{"id":777033936,"date":"2025-10-30T09:42:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777033936"},"modified":"2026-04-21T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T20:37:53","slug":"sri-lankas-lottery-board-to-initiate-legal-action-against-agents-with-unpaid-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sri-lankas-lottery-board-to-initiate-legal-action-against-agents-with-unpaid-dues","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s lottery board to initiate legal action against agents with unpaid dues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The cases will be presented to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Sri Lanka.- National Lotteries Board (NLB) chairman M.D.C.A. Perera<\/strong> has announced that legal measures will be taken after lottery agents appointed through political connections were accused of embezzling funds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perera made the announcement while addressing a press conference at the Peace Center in Colombo<\/strong> yesterday, October 29<\/strong>. He said enforcement will target several MPs and relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “A sales agent in Kuliyapitiya, recommended by former Education Minister Akila Viraj Kariyawasam in 2016, has not paid Rs. 9,878,000. Under the Public Property Act, even non-payment of Rs. 100,000 requires a complaint to the Criminal Investigation Department. Similarly, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Nandani, recommended by MP Hesha Withanage, owes Rs. 2.1 million and has not paid despite repeated notices. The Fraud Investigation Division is now looking into these cases.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perera said the NLB has settled all prize money and taxes due. He said cases will be presented to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE)<\/strong> next month.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Sri Lanka aims to raise betting tax and double casino entry fee for locals<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The cases will be presented to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777033949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Lotteries Board (NLB) in Sri Lanka is initiating legal action against lottery agents, including those with political affiliations, for embezzling funds totaling over Rs. 11.9 million. NLB Chairman M.D.C.A. Perera announced that cases involving non-payment will be presented to the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) next month, highlighting issues of governance and financial integrity within the state-run gaming sector.","focusai_entities":"National Lotteries Board (NLB), M.D.C.A. Perera, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Nandani, Hesha Withanage, Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Criminal Investigation Department, Fraud Investigation Division","focusai_location":"Sri Lanka, Colombo, Kuliyapitiya","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governance Framework Review","query":"What specific enhancements to the NLB's governance frameworks and agent vetting processes are being considered to mitigate future instances of financial malfeasance and political influence?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"How will the Committee on Public Enterprises' (COPE) findings influence the broader regulatory compliance landscape for state-owned gaming verticals in Sri Lanka, particularly regarding B2B\/B2C licensing and agent accountability?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[3573],"class_list":["post-777033936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777033936"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033958,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033936\/revisions\/777033958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777033936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}