Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw in Series 306
The Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw in Series 306 with ticket number 2711 was conducted by Dubai Duty Free’s Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Colm McLoughlin (third from left), Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi; Salah Tahlak, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services and Sinead El Sibai, Senior Vice President – Marketing. Image Credit: Supplied

Dubai: We have not one new million dollar winner today but two. And they both are Indian expats from the UAE.

An Indian expat from Kannur, Kerala, has just won a million dollars at the Dubai Duty Free raffle. He is sharing his winning ticket with ten other colleagues and friends but will still get a whopping Rs7 million (Dh363,115).

Neeraj Hari, who lives in Dubai and works for a private company in the logistics department, said he has been buying the DDF tickets for the past four years and finally lady luck turned in his favour. His winning ticket number 2711 was picked from the 306 series.

In an interview to Gulf News, Hari said he has loans back in India and he will use part of the winning money to repay the debt. “Rest will be placed in deposits,” a clearly excited Hari said.

It was a big day for another Indian expat Bantwal Annu Sudhakar. His winning ticket number 2686 was picked from the 307 series.

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Dubai Duty Free Winner Neeraj Hari wins a million dollar on August 6 Image Credit: SUPPLIED

Sudhakar, a 47-year-old expat based in Ras Al Khaimah, is also sharing his prize money with colleagues. Sudhakar, a father of two and a UAE resident for 10 years, works as a powerplant manager for UTICO and is a regular participant of the million-dollar promotion. He shared the cost of the tickets with 42 members of his team.

Surprised upon hearing the news, Sudhakar commented, “This is amazing, I cannot believe that we won. My team is very happy, and a big thank you to Dubai Duty Free!”

It was a big day for other winners as well who won in the Finest Super (Car and Bike) series.

French national, Weber won an Audi A8L 3.0, a Mythos Black Metallic in the Finest Surprise Car series number 1725. His winning ticket was 0800.

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Neera Hari pictured here with his wife Siji

Pakistani national Khurshid Ahmed won a BMW 760 Li xDrive , a mineral white in the Finest Surprise Car series number 1726. His winning ticket was 0419.

British national Fred Faidhi won a BMW S 1000 RR in the Finest Surprises Bike series number 373. His winning ticket number is 0991. The bike is a cool white blue and red.

Meanwhile, a Belgian national, David Kingen, won a BMW R Nine T Racer in the Finest Surprises Bike series number 374. His winning ticket number is 0934. The bike is a black storm metallic aurum.

Kingen, the 47-year-old Belgian national based in Bullingen bought his ticket online. Kingen who works for the Belgium government, had won a BMW R Nine T Urban (Lightwhite) in November 2017 in Series 321 with ticket number 0031. He could not believe his luck for second time around.

“Thank you Dubai Duty Free for making me a second time winner. Since my last win, I never stop buying tickets for your promotion in the hope of making myself lucky and it indeed happened!,” he said. 

The draw was conducted by Dubai Duty Free’s Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, Colm McLoughlin, Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi; Salah Tahlak, Executive Vice President – Corporate Services, Sinead El Sibai, Senior Vice President – Marketing and Mona Al Ali, Senior Vice President – Human Resources.

Here is the full list for your quick reference.

Millennium Millionaire:

Series no. : 306

Ticket no. : 2711 (online sale)

Name : Neeraj Hari

Nationality : Indian

Millennium Millionaire

Series no. : 307

Ticket no. : 2686 (online sale)

Name : Bantwal Annu Sudhakar

Nationality : Indian

Finest Surprise (CAR)

Series no. : 1725

Ticket no. : 0800

Car : Audi A8L 3.0

Colour : Mythos Black Metallic

Name : Weber

Nationality : French

Finest Surprise (CAR):

Series no. : 1726

Ticket no. : 0419

Car : BMW 760 Li xDrive

Colour : Mineral White

Name : Khurshid Ahmed

Nationality : Pakistan

Finest Surprise (BIKE)

Series no. : 373

Ticket no. : 0991

Bike : BMW S 1000 RR

Colour : White Blue Red

Name : Fred Faidhi

Nationality : British

Finest Surprise (BIKE)

Series no. : 374

Ticket no. : 0934

Bike : BMW R Nine T Racer

Colour : Black Storm Mettalic Aurum

Name : David Kingen

Nationality : Belgian

Source: Dubai Duty Free