29 November 2006
Tickets for the first day of the DSF Daily Lexus Mega Raffle Draw, offering two luxurious cars and Dh100,000 cash totalling Dh 25 million plus chance to participate in additional fortnightly draws of Dh 3million, generates a flurry of interest.

DSF office announced the commencing of the Tickets sales for its highly awaited Daily Lexus Mega Raffle Draw with a total of prizes worth more than Dh 25 million. A large number of people flocked to the booths as the tickets were made available to the public on the morning of 25th of November in over 45 Eppco-Enoc petrol stations and 9 other prime locations in Duabi.

The first daily draw on the two luxurious cars, an ES350 and an LX470 in addition to Dh100,000 cash totalling up to almost half a million dirhams for one winner, will take place on the 20th of December, while the first fortnight draw, that will include all the sold tickets of the previous 2 weeks, will be held on January 4, 2007 when the Dh 1.5 million will be bagged by 15 winners, followed by another one on January 18 giving away Dh1 million to 10 winners and Dh 500,000 to five winners on the final day of DSF on February 2.

Tickets can be bought from over 45 Eppco/Enoc petrol stations scattered throughout the city as well as kiosks at various shopping malls such as Deira City Centre, Al Ghurair City, Mall of the Emirates, Ibn Battuta Mall, Dubai Festival City, Gold Souq, Al Fahidi Street, Naif and Baniyas Streets and will soon be available at Madinat Jumeirah, BurJuman, Global Village, Night Souq and Al Seef Street.

Ibrahim Saleh, COO, DSF, said: "The Lexus Mega Raffle Draw has always been a major attraction for all people, inside and outside the UAE, this year is no different. The new scheme structure has left a positive impact on ticket sales from the very first days".

Tickets for the Daily Lexus Mega Raffle Draw are priced at Dh200 and each lot has 5,000 tickets hence the chance of winning is higher. Saleh Explaind: "buyers are aware that their odds of wining are higher in the first 2 weeks. Apart from the daily draw prizes, they will have a chance to be one of the lucky Dh 100.000 fifteen winners on the first fortnight draw for Dh 1.5 million, which gives their ticket a total of 16 chances of wining".

The first draw will coincide with the opening day of DSF and the daily draws will be aired live from the Global Village stage on Sama Dubai TV at 9pm.

The combined edition of DSF 2006-2007 will run from December 20, 2006 to February 2, 2007. The 45 days of family fun, entertainment and shopping frenzy will offer retrospective glimpses of the 10 previous editions combining the best of the best and promises to be even bigger and better.

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