Dubai-Based Indian Wins $1 Million in Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire Draw
A 41-year-old Indian expat from Kerala, Asif Mathilakath Assees, and his nine colleagues have collectively won the grand prize of one million dollars (Rs 8,31,70,050) in the Dubai Duty-Free (DDF) Millennium Millionaire draw held on August 28.
Asif, who purchased the winning ticket on August 2 while traveling from Dubai to Kochi, India, works in sales marketing for a manufacturing company and has been residing in Sharjah for the past 14 years. He is now the 234th Indian national to win this prize since the draw’s inception in 1999.
The group of ten friends had a unique arrangement, sharing the cost of tickets and alternating names for each draw. Asif expressed his gratitude, stating, “Thank you Dubai Duty-Free! We are blessed to have won this prize.”
The Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire promotion, a prominent lottery scheme, has awarded over 150 million-dollar prizes to participants from various nationalities since its launch.
