The National Lottery Board says that the Treasury has approved to increase the price of a lottery ticket. Accordingly, the price of a lottery ticket will soon be doubled to 40 rupees.
A spokesperson of the institution said that because of the agreement that Sri Lanka has with the International Monetary Fund, it is not possible to print money, therefore the responsibility of meeting the government’s expenses is limited to his institution and five other institutions. Therefore, he added that this price increase will be done without fail