Indian who bought raffle ticket over 100 times wins Dh10m on his birthday

Abu Dhabi - He has been participating in the raffle for almost 18 years.

Four days after he won Dh10 million at the Big Ticket raffle in Abu Dhabi, Indian expat Ravindra Boloor has finally spoken up about the massive windfall.
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Boloor had been unreachable on both his UAE and India numbers since he was announced the winner of the bumper prize. This spawned the hashtag #FindRavi after Richard, the man who conducts the raffle at Abu Dhabi airport, made a special appeal to find out Ravi's whereabouts.
According to earlier reports in Khaleej Times, his friends and family in the UAE said that Ravi, who has been working in the UAE for 30 years, is currently in Mumbai, India. He is scheduled to return to Abu Dhabi on April 27.
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While awaiting his return Big Ticket shared Ravi's thoughts on winning the raffle.
In a post on Instagram, Big Ticket congratulated Ravi and shared the story of how he has continued to participate in the raffle for almost 18 years. In those 18 years, Ravi has entered the raffle over a hundred times!
Speaking to Big Ticket officials, Ravi said that he was on his way to a temple when his friends called him to share the amazing news. "My friends called me saying they got a call from my daughter that I am the winner," he said. Ravi sees the win as a blessing because it was also his birthday.

 

 

 

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