Kuwait " 4 October, 2010: Gulf Bank made a dream come true for Mr. Janatkool Alamkool when his name was announced as the Bank's KD 500,000 Al Danah winner. The lucky winner of the third quarterly draw prize was announced live at the Marina FM studio.

A delighted Janatkool said, "The main objective of me opening an Al Danah account was to save funds, as well as the aspiration to win any prize from the draws, but winning this award has exceeded my expectations. I take this opportunity to thank Gulf Bank, who provides its customers with the best banking products and services and the highest level of customer service, as well as providing opportunites to win draw prizes such as the Al Danah account. In my opinion this is the best way and most appropriate option for customers who want to save and at the same time enjoy the opportunities to win a prize."

Mr. Aly Shalaby, General Manager, Consumer Banking at Gulf Bank said, "We congratulate our third quarterly draw winner, Mr. Janetkool Alamkool. Gulf Bank is pleased to be able to offer our customers an opportunities to win such a large sum of money and we appreciate their loyalty and continuous trust in the Bank."

Gulf Bank's Al Danah account which has won the coveted Best Product Award by the Banker Middle East offers weekly draws of KD 1,000 each to ten winners. A yearly draw winner will be eligible to win KD 1 Million.

Opening an Al Danah account is simple and easy. You need to deposit a minimum of KD 200 to qualify.  Maintaining this minimum balance will automatically allow an Al Danah account holders to enter the weekly and quarterly draws as well as the annual draw.  To increase the chances of winning, customers are encouraged to continue saving with Al Danah as the more you deposit and the longer you save, the more chances you have to win.

Customers have a choice of several channels to open and / or deposit money into the Al Danah account, either through Branches, online, through Telebanking's 24/7 service by simply calling 1805805 or they can even use the Al Danah ATM deposit card to deposit money directly into their Al Danah account at any of Gulf Bank's 24/7 deposit ATM machines.