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Indian Wins $1 Million With His First Dubai Duty Free Ticket

Darpan News Desk IANS, 24 Oct, 2018 12:32 AM

A 45-year-old Indian expat won a jackpot of $1 million (3.6 million dirhams) in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw raffle on Tuesday.

Sourav Dey, who has been living in Dubai from last six years, works as a department head for an insurance company here. He bagged the prize after buying the lottery ticket for the first time, Gulf News reported.

"I'm so grateful to Dubai Duty Free for giving me this new fortune that my family will truly treasure for a long time," Dey said.

Two other winners, including an Indian man, drove away luxury vehicles. Forty-four-year-old Indian man Babu Ajith Babu drove home a BMW motorbike, while 40-year-old Sri Lankan national Sajeewa Niranjan won a Range Rover.

According to data from two of the biggest raffle draws in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi's Big Ticket raffle and Dubai Duty Free's Millionaire Draw), Indian nationals prove to be the luckiest.

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