Dubai: Emirati Hazza Slayem Alderei is now richer by Dh1 million after winning the grand prize in Al Ansari Exchange’s summer promotion draw, which was held on Tuesday.
Alderei, who qualified to join the draw after making a remittance of Dh300 from the Al Ansari Exchange branch located on Khalifa Street in Abu Dhabi, is the eighth millionaire of the company’s annual promotions.
In January this year, Nina Elmina Sanchez from the Philippines had won Dh1 million in the Winter 2020 draw. Prior to that, in 2019, Bangladeshi expatriate Abdullah Al Arafat Mohammed Mohsin had won the Dh1 million jackpot, while compatriots Al Dizon Banzil and Gina Realuyo Soriano registered back-to-back wins for Filipinos in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
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An Indian homemaker in Qatar won Dh15 million in the Abu Dhabi Big Ticket with a raffle ticket she did not even remember buying.
Thasleena Puthiya Puryail, 40,
has three children, aged between one and 21 years old. Her husband is an entrepreneur who runs restaurants.
Her winning ticket number was 291310 and was drawn during a live stream on social media, with tens of thousands of people watching. Ms Puryail s name was announced during a social media live stream on Wednesday. Courtesy: Abu Dhabi Big Ticket
âI wasnât even watching the live stream. This was the first time I bought a ticket and I completely forgot about it,â she told
A lavish start to the year Filed on January 26, 2021
Nina Elmina Sanchez becomes Al Ansari Exchange s seventh millionaire after sending just over Dh100 back home.
Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, named the seventh millionaire during a live draw for their Winter Promotion 2020, the latest edition of one of the biggest cash rewards in the industry.
The lucky winner, Nina Elmina Sanchez, is a 32-year-old from the Philippines, working as a guest service agent in a hotel. She became a millionaire after transferring Dh186 to support her father back home. Akhil Mohan Kumar was also announced as the winner of a brand new Lexus, and Nirmal Kumar Bishan and Jitendra Pandey each won half a kilogramme of gold.
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A single mother from the Philippines who scooped Dh1 million in a raffle draw in Dubai will continue working as a hotel receptionist despite her new-found fortune.
Nina Elmina Sanchez, 32, said she is still drawing up plans on “how to spend the money wisely” and will keep her job, from which she earns about Dh2,000 per month.
Last week, Ms Sanchez struck it lucky with a raffle draw by Al Ansari Exchange, after sending Dh186 to her father back home. Now she is Dh1 million richer.
I’m not materialistic and I don’t plan on going shopping for myself. I’m determined to make my family’s life better
‘Did I exchange a fake dollar?’
“Actually, I thought it (winning Dh1m) was just a prank and I was not even able to answer the first call from Al Ansari at around 1pm on Tuesday,” Sanchez told Gulf News, adding: “I was at the company accommodation and a colleague (hotel concierge) told me that a staff from Al Ansari called and was looking for me. I had no idea why the first thing that came into my mind was: ‘Did I exchange a fake dollar?’
“Al Ansari staff called me back and the guy on the other end slowly and gently explained to me that I just won a whopping Dh1m. I was totally overwhelmed and the good news did not sink in immediately. I was also not aware that the draw was on that day and I did not check it on social media,” she added.