After years of waiting and trying luck, a 26-year-old Pakistani Dubai resident Khaliq Dad, has won a lottery worth over Dirham 700,000 at the inaugural draw of UAE’s newest raffle draw few weeks before his birthday.
Khaliq selected his own 7 digits for the draw and he couldn’t believe his eyes when 6 out of 7 digits on his ticket matched those of the winning sequence.
He has been residing in UAE for the last 8 years and had been trying his luck for a long time but couldn’t succeed.
Interestingly, the Dubai resident has been fortunate to avail the lucky draw in that phase of life when two other big moments are coming his way.
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Firstly, Khaliq’s win is an early birthday present as he is turning 27 in less than 2 weeks.
Secondly, the couple is expecting their first child in 2 months.
The marketing professional said, ‘I haven’t made any plans for the money yet, but intends to use a portion of the windfall to bring his family to the UAE”.
Further, he added that he was astounded to see an email from Emirates Draw, which hosted the raffle on Saturday.
“I was jumping with joy and immediately went on the official website to check the results”, he said.
Besides Khaliq, 2 other participants matched 5 out of 7 digits, and won Dirham 77,777 each, while 20 entrants matched 4 out of 7 digits.