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Indian National Wins $1 Million After Buying Dubai Duty Free Raffle Tickets For 4 Years

IANS, 24 Apr, 2018 12:19 PM
    A Dubai-based Indian national has won $1 million in Dubai's Duty Free Millennium Millionaire promotion.
     
     
    S.R. Shenay is the 129th Indian national to have won $1 million since the inception of the promotion in 1999, the Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday. 
     
     
    "Thank you Dubai Duty Free for this great surprise, I am so happy," said Shenay, who is a regular participant in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise Promotions for the past four years.
     
     
    According to data from two of the biggest raffle draws in the United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi's Big Ticket raffle to Dubai Duty Free's Millionaire Draw), Indian nationals prove to be most lucky. 

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