With the objective of making an additional source of income and strengthen the scholarship fund, Mahapola Higher Education Scholarship Trust Fund has decided to re-commence the Mahapola Online Lottery.
The lottery penetration in traditional market of Sri Lanka is low compared to the other countries. Hence, there is an untapped segment of the market consisting of the upper-and working-class people who do not regularly buy lotteries in Sri Lanka.So, there is a good opportunity to step in and introduced online lotteries due to the increasing awareness of ICT.
To bring up new generation to lottery market and to make easy purchasing pattern for regular buyers, online lottery market is needed.
Accordingly, Mahapola Trust Fund expects to re-launch Mahapola Online Lottery by using the new technology.
As to ascertain potential of the total market Board of Trustees decided to carry out a survey and it is being implemented.