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SHARE An Indian homemaker in Qatar won Dh15 million in the Abu Dhabi Big Ticket with a raffle ticket she did not even remember buying. Thasleena Puthiya Puryail, 40, has three children, aged between one and 21 years old. Her husband is an entrepreneur who runs restaurants. Her winning ticket number was 291310 and was drawn during a live stream on social media, with tens of thousands of people watching. Ms Puryail's name was announced during a social media live stream on Wednesday. Courtesy: Abu Dhabi Big Ticket   “I wasn’t even watching the live stream. This was the first time...

A lavish start to the year Filed on January 26, 2021 Nina Elmina Sanchez becomes Al Ansari Exchange's seventh millionaire after sending just over Dh100 back home. Al Ansari Exchange, the UAE-based for­eign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, named the seventh millionaire during a live draw for their Winter Promotion 2020, the latest edition of one of the biggest cash rewards in the industry. The lucky winner, Nina Elmina Sanchez, is a 32-year-old from the Philippines, working as a guest service agent in a hotel. She became a mil­lionaire after transferring Dh186 to suppor...

SHARE A single mother from the Philippines who scooped Dh1 million in a raffle draw in Dubai will continue working as a hotel receptionist despite her new-found fortune. Nina Elmina Sanchez, 32, said she is still drawing up plans on “how to spend the money wisely” and will keep her job, from which she earns about Dh2,000 per month. Last week, Ms Sanchez struck it lucky with a raffle draw by Al Ansari Exchange, after sending Dh186 to her father back home. Now she is Dh1 million richer. I’m not materialistic and I don’t plan on going shopping for myself. I’m determined to make my fami...

‘Did I exchange a fake dollar?’ “Actually, I thought it (winning Dh1m) was just a prank and I was not even able to answer the first call from Al Ansari at around 1pm on Tuesday,” Sanchez told Gulf News, adding: “I was at the company accommodation and a colleague (hotel concierge) told me that a staff from Al Ansari called and was looking for me. I had no idea why — the first thing that came into my mind was: ‘Did I exchange a fake dollar?’ “Al Ansari staff called me back and the guy on the other end slowly and gently explained to me that I just won a whopping Dh1m. I was tot...

Filipina wins Dhs1 million in Dubai after sending Dhs186 to her father back home 12 Jan 2021 Gulf Today Report The UAE-based foreign exchange and worldwide money transfer company, Al Ansari Exchange, announced the seventh millionaire during a live draw in Dubai for their 2020 Winter Promotion, the latest edition of the biggest cash reward in the industry.   The lucky winner Nina Elmina Sanchez, 32-year-old, from the Philippines working as a guest service agent in a hotel, became a millionaire after transferring Dhs186 to support her father back home. Sanchez, the grand prize w...