DDF finds two millionaires plus 2 car and bike winners

By Doug Newhouse |

DDF June 2017 Finest Surprise DrawDubai Duty Free (DDF) found its latest two dollar millionaires in its Millennium Millionaire Promotion with its Series no. 244 and Series no. 245 drawn in Dubai International Airport’s Concourse B this month.

 

The first lucky winner with ticket number 4625 was Indian national Arjun Harish Nayaka, who lives in Sharjah and works for the WSP Engineering Consultancy in Dubai.

 

He said: “It’s a truly memorable day for me and my family and I can’t wait to share the news with my wife and son who are coming back to Dubai after a short holiday in India. We will be delighted to meet the Dubai Duty Free team who made this happen.”

 

DDF June 2017 Mil Millionaire Draw Series 244

The latest Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw was conducted by Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of Dubai Duty Free (2nd from right), Salah Tahlak, Executive VP – Corporate Services (far right), Nic Bruwer, EVP – Commercial (far left) and Sinead El Sibai, SVP – Marketing (near left).

The other lucky big money winner was Mr Vijayaram P.K, a 46-year-old Indian national and engineer at Al Futtaim Carillion, who won a million dollars in Series 245 with ticket number 2294.

 

FOUR BIG WINNERS

No sooner were these numbers drawn than it was also time for DDF’s Finest Surprise Draw where Mr Saadi Al Rais, a UAE National living in Dubai chalked up his third win with DDF when ticket number 0291 was drawn, winning him the latest Audi A8L 3.0 luxury car in Series number 1655.

 

Mr Al Rais previously won a BMW 750Li back in 1996 and in December 2004 he won the big one when he scooped the US$1m DDF Millennium Millionaire prize.

 

Finest Surprise Draw big June 2017

The Finest Surprise draw was conducted by Colm McLoughlin (centre), Salah Tahlak (right) and Nic Bruwer (left).

 

Commenting on this extraordinary luck, Colm McLoughlin, DDF’s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO said: “Congratulations to Mr. Al Rais on his latest win. I have no doubt that he is a great supporter of DDF and our promotions and look forward to presenting him with the keys to his Audi A8L very soon.”

 

Yet another winner was also recently announced in the DDF Finest Surprise Promotion when Ms Dana Beydoun, a Canadian national living in Dubai won a brand new BMW S1000 RR motorbike in Series 306 with ticket number 0731.

 

 

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