Indian wins grand prize of AED 1,000,000; UAE national claims 4th prize of AED 70,000
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi Duty Free's Big Ticket monthly raffle draw has once again changed the lives of 15 people last month as the winners of its latest June 2007 draw saw yet another millionaire named as its newest grand prize winner.
Muhd Ashraf Vakkadavala became the lucky million dirham winner after his lucky ticket numbered 3619 was drawn having purchased the ticket on his departure flight to India with Etihad Airways. Vakkadavala is married with two children and has been a heavy vehicle driver of Al Mansouri Engineering Company for eight years.
UAE national, Yahya Abdulla Ahmed Saleh Jaayool with lucky ticket number 0444 has won the Dhs. 70,000 4th prize after buying the ticket online. Jaayool works for ADNOC Insurance and Safety Department and is married with two children.
The rest of the winners are: Gopakumaran Nair Gopala Pillai, Indian (2nd prize); Narikkoden Muhammad Rafeek, Indian (3rd prize); Mohamed Ijaz, Pakistani (5th prize); Maire Jean Claude Souce Davousse, Indian (6th prize); Horst Huettenreiter, German (8th prize); Omar I. M. Ibrahim, Afghan (9th prize); Mohamed Saleem Sajid, Pakistani (10th prize); Rajan Nagaraja Koppa Shivaram, Indian (11th prize); Tamous Bechara Akl-El Khoury, Lebanese (12th prize); Haris Chalapatil, Indian (13th prize); Mohamed Alhajri, Saudi (14th prize); Mohamed Nasouh Hakemi, Syrian (15th prize).
The 'Big Ticket' raffle draw is held every month with customers able to purchase their tickets in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain International Airports, Ghweifat land-border shop between the UAE and KSA, City Terminal in Abu Dhabi City or on ADDF's website at www.addf.ae.
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Abu Dhabi Duty Free (ADDF)
Established in 1984 with just five shops, Abu Dhabi Duty Free (ADDF) has grown into a multi-award winning travel retail organization and as the second-largest operation in the Middle East maintains the highest average spend per customer of all Middle East Duty Free operations.
From the beginning of 2008, additional retail space will be added at Abu Dhabi International Airport with the new Terminal 3 development - a dedicated terminal for Etihad Airways, the National Airline of the United Arab Emirates. With the growing number of flights and routes coming through Abu Dhabi's airports in the short to medium term, ADDF is set to become one of the fastest growing travel retail environments over the next decade.
ADDF runs a monthly draw "The Big Ticket" - a multi-prize raffle that is open to travellers passing through any of Abu Dhabi's airports and to non-travellers via an online purchase facility or at drop-off points at the airports. With a total prize fund of AED 1,500,000 (USD 407,830) or AED 1,000,000 (USD 271,887) for first prize, tickets are typically priced at AED 500 (USD 135) each.
ADDF services extend across the Emirate with operations at Abu Dhabi International Airport, Al Ain International Airport, and the Ghweifat land-border outlet between the UAE and KSA.
© Press Release 2007
