10 expats from Kerala jointly win $1m in DDF raffle

Some have hinted at plans to resign and return to India, but first, 'we will celebrate,' says one of the winners

- BY SAJILA SASEENDRAN | Chief Reporter

Ten Indian expats from Kerala are celebrating after jointly winning $1 million in the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire draw. While most are still processing the news, a few have hinted at plans to resign and return to India.

The group includes UAE-born Sabish Peroth, 42, a senior operations supervisor at a logistics company in Jebel Ali. Sabish bought the winning ticket number 4296 online on July 4 and shared the cost with nine of his Indian colleagues, an office group that has been participating in the draw for six years.

"We were 20 when we started, but 10 of us stayed on. We have been buying the DDF ticket for six years now," Sabish told Gulf News.