The Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw on January 17, 2024. SUPPLIED

A Saudi lawyer from Jeddah has won the $1 million jackpot in the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw on Wednesday (January 17). Jawaher Alamoudi, 30, won the grand prize with ticket number 3174, which she purchased online last December 20. Alamoudi says she has been participating regularly in the Dubai Duty Free draw. She is the 13th Saudi national to win the $1 million prize. Meanwhile, Russia-based Anna Muradian won a Mercedes Benz S500 with ticket number 1249 in the Finest Surprise Series draw, which she purchased on Christmas day on her way to Moscow. Three other people also won luxury motorcycles in the same draw. Dubai expat Hadkar Nitin Banaji won a BMW R 1250 GS Adventure motorbike with a ticket he bought on his way to Mumbai in India. Banaji has been buying Dubai Duty Free’s ticket since 2017 and has lived in Dubai in the last 12 years. UAE-based Afghan national Mustafa Wali Mohammed won his second luxury motorbike with Dubai Duty Free, won a BMW motorbike with a ticket he bought online on December 23. This is the second time he was won a motorbike, driving home a Harley-Davidson Sportster S after winning the January 3 draw. Nepali participant Padma Bashyal won a BMW S 1000 R motorbike with ticket number 1069 in the same draw. It was the first time for her to buy a ticket.  ICA/Expat Media
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