Two groups of Indians win $1 million each in Dubai Duty Free draw

He will now share the $1 million with nine of his colleagues, who also contributed to the ticket’s cost of AED 1000 (Rs 24,000). According to Pailybabu, he and his colleagues have been regularly participating in Dubai Duty Free promotions, taking turns to put their names on the tickets.

With his newfound fortune, Pailybabu, a father of two, said, he would “probably go back to Kerala and start a small business.”

Group of four turns millionaires

Another group of Indians also became millionaires on Wednesday’s Dubai Duty Free draw. Gopi Devarajan, a 46-year-old from Tamil Nadu, won in Millennium Millionaire Series 514 with ticket number 1978, purchased online on August 14. Devarajan, a manager at a hospital in Sharjah, shared the ticket with three colleagues.

According to Devarajan, who has been a regular participant in the Dubai Duty Free draw since 2009, he and his three colleagues have been sharing the cost of the tickets for the past seven years.

Devarajan, who described his win as “unbelievable,” said, “I will definitely save this for my children’s education. I may also buy a house and start a small business.”

258 Indian millionaires since 1999

Pailybabu and Devarajan are the 257th and 258th Indian nationals, respectively, who won $1 million in the Millennium Millionaire promotion since its inception in 1999.

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