How Indian found out he won Dh25m in Big Ticket

Saravanan Venkatachalam, a 44-year-old Indian electrical engineer from Chennai, was at work when Big Ticket hosts Richard and Bouchra called him with life-changing news.

- BY ASHWANI KUMAR Chief Reporter

His phone, however, was on silent, and he missed the calls. He didn't return the missed calls later, feeling it was unsafe to call back an unknown number. It was only when his wife and friends started calling incessantly that the news sank in: He had hit the Dh25 million