An Indian citizen living in Ajman has won $1 million in the Dubai Duty Free draw, on a ticket he bought online with a group of friends.
Jijo Pulikkathodi couldn’t quite believe it when the call came in at 11.30am on Wednesday. Neither did the 17 friends he shares a ticket with. The first thing the group did wasn’t celebrate – they double-checked with The National that the ticket number 4891 actually matched the number Dubai Duty Free had just announced.
Mr Pulikkathodi was too stunned to speak, so he passed the phone to his friend and…
