{"id":58959,"date":"2024-04-19T12:33:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T08:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=58959"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:38:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T08:38:34","slug":"croatian-and-indian-nationals-win-us1-million-each-in-dubai-duty-free-millennium-millionaire-promotion-4-others-to-drive-away-luxury-vehicle-each","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/croatian-and-indian-nationals-win-us1-million-each-in-dubai-duty-free-millennium-millionaire-promotion-4-others-to-drive-away-luxury-vehicle-each\/","title":{"rendered":"CROATIAN AND INDIAN NATIONALS WIN US$1 MILLION EACH IN DUBAI DUTY FREE MILLENNIUM MILLIONAIRE PROMOTION 4 OTHERS TO DRIVE AWAY LUXURY VEHICLE EACH."},"content":{"rendered":"
Dubai Duty Free Fre Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi, Salah Tahlak, Joint COO, Michael Schmidt, SVP – Retail, Yousef al Khalid, VP – HR Service Delivery and Salim Ibrahim, Operations Manager conducted the draw for Millennium Millionaire Series 456 and 457.<\/div>\n

A Croatian national and an Indian national have been announced as the new dollar millionaires at the latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw, held today at Concourse A of Dubai International Airport.<\/p>\n

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Zlakto Plenkovic, a 44-year-old yacht captain from Split, Croatia became a US$1 million winner, in Millennium Millionaire Series 456 with ticket number 0203, which he purchased on 25 March online.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Plenkovic, is the first Croatian national to win the Millennium Millionaire promotion since it was launched in 1999. Speaking to Dubai Duty Free over the phone he commented: “What an amazing surprise from Dubai Duty Free, it feels like a dream come true! I’m elated to win this early with my first ever ticket”.<\/p>\n

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Joining Mr. Plenkovic as a fellow US dollar millionaire is Soham Dudeja, a 36-year-old Indian national who was announced as the winner of US$1 million in Millennium Millionaire Series 457 with ticket number 1115, which he purchased on 3 April online.<\/p>\n

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Mr. Dudeja, an automotive sales executive living in Dubai, has been participating in the Millennium Millionaire promotion for the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

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“I’m thrilled to have finally won after participating for a long time. Indeed, perseverance has paid off and I can’t wait to break this news to my family.” he said.<\/p>\n

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Today’s draw was conducted by Dubai Duty Free Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi, Salah Tahlak, Joint COO, Michael Schmidt, SVP – Retail, Yousef al Khalid, VP – HR Service Delivery and Salim Ibrahim, Operations Manager.<\/p>\n

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Following the Millennium Millionaire draw, the Finest Surprise draw was conducted for one luxury car and three motorbikes.<\/p>\n

Dubai Duty Free officials at the Finest Surprise draw for one luxury car and three motorbikes.<\/div>\n

Mr. Sayyad Gooraby Hamid, a 61-year-old Iranian national won a Mercedes Benz S500 (Selenite Grey Metallic) car with ticket number 1033 in the Finest Surprise Series 1875.<\/p>\n

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A businessman living in Nagoya, Japan, Mr. Hamid couldn’t believe his luck and commented: “I’m absolutely ecstatic! Winning a Mercedes Benz is a milestone I’ll never forget and I look forward to visiting Dubai to receive my brand new car!”<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Mr. Firoj Mulani, a 39-year-old Indian national based in Dubai won a BMW R 1250 RS (Blue\/White\/Red Metallic) motorbike with ticket number 1063 in the Finest Surprise Series 575, which he purchased on 23 March.<\/p>\n

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A first-time ticket buyer, Mr. Mulani was excited to receive the news of his win and commented: “I’m thrilled to have won with my first ever Finest Surprise ticket and grateful to Dubai Duty Free for such an incredible promotion!”<\/p>\n

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Mr. Muhamed Salih, a 36-year-old Indian national living in Sharjah won an Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1100 (Ultra Black) motorbike in the Finest Surprise Series 576 with ticket number 0632, which he purchased 4 April.<\/p>\n

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Lastly, Mr. Jaefar Sareef, an Indian national based in the UAE won a BMW R 1250 GS Adventure (Black Storm Metallic) motorbike with ticket number 0941 in the Finest Surprise Series 577, which he purchased online on 12 April.<\/p>\n

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Both winners are currently uncontactable, but will no doubt be delighted to learn of their wins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dubai Duty Free Fre Chief Operating Officer, Ramesh Cidambi, Salah Tahlak, Joint COO, Michael Schmidt, SVP – Retail, Yousef al Khalid, VP – HR Service Delivery and Salim Ibrahim, Operations Manager conducted the draw for Millennium Millionaire Series 456 and 457. A Croatian national and an Indian national have been announced as the new dollar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58959"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58960,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58959\/revisions\/58960"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}