Filipina wins Dh1 million in Abu Dhabi draw

  DUBAI – A Filipino expatriate in Abu Dhabi became a millionaire overnight after she won the recent Big Ticket Draw at the Abu Dhabi International Airport. Leilani Quijano del Rosario, 47, was also the only woman among 10 people who bagged Dh1 million each in Thursday’s draw. The Big Ticket Millionaire is the longest-running monthly raffle draw in Abu Dhabi, with each ticket costing Dh500. Anyone buying two tickets get the third one free. Del Rosario, who has lived in Abu Dhabi for the past 14 years, said her win was “unexpected” since she has regularly bought tickets for the draw. This isn’t the first time Del Rosario has gotten lucky in a raffle draw, however. She said that she also won a Volkswagen Touareg in a mall raffle draw two years ago. The Abu Dhabi-based nurse said that she will be sharing the prize with 15 friends, but that Dh200,000 will be her share of the prize money. She said that part of prize money would be used to pay off her loan in the Philippines and to pay for the education and living expenses of her three children. ICA/Expat Media ALSO READ: Indian expat who bought ticket for 10 years hits Dh1 million jackpot in Abu Dhabi

List of winners

Leilani Quijano Del Rosario, Philippines Sayef Ali, Canada Abhaya Kumar Vennarathil Krishnan, India Muthukumar Sanjeevi, India Sundaran Nalamkandathil, India Sameet Tinore, India Chandresh Motivaras, India Kishore Kumar Reddy Beesireddygari, India Afsar Pasha Ali, India Sharafudheen Tharakkaveetil Sainudhee, IndiaJTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyJTJGJTJGcGFnZWFkMi5nb29nbGVzeW5kaWNhdGlvbi5jb20lMkZwYWdlYWQlMkZqcyUyRmFkc2J5Z29vZ2xlLmpzJTIyJTIwYXN5bmMlM0QlMjIlMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0UlMEElMjAlM0MlMjEtLSUyMGluLWFydGljbGUlMjBhZCUyMC0tJTNFJTBBJTIwJTNDaW5zJTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJhZHNieWdvb2dsZSUyMiUyMHN0eWxlJTNEJTIyZGlzcGxheSUzQSUyMGJsb2NrJTNCJTIyJTIwZGF0YS1hZC1jbGllbnQlM0QlMjJjYS1wdWItNTAwNjI0MTU4MzU4MTg0OSUyMiUyMGRhdGEtYWQtc2xvdCUzRCUyMjg1MjYwOTM2MTElMjIlMjBkYXRhLWFkLWZvcm1hdCUzRCUyMmF1dG8lMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZpbnMlM0UlMEElM0NzY3JpcHQlM0UlMkYlMkYlMjAlM0MlMjElNUJDREFUQSU1QiUwQSUyOGFkc2J5Z29vZ2xlJTIwJTNEJTIwd2luZG93LmFkc2J5Z29vZ2xlJTIwJTdDJTdDJTIwJTVCJTVEJTI5LnB1c2glMjglN0IlN0QlMjklM0IlMEElMkYlMkYlMjAlNUQlNUQlM0UlM0MlMkZzY3JpcHQlM0UlMEE=