, they hope to sell more than 50 percent of that amount and added that it will not be difficult to reach the target. Chathuranga said that the cash prizes and winning chances of every lottery ticket of the National Lotteries Board have been increased and the cash prize of some tickets has been doubled.