Group of 20 Indian Won Rs 30.5 Crore Raffle Draw In Dubai

Dubai: A group of 20 members and most of them Indian has won 1.5 crore Dirhams (Rs30.5crore) In a monthly raffle draw according to the media.
In this Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw winners include with 19 Indians and one Bangladeshi, the Khaleej Times reported.

One of the winners, is 45-year-old Noufel Mayan Kalathil said, He has been working in Dubai since 2005. Since then he has been buying Big Ticket for the past two years. Usually, two-three colleagues buy tickets together, but this time he had something else in our mind and he had a total of 20 people, including him. Every Single person pooled in 50 dirhams for the two tickets. So the reason being there was not a financial issue or burden for anyone.

All the Indian winners hail from Kerala. While Kalathil is a salaried executive in an office in Jumeirah Lakes Towers here, the others in the group have low-paid jobs.

All the Indian Winners From Kerala, and while Kalathil is a Salaried EXecutive worker in an office in Jumeirah Lakes Tower, the others in the group have low paid jobs and this lottery prize will offer a new life to him and his friends. Because they don’t earn too much, and due to the outbreak during the coronavirus, most of them were on their way back to Kerala, however, this one is the unexpected lottery, For him. He will be able to clear his debt and save for the Education of his two sons as well, The Kannur Native said.

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The other Indians Also hit Jackpot In this Big Ticket Contest, But a smaller amount.

However, on the other hand, Sanjiva Thevaindra and Adul Sathar Kadapuram From India, Mubashar Azmatullah From Pakistan, and Jhoan Anavarro From the Philippines were joint second place winners of the Raffle draw, they won the prize money of 1,00,000 dirhams which is approx to Rs20.3 lakh.