Another Indian wins whopping Rs. 18.66cr Abu Dhabi Raffle

Mangaloretoday News Network

UAE, August 5, 2018: Indians continue to enjoy good luck at the UAE’s popular raffle draw as a Keralite hit the jackpot by winning an eye-popping 10 million AED (Rs. 18.66cr) today.

Vazhappallil Yohannan Simon won the whopping amount at the Big Ticket raffle draw held at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

"Since this is for real, I am very happy," said Simon, who had purchased his ticket online.

Fact: 9 out of 10 top winners are Indians

As organizers called Simon to congratulate him, he thought it was a prank, Khaleej Times reported. Apart from one Syrian national, rest of the winners in the top 10 list are all Indians.

Luck: Indian nationals in Middle-East seem to have all the luck

Indian nationals continue to rule the roost at the Big Ticket raffle draw in the Middle Eastern country.

Kuwait-based Sandeep Menon won $1mn (Rs. 6.85cr) in the draw late last month.

Earlier last month, a 30-year-old Indian had won $1.9mn (Rs. 13cr) in a monthly raffle in the UAE, hours before he was set to leave the country for good.

Money money money!!: Keralite won the biggest-ever raffle prize money in January

John Varughese, an Indian driver from Kerala, had won 12mn AED (Rs. 22.36cr) in the raffle draw in April.

In January, another Keralite had won 12mn AED in the biggest-ever raffle prize money.

Eight Indians were among the 10 people who had won 1mn AED each in a mega raffle draw in Abu Dhabi in October last year.