Indian expat wins Dh12 million in Abu Dhabi Big Ticket raffle

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Indian expat wins Dh12 million in Abu Dhabi Big Ticket raffle

Abu Dhabi - This was the Abu Dhabi-based woman's first ever raffle win.

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Published: Thu 4 Jul 2019, 8:30 PM

Last updated: Sun 16 Aug 2020, 5:45 PM

An Indian woman, Sopna Nair, won the Dh12 million prize at the Big Ticket raffle in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
She bought the ticket number 217892 on June 9, 2019.
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Sopna Nair, who hails from Kollam in Kerala, has been living in UAE since December 2010 with her family. Her husband is from Trivandrum, also in Kerala.
Sopna, who bought the ticket alone, said she had purchased the ticket randomly.
She said that this was her first ever raffle win and was grateful for it, when the organisers called her.
The second price, Dh100,000 was won by a Pakistan expat, Syed Shahzad Ali, with ticket number 212037.
hansraj mukesh bhatia, with ticket number 001417, from India, was declared the proud owner of the new BMW series 07.
?Indian national, Jose Andre Gomes Andre Santan Pereira Gomes , with ticket number 078327, won Dh90,000 while Suresh Edavana , also Indian, with a ticket number, 165219 won Dh80,000.
Mathew Varghese , Indian, with ticket number 164381 , won the Dh70,000 prize.
Other expats who won cash prizes include; Radha Krishna Kesani, Indian, with ticket number 193662, won the Dh60,000 prize while Nikhat Shabana , also an Indian with ticket number 169798 won Dh50,000.


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