For Punjab’s Payal, a simple anniversary present from her husband turned out to be an actual lottery after she won a $1 million prize at the Dubai Duty-Free Millennium draw.

Payal purchased the winning ticket online on May 3 with the money her husband gave her as a gift on their 16th wedding anniversary. She said that she chose ticket number 3337 because it had the most number 3s in it

“The money I used to buy the winning ticket came from my husband (Harnek Singh), who gifted me Dh1,000 on our 16th wedding anniversary on April 20. I thought of buying a DDF ticket online with the money, and I picked the ticket with most number 3s in it,” the Khaleej Times quoted Payal as saying.

Payal also mentioned that she has been buying Dubai Duty-Free tickets for the past 12 years. She usually bought them while travelling, alternating the names on the tickets with her husband’s and children’s names.

”I used to buy DDF lottery tickets once or twice a year at the airport, but last time I made an exception by buying a ticket online for the first time. This cash gift from my husband has made us millionaires,” she added.

About how the couple plans to spend the money they won at the lottery, Payal said she and her husband will use the amount to prioritise their children’s education, help her brother in Australia, and contribute to charitable work in their Punjabi community.

123bet： With this, Payal became the 229th Indian national to win the Millennium Millionaire promotion.

The Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire Promotion, which was launched in 1999, offers 5,000 ticket holders the chance to win $1 million. Indian nationals make up the largest group of Dubai Duty-Free Millennium Millionaire ticket buyers, according to DDF organisers.

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