Lottery
- Kerala
Visually impaired lottery seller pardons man who stole her tickets
Kottayam: For Rosamma life is all about honesty, hard work and forgiveness. She sits quietly on the roadside selling lottery tickets to those who desire to check their luck. She trusts people…
- World
Man sues wife for marrying lover after Rs 2.9 cr lottery win
A Thai man was stunned to learn that his wife had won a lottery jackpot of 12 million baht (Rs 2.9 crore) and then married another man. According to a report by…
- Kerala
Kerala’s lottery man makes luck of the draw his life story, the state is all smiles
Thiruvananthapuram: Last September, 31-year-old Anoop M who won Rs 25 crore in a lottery, was famously heard saying “I wish I had not won.” He said he was hassled by people known…
- India
88-year-old Punjab man wins Rs 5 cr lottery, turns rich overnight
Mohali: An 88-year-old man in Punjab’s Dera Bassi became a ‘crorepati’ overnight after winning a Rs 5 crore lottery. Mahant Dwarka Dass, a resident of Trivedi Camp in Derabassi won the Lohri…
- India
Indians emerges as top winners of UAE lottery in 2022
Abu Dhabi: Indians emerged as the biggest beneficiaries of the UAE’s leading weekly raffle draw Mahzooz, which has created 31 multi-millionaires in the last two years, giving away over 350,000,000 dirhams in…
- Offbeat
Millionaire bachelor looking for wife to travel, spend money after huge lottery win
Dortmund: “Have you won a lottery?” we have all listened to this dialogue from our friends or family members whenever we tried to spend some money on ourselves. Winning a lottery is…
- India
Cattle scam: CBI probing lottery angle in diverting proceeds
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of India (CBI) officials probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal are investigating a unique angle where prize-money winning lottery tickets might have been used to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Leftover Rajiv Swagruha flats to be allotted through lotteries
Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Thursday said it would allot leftover Rajiv Swagruha flats through a lottery system. The flats in Bandlaguda and Pocharam are being given to those who have already…
- Offbeat
‘Lost all peace of mind’: Rs 25 crore Onam lottery winner
Thiruvananthapuram: Just five days after being announced winner of the Rs 25 crore first prize in Kerala government’s mega Onam raffle, autorickshaw driver Anoop says he regrets his windfall. “I have lost…
- Middle East
UAE: Indian expat wins Rs 2 cr lottery after sending home Rs 50,000
Abu Dhabi: An United Arab Emirates (UAE) based Indian expatriate won a grand prize of 1 million Dirham (Rs 2,17,61,410) in Al Ansari Exchange’s annual summer promotion. The winner Sajad Ali Batt…
- Hyderabad
Kolkata: Rachakonda cops bust call centre which hired Telugu-speaking scamsters
Hyderabad: Rachakonda police on Wednesday arrested nine individuals in Kolkata who ran call centres and employed Telugu-speaking people to dupe people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The fraud call centers, which would…
- Kerala
Kerala: Autorickshaw driver wins Rs 25 crore as part of mega Onam lottery
Thiruvananthapuram: The Rs 25 crore first prize of the Kerala government’s mega Onam raffle has been won by an autorickshaw driver in Thiruvananthapuram. The winner, Anoop, lives with his wife, a child, and…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man falls prey to KBC lottery fraud, loses Rs 3 lakh
Hyderabad: A man was conned of Rs. 3,03,000 by a fraudster who was posing as the Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) lottery. The 27-year-old resident of Suraram Colony had gotten a WhatsApp message…
- Middle East
Abu Dhabi: Kerala man wins Rs 62 lakh in Big Ticket Draw
Abu Dhabi: In the weekly Big Ticket Draw held on May 1 on the occasion of international worker’s day, Abu Dhabi-based Indian expatriate won Rupees 62 lakh (Dh 300,000). The winner, 42-year-old…
- Middle East
Driver from Kerala wins Rs 50 cr lottery in Big Ticket Abu Dhabi draw
Abu Dhabi: A man from Kerala who is based in Abu Dhabi has won the grand prize of Dirham 25 million (Rs 50,63,66,900) in the Big Ticket Abu Dhabi weekly draw held…
