One lucky winner bagged a new Nissan Patrol Platinum V8 in the Mahzooz draw on Saturday night.
Khalid, with ID 13166467, won the special Eid prize in the 75th weekly live draw.
Three people, Anish, Mohammed and Muhammad, won Dh100,000 ($27,225) each. The winning raffle IDs were 13906195, 13878885 and 13841834, respectively.
On the same night, 36 winners shared the second prize of Dh1 million, with each taking home Dh 27,777 after matching four out of five numbers.
The lucky numbers were 8,9,18,34 and 40.
Another 1,750 participants matched three out of five numbers and won the third prize of Dh350 each.
Total prize money won in Saturday night’s draw was Dh1,912,500.
The grand prize of Dh100m is still up for grabs after nobody won it.
The next grand draw will be held on Saturday, May 7, at 9pm UAE time. The second prize in next week’s show will be doubled to Dh2m.
Participants must register online and purchase a Dh35 bottle of water to enter.
For each bottle, they are eligible for one line in the grand draw and will automatically be entered into the weekly raffle draw where three winners will take home Dh100,000 each.
Abu Dhabi Big Ticket winners - in pictures
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UAE residents who struck lucky with Abu Dhabi's Big Ticket draw attended a gala dinner. Organisers of the draw celebrated the winners' good luck at the Alexandra Dhow Cruise in Dubai Marina. All photos by Leslie Pableo / The National -
Richard Isaac and Bouchra Yamani, the two presenters who pick out the raffle tickets and call the winners, interacted with the winners. Some of attendees had won jackpots of between Dh1 million to Dh15 million, while others won Dh90,000 -
'The National' spoke to winners about how they have spent their grand prize. Shivamurthy Gali Krishnappa won Dh12 million last month. He said he wants to save for his children's future. For now, he is still working as a mechanical engineer for a stainless steel production company -
Shahed Ahmed Moulvifaiz, a Bangladeshi car garage owner in Al Ain, won Dh10 million less than a week ago. He wants to bring his family to the UAE, expand his business and spend on his youngest son's education -
Jayaprakash Mariyan Philip had won the Dh1 million prize with nine other people. The funds were split equally, leaving him with Dh100,000. He said he has paid off part of his bank loans -
Zaheenn Kausar was visiting her husband in Abu Dhabi from Pakistan, when he bought a ticket under her name. She proved lucky for her family after winning Dh90,000. She wants to pay for her daughter's university tuition and buy a car for herself -
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, more than 5,000 people would gather during a live event in Abu Dhabi to watch the draw take place. Since 2020, the draw streams live on social media channels, bringing in even larger crowds -
Many people buy multiple tickets together and then split the prize equally. There are also those who win after buying a ticket alone, allowing them to keep the entire jackpot -
The Abu Dhabi Big Draw has been changing lives since 1992 -
The ticket for the grand prize costs Dh500
