Expat wins Dh100,000 twice in first two UAE Lottery plays

El Ghaoui predicted his second win when he won the first time on September 6

- BY SAJILA SASEENDRAN Chief Reporter

A Lebanese expat has defied the odds by winning Dh100,000 not once, but twice in the September draws — and that too in his first two attempts at playing the UAE Lottery.

Anthony El Ghaoui, 35, is now awaiting the results of his third draw. “T’ve already entered the next draw, which will be my third time,” El Ghaoui told Gulf News in an exclusive interview.

After collecting his first prize in the September 6 draw, El Ghaoui made an ambitious statement during his interview with the UAE Lottery team that would prove prophetic.

“I told the UAE Lottery team, ‘Tll be sitting with you again at the next award ceremony’ ,” recalled El Ghaoui, who has been a UAE resident for six years.

And he did exactly that after the September 20 draw.

Both wins unfolded in an identical fashionn. He did not watch the live draw, preferring instead to log into his account on Sunday morning for what he called “the surprise”.