Instant millionaires: Meet the latest Big Ticket winners in the UAE

Rasika Jds, a Sri Lankan expatriate living in the UAE, won the mega Dh15 million Big Ticket jackpot draw held in Abu Dhabi on June 3, 2021. Rasika works as a civil engineer in Dubai and lives in Ras Al Khaima. He had bought his ticket on May 29 with eight others.

A Sri Lankan expat Mohammed Mishfak, 36, working as a sales professional for a private company in Dubai won the mega jackpot taking home Dh12 million, in May 2021. He bought his winning ticket with 20 other people. He has been a resident of Dubai for the past 10 years.

Bangladeshi expat Shahed Ahmed Moulvifaiz who lives in Al Ain won Dh10 million in the Big Ticket draw in Abu Dhabi in April 2021. Shahed Ahmed Moulvifaiz, 55, who runs a car workshop, is from Chittagong city in Bangladesh.

Indian expat Shivamurthy Krishnappa, who lives in Sharjah, won Dh12 million in Big Ticket draw held in March 2021. Krishnappa hails from Shimoga district in the Indian state of Karnatak. He has been working as a mechanical engineer in Dubai since 2005.

Taslina Purayil, an Indian living in Doha hwon Dh15 million at the latest Big Ticket draw of Abu Dhabi held on February 3, 2021. The mother of three and her husband, Abdul Gaddaf, run a food business in Doha where the family have lived for years.

Abdussalam NV, an Indian living in Muscat, won Dh20 million at the Big Ticket draw held in Abu Dhabi on January 3, 2021. The Omani residnet, who hails from Kozhikode district, runs his own business.

George Jacobs, 51, an Indian expat living in Dubai has won the mega Dh12 million Big Ticket draw on Thursday, December 3, 2020. Jacobs lives in Dubai with his wife, daughter and son. Jacobs has recently started a business in Dubai selling medical equipment.

Indian national Nobin Mathew from Kuwait became the winner of the Dh15 million Big Ticket draw held in Abu Dhabi in November 2020. Mathew, 38, who was working as a supervisor a for a spare parts company on a monthly salary of Dh7,100, said the news is yet to sink in, but was ecstatic with the jackpot win.

Dubai resident Gurpreet Singh, who hails from India, won Dh10 million in the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle held in September 2020. A resident of UAE for the last 30 years, he came to the country as a five-year-old child with his parents. At the time of the win he was working as an IT engineer for a hospitality firm.

Dipankar Dey, a 37-year-old Indian expat hailing from West Bengal, won the mega Big Ticket in August 2020 and took home Dh12 million. Dey, a resident of UAE for over nine years shared the amount with 11 other people – his family and friends.

Assain Muzhippurath, 47, an Indian salesman from Ajman won Dh12 million in the Big Ticket draw of June 2020 held in Abu Dhabi. 47-year old Assain hails from Kerala and was working as a salesman at that time.

Three Ras Al Khaimah-based Indian drivers were the winners of the mega monthly jackpot held on April 03, 2020, in Abu Dhabi. Jijesh Korothan, hailing from India’s Kannur district in Kerala, and two of his friends took home Dh20 million.

Seenu Sreedharan, 28, draws a Dh1,500 salary as a technician in Dubai. On November 3, 2019, he won the whopping Dh15 million Big Ticket Jackpot. The works as earns a Dh1,500 monthly salary as a technician for a private company. Nair shares the ticket with 21 other colleagues in his company. He paid Dh25 of the Dh500 priced ticket, setting his share of the win at five per cent. Nair shared the ticket with 21 other colleagues in his company. He paid Dh25 of the Dh500 priced ticket, setting his share of the win at five per cent.

Sreenu Sreedharan Nair's winning ticket drawn on November 3, 2019.

Anabelle Manalastas Dela Cruz, 33, won the Big Ticket draw on December 3. The Filipina nurse has been living in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi for the last eight years.

Mohammad Fayaz JA's ticket number 059070 was picked up as the winner in the latest draw held on October 3, in Abu Dhabi. The 24-year-old Indian accountant has turned a multi-millionaire overnight — thanks to his massive Big Ticket Dh12 million draw win.

Indian expatriate Sapna Nair with her family, while holidaying in Serbia. Nair was the winner of Dh12 million Big Ticket Draw in June. After her big win, Nair said she wanted to put that money to good use for her family and charitable causes.

George Mathews, and his five friends, won the Dh12 million Big Ticket Abu Dhabi raffle in September 2018 after making a last-minute ticket purchase. George, a printing technician, shared his big win with five other friends who work in the same printing press.

Indian rice farmer Vilas Rikkala, with his family in Hyderabad, India. Rikkala won the Big Ticket raffle on Saturday, August 3, 2019 in Abu Dhabi with ticket number 223805. On the night he won, it's been just 45 days since he left the UAE at the end of his failed effort to hunt for a job here. Rikkala said both he and his wife do back-breaking farm jobs in India.

Mohammad Abdul Taheer won gold as part of Abu Dhabi's latest Big Ticket competition.

The popular Big Ticket Raffle is drawn at Abu Dhabi International Airport every third of the month.

Richard, host of the month show which is streamed live on Facebook, is the face of the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi. He phones the monthly winners.