Dubai: A Keralite working in the UAE and five of his friends have won a whopping dirham 12 million (approximately Rs 23 crore) in a monthly raffle.
Thodupuzha native George Mathew, who purchased ticket number 175342 at Big Ticket Abu Dhabi, was announced as the winner of the bumper prize on Monday, reported the Khaleej Times.
Mathew, who lives in Ajman, works as a production officer at the printing press of Gulf News.
Six other Indians, including four Keralites, also won prizes of the same lottery. Sulfiquer Ali, Palassery, won dirham 1 lkah while Joseph Francis Kaitharath won dirham 80,000. Abdul Salil Chirakkandathil bagged a prize of dirham 70,000 and one Omanakuttan Nair dirham 50,000.
Several Indians living in the UAE have won lottery in the recent times.
Tajo Mathew, 30, from Kerala, had hit a jackpot by winning a whopping $1.9 million in a monthly raffle in July this year.
Earlier, John Varghese, a Keralite driver in Dubai, had won dirham 12 million in a raffle draw in Abu Dhabi in April.
In January, Alappuzha native Harikrishnan in the UAE had won a dirham 12 million in the biggest-ever raffle prize money in Abu Dhabi.
