UAE. Dubai Duty Free has conducted its latest Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draws at Dubai International Airport – creating two new millionaires.
Indian national Dhaneesh Kotharamban, who is 25, and 34-year old Jordanian national Yazan Qaryouti were the newest winners of the ongoing Millennium Millionaire promotion.
Kotharamban bought his first ever ticket in the promotion a few weeks ago while travelling to Kerala for a holiday. A resident of Dubai for a year and a half, he works as an electrician for Craven Electrical Company. “I’ve never thought that I could win this big at such a young age,” he said. “Thank God for this wonderful gift and thank you Dubai Duty Free.”
Qaryouti is based in Sharjah and works as general manager for Sicily International FZE, a marble and granite manufacturing and supplier company. He is a regular participant of the promotion, having purchased around 70 tickets for the past six years. “This is the second happiest moment in my life,” he commented. “The first one of course was when I married my beautiful wife. We can’t wait to visit Dubai Duty Free tomorrow to thank all of you for making this happen.”
Previous Millennium Millionaire winner Prabin Thomas, a 40-year-old Indian national based in Kerala, was flown in from India to receive his US$1million ceremonial cheque (pictured above).
In the Finest Surprise draws, German national Nikolaus Andreas Mueller won an Aston Martin DB11 while Indian national Prabhu Mahalingan, who is based in Dubai, will drive home a BMW S 1000 RR motorbike.
All draws were held in Concourse D Terminal 1 of the airport.
