Dubai driver in debt wins luxury car with ticket bought by Indian boss

  DUBAI - An Indian driver who was in debt of 400,000 rupees got an unexpected windfall after his employer in Dubai bought him tickets to the Dubai Shopping Festival Infiniti draw that won the top prize. Praveen Manghnani, an Indian expatriate, said he bought the ticket for his driver "for some good luck". Manghani said that his employee was in debt of 400,000 Indian rupees after the latter took a loan to fix his monsoon-damaged house in Lucknow, India. The kind-hearted employer said that when his driver told him about his financial situation only in January, he offered help to ease the burden: "I agreed to give him an interest free loan to help him save some money." But the act of goodwill didn't stop there. "Later that day, we were driving somewhere and stopped to get petrol. While we were there, I decided to buy a DSF INFINITI raffle ticket in his name for some good luck, and the next day he got a phone call telling him he’d won. This incredible prize was nearly the exact equivalent to the 400,000 Indian Rupees loan he had taken out in August. It was a miracle – thank you DSF!” Manghani said. The winner of the daily Infiniti raffle draw gets an Infiniti QX50 and Dh150,000 cash. The cash prize goes up to Dh500,000 on the grand draw. Four more people have won prizes in the ongoing Dubai Shopping Festival. In the daily gold draw from Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group, shoppers Anish Nadarajan, Amit Pandit, Mohammed Lokman Hakim and Eneesha Shamgith won a quarter kilo grams of gold each, while Parikrama, who goes by one name, won Dh20,000 as part of the DSF INFINITI weekly prizes. Nadarajan, a father of two from India, said he will spend his prize money on his daughters' education. "All I want is to give my two beautiful children a great education, and this prize has helped make this possible," he said. Pandit from India said: “After a challenging 2018, I couldn’t have asked for a better start to the year – it was genuinely one of the best phone calls I have ever received. I plan to keep the gold coin safe for my two-year old daughter, Aadhya, in hopes that one day this will bring her many joyful moments and a bright future. My daughter and this prize are the two best things that have ever happened to me." Hakim from Bangladesh said he plans to use the gold to help his family, colleagues and neighbours in Dubai and abroad. "I have already sent a portion of it to my family in Bangladesh to support them and the other families around them,” he added. Shamgith, a mother from India, said she and her husband have put her winnings in their daughter’s name "as an investment for her future". These shoppers are just a handful of the many winners so far, and with six winners a day, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone to win incredible prizes.

How you can win big this DSF

INFINITI Mega Raffle Shoppers can enter the INFINITI Mega Raffle for a chance to win a QX50 and a life-changing mega prize of Dh500,000 in cash. Raffle tickets can be purchased for just Dh200 from EPPCO and ENOC petrol stations, Global Village, ZOOM and metro stations across the city. The winners are announced at the raffle draw ceremony at Global Village that telecasts live from 10:30pm to 11:20pm daily on Sama Dubai TV. Dubai Shopping Malls Group Dubai Shopping Malls Group gives everyone more reasons to shop this DSF with cash prizes worth a combined Dh1 million up for grabs for those who spend over Dh200 at participating malls. Selected shoppers can take part in a ‘Spin the Wheel’ activation every Saturday until February 2 at the Global Village and win cash prizes. Dubai Gold & Jewellery Group Dubai Gold & Jewellery group (DGJG) offers shoppers chances to win a grand total of 32 kilos of gold, five BMW cars, six 100-gram bars of gold and six Samsung 65 inch UHD Smart Curve TVs during DSF. Customers who spend more than Dh500 on gold purchases are given a raffle coupon to enter into a daily draw to win ¼ kilo of gold each per day (one kilo of gold given away each day). Running until February 1, six shoppers are chosen daily to win a 100-gram gold bar and Samsung TV. On the final day of DSF, one lucky shopper will win a grand prize of one kilo of gold. Those shopping for diamonds will be eligible for entry into a weekly raffle draw to drive away a BMW car. GAD/Expat 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