Indian expat who moved to Dubai on Dh600 salary wins Dh12m in Abu Dhabi draw

The 39-year-old said:  “I have been purchasing a Big Ticket on my own since the start of December 2018. My family has been very supportive and always believed that one day I would strike big and become a millionaire.”

Mohammed Sameer Alan, an Indian expat working in Dubai has won Dh12 million in a Big Ticket draw held in Abu Dhabi, a report in the Khaleej Times says.

The 39-year-old said:  “I have been purchasing a Big Ticket on my own since the start of December 2018. My family has been very supportive and always believed that one day I would strike big and become a millionaire.”

He had purchased his Dh12 million winning ticket number 192202 of Series 237 on February 27.

“I always wait for my salary to be credited to buy a ticket. My payday is 26 or 27 of every month. Also, 2 is my lucky number. This ticket had lots of 2s in it.”

He plans to start a new business in Dubai and back in his home in Deoria,Uttar Pradesh.

“I will split my investment here and in UP. I will bring my family here. I will show them the place I have been living here in the past 18 years.”

Alan won’t be buying tickets now and wishes to give others an opportunity to win.

“I always wait for my salary to be credited to buy a ticket. My payday is 26 or 27 of every month. Also, 2 is my lucky number. This ticket had lots of 2s in it.”

He said “I have a large family. My father was a rickshaw driver. He raised us by earnings from driving a rickshaw. We were not financially well off. Seeking to transform our fortunes, I came to Dubai in February 2004. I started with a salary of Dh600. Over the years, I learnt and improved my skills. Currently I work as a technician for automatic sliding doors and earn Dh3,300,” said Alan, who hails from Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh.

 “I was watching the draw live, but work came up and I missed the show after the name of the fifth winner was announced. But my wife was watching it live back home in UP.”

“All are happy. We are all now waiting to get hold of the cheque”, he added

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