Keralite wins $1m again in Dubai Duty Free draw

DUBAI: A lucky expatriate from Kerala has joined the list of US$1 million winners who doubled their luck and won the promotion twice when the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draws were held on Wednesday in Concourse A of Dubai International Airport.

Sree Sunil Sreedharan, a 55-year-old Indian national based in Dubai, became the 8th person to win the Millennium Millionaire promotion twice when his ticket number 1938 in Millennium Millionaire Series 388, which he purchased online on 10th April, was drawn.

Sreedharan previously won a US$1 million in Millennium Millionaire Series 310 with ticket number 4638 in September 2019. Incredibly, he also won a Range Rover HSE 360PS (Fuji White) car in Finest Surprise Series 1746 with ticket number 1293 in February 2020. A regular participant to Dubai Duty Free promotions for more than 20 years, Sreedharan, who used to work as an estimation manager for a company in Abu Dhabi, now runs his own online trading business in Dubai.

“Thank you Dubai Duty Free for making me a second time winner of US$1 million. I’m encouraging everyone to participate in this amazing promotion and be patient. I am certainly a proof of that!” he said.

Sreedharan is also the 188th Indian national to have won US$1 million since the start of the Millennium Millionaire promotion in 1999.

The Millennium Millionaire draw was conducted by Dubai Duty Free’s Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi, Salah Tahlak, Executive Vice President - Corporate Services, Sinead El Sibai, SVP – Marketing, Mona Al Ali, SVP – Human Resources, Michael Schmidt, SVP – Retail and Zayed Al Shebli, SVP - Loss Prevention and Corporate Security.

Following the Millennium Millionaire draw, the Finest Surprise draw was conducted for two luxury vehicles.

Rashid Al Mutawaa, a 41-year-old Emirati national based in Dubai, won a BMW 750Li xdrive M Sport (Mineral White Metallic) car.

Purushothaman Pachairaj, a 61-year-old Indian national from Chennai, India won a BMW R 1250 RS (Imperial Blue Metallic) motorbike.