Man buys last ticket, wins 6.5crore at Dubai Duty Free raffle

Man buys last ticket, wins 6.5crore at Dubai Duty Free raffle

Man became $1 million richer after his ticket won the raffle at Dubai Duty Free on Tuesday.

Jeremy K, from Perth,an Australian national was travelling to Brazil on a vacation when he purchased the only available ticket from the counter — ticket no. 2380 of series 258.

“Thank you very much Dubai Duty Free for running this amazing competition, you have made my day special and something to remember for life,” said Jeremy K, a 38-year old business development manager for an IT company.

“I was travelling to Brazil for a holiday when I bought the only available ticket from the Finest Surprise counter, and it must have been my lucky day and I am very delighted I went for it.”

An Italian national, Alberto Stringl, won the BMW R Nine T Scrambler (Monolith Metallic Matt) in Series 320 with ticket no. 0046.

Stringl, a 45-year-old father of one from Vercelli, Italy, is a regular participant of the Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise promotion and buys a ticket whenever he visits Dubai. However, for the first time, he bought eight tickets online for this particular series and said: “I’m very excited and happy that I won, and I thank Dubai Duty Free for this incredible good news.”

Stringl, who works as a sales area manager for a ceramic company, is currently in Dubai on business.

Another winner to take home a stylish motorbike BMW R Nine T Urban (Lightwhite) is David Kingen, who bought his ticket no. 0031 in Series 321.