The Eighth and Ninth millionaires of the People’s Remittance Vaasi Kotiyai, Ewannai Dinannai’ Draw were selected for the months of September and October along with daily and weekly winners for the period of 20th September to 7th November 2022. This event was held at the People's Bank, Overseas Customer Services premises at Colombo 10 recently.

People's Bank launched "People’s Remittance Vaasi kotiyayi" Draw from 1st February 2022 to encourage Sri Lankan migrant workers who work tirelessly to strengthen the country’s economy. Under this promotion the Grand Draw winner who will be selected at the year end will be presented with a Grand Prize of Rs.10 million. Additionally, a Rs.1 Million winner is selected every month, while 22K gold sovereigns are offered to 48 weekly winners. In addition, Rs10,000 cash prizes are offered to 334 daily winners until 31st December 2022.

All inward worker remittances sent through People’s Bank to any bank account are eligible for the draw. Further, the remittances collected over the counter at People’s Bank branches including remittances sent via WU, Ria or similar channels during the period from 1st February to 31st December 2022 are also eligible for the draw. Customers can increase their chances of winning by remitting more money.

Rohan Pathirage - Senior Deputy General Manager (TB & OCS) of People’s Bank, Rohini Madurawala - Assistant General Manager (Channel Management), Samanthi Senanayake - Assistant General Manager (Compliance), Aruni Liyanagunawardana – Assistant General Manager (OCS), Nalaka Wijayawardena - Head of Marketing, Mohamed Ruwaiz - Chief Manager (Audit), Thilini Perera - Senior Manager (OCS), Vipula Warnakula - Senior Manager (IT) People’s Bank and D.M.U.K. Ekanayake – Senior Tax Officer, Department of Revenue (Western Province) participated in the event.