A nine-year-old Indian girl on Tuesday won $1 million jackpot in Dubai Duty-Free’s Millennium Millionaire – six years after winning a luxury car in the same raffle.
According to the Khaleej Times report, Eliza M, a grade school student, won the jackpot with ticket No.0333. Her father, identified as M. from Mumbai and a resident of Dubai for 19 years, said that he was a regular participant in the Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire promotion since 2004.
With 9 as his lucky number, he decided to buy ticket No. 0333 online under his daughter’s name, Eliza, the paper said.
Earlier too the girl stood as 140th Indian national for winning a million dollars in the Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire promotion in 2013 since its inception in 1999 thus making it certain that the girl is no newcomer to winning Dubai Duty-Free promotions.
“I have been buying tickets for the $1 million promotion since Series 43, and in fact, I have kept that ticket all this time. I never missed buying a ticket for every series including the Double and Multi-Millionaire Promotions,” the girl’s father said.
Following the draw, two more winners were announced in Dubai Duty-Free’s Finest Surprise Promotion, each winning a luxury motorbike.
The 23-year-old Indian national Mohammad Haneef Adam, residing in Dubai, won an Indian Scout Bobber. A resident of Dubai for 20 years, Adam currently works in Sharjah.
