Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise Draw was held at Dubai International Airport yesterday. This includes an Emirati and an Indian in the growing list of dollar millionaires.
Sayed Mohammed Youssef, a 47-year-old Emirati resident of Dubai, bought the lottery ticket on July 17 on his way to Casablanca, Morocco. He has won USD 1 million in Millennium Millionaire Series 469 with lottery ticket number 4399 purchased by him.
Yusuf deals in real estate and building materials in Dubai. He has been involved in the promotion of Dubai Duty Free for the past five years. In this case, he has won 8 crore 37 lakh 46 thousand 750 rupees in one million US dollars i.e. Indian rupees (8,37,46,750).
He talked about winning the jackpot and said that he is very thankful to Dubai Duty Free for giving this wonderful information. Yusuf is the 15th Emirati national to hit the Millennium Millionaire jackpot since 1999. Similarly Vidhi Gurnani, an Indian national in Dubai has also won one million USD.
On 9th July he bought a ticket from Dubai to Mumbai. This is not the first time an Indian has won the jackpot in the Dubai Duty Free Lottery. They have won many times before. Dubai Duty Free Managing Director Ramesh Siddhampi and Deputy Managing Director Salah Tahlak conducted the draw. The Millennium Millionaire draw was followed by the Finest Surprise draw for four luxury vehicles.