{"id":9807,"date":"2018-04-08T10:21:54","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T10:21:54","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2018-04-08T10:21:54","modified_gmt":"2018-04-08T10:21:54","slug":"eight-friends-chipped-for-a-raffle-ticket-in-abu-dhabi-that-won-them-aed12-million-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/news\/eight-friends-chipped-for-a-raffle-ticket-in-abu-dhabi-that-won-them-aed12-million-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Eight Friends Chipped In For A Raffle Ticket In Abu Dhabi That Won Them AED12 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three raffle tickets turned into an AED12 million lottery prize for eight lucky friends, according to Gulf News<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

John Varughese and his friends had each chipped in money towards the raffle tickets, unknowingly that they would become millionaires.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Varughese, a 47-year-old driver in Dubai for the past 11 years, convinced all seven of his friends to enter the competition every month after noticing that several Indians got lucky last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What happens next\u00a0<\/h3>\n

Thinking it was a prank at first, Varughese was skeptical to believe the calls regarding the Big Ticket prize and the news set in only after the third phone call.<\/p>\n

Getting one of the biggest shares,\u00a0Varughese is planning on bringing his family from India to Dubai, to help people and to start a business in his hometown to support his friends and family.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some of the friends are planning to open up\u00a0a grocery store in the UAE.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read:<\/em>\u00a0PICS: Here Are The Jaw-Dropping Grand Prize Winners Of Sheikh Hamdan’s Annual Photography Competition<\/a><\/p>\n

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