Kuwait, 4 May 2009:  Gulf Bank announced the lucky winner of the first Al Danah monthly draw prize of KD 100,000 at the draw held on May 3, 2009 at Gulf Bank's Head Office.  HAMAD THEYAB ALI ALMISHWAT, a customer from Gulf Bank's MISHREF branch was the winner of the KD 100,000 Al Danah monthly draw prize.

With weekly, monthly and annual draw prizes, Gulf Bank's new Al Danah Savings Account, gives customers more chances to win. Al Danah offers a monthly draw prize of KD 100,000 in addition to the weekly draw prizes in which one winner gets KD 10,000 and five other winners get KD 1,000 each.  Customers can also look forward to winning an Al Danah annual prize of KD 500,000.

Opening an Al Danah account is simple and easy. You need to deposit a minimum of KD400 to open an Al Danah account.  Maintaining this minimum balance will automatically allow Al Danah account holders to enter the weekly and monthly draws as well as the annual draw.  To increase the chances of winning, customers are encouraged to continue saving with Al Danah for the long term.  The more you deposit and the longer you save, the more chances you have to win.

To be eligible for the monthly draw, customers should deposit money at least one month before the Al Danah monthly draw date, and for the weekly draws, customers need to deposit a minimum of one week before the weekly draw date.

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 deposit ATM machines.

You can also log on to www.e-gulfbank.com, Gulf Bank's bilingual website, for more information regarding Al Danah or any of the Bank's other products and services or directly link through for information on the Al Danah account and the names of the winners through www.e-gulfbank.com/aldanah.