Dubai: Another Indian in the UAE has hit a jackpot by winning a whopping 10 million dirham in a raffle in Abu Dhabi, the latest addition to the long list of lucky winners from India.
Dickson Kattithara Abraham, who is a Keralite, had purchased the ticket in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi, Khaleej Times reported. Abraham is currently living in Nigeria.
The 10 million dirham (Rs 18,22,25,000) prize was announced at the Abu Dhabi International Airport's arrival hall this morning, the report said.
Among nine other winners, five are Indians, three Pakistanis and one from the UAE, it said. Another Keralite, Raghavan Sudarshan, also won a Land Rover in the raffle.
However, their identities are not revealed yet.
Big Ticket Abu Dhabi is a long-running and extremely popular prize draw hosted at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
In April, an Indian driver in Dubai had won a whopping 12 million dirham in a raffle draw in Abu Dhabi. In January, another Indian in the UAE had won 12 million dirham in the biggest-ever raffle prize money in Abu Dhabi.
Eight Indians were among the 10 people who had won 1 million dirham each in a mega raffle draw in Abu Dhabi in October last year.
