Tajikistan native who won 1 million dollars has been found

The winner turned out to be 31-year-old native of Khujand Abduvali Akhmadali.

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On February 1, 2023, the 413th draw of the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire was held at the second terminal of Dubai International Airport, the largest air harbor in the United Arab Emirates.

The largest amount of 1 million dollars was won by Tajik citizen Abduvali Akhmadali (according to his passport Abduvali Akhmad Ali). This was reported by the press service of Dubai Airport.

The Gulf News outlet reported at that time that Abduvali Akhmadali purchased the winning lottery ticket number 4226 online on January 16 of this year. He became the first native of Tajikistan to win 1 million dollars in the Dubai airport lottery.

This news was widely discussed in the Tajik segment of social media, with users repeatedly sharing the message and searching for the 1 million dollar winner. Users joked that “In Tajikistan, residents are looking for Abduvali and onions.”

A photo of Abduvali with his winnings appeared the day before on social media.

The portal your.tj reports that 31-year-old Abduvali Akhmadali is a native of the city of Khujand in the Sughd region. By profession, he is an economist-programmer and works at caromoto.com – a service for purchasing cars from the USA. Since 2007, Abduvali has been living in Dubai. He speaks Russian, English, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, and Uzbek.

At the same time, Abduvali stated that this is not his first million, and he has already decided how to spend it, but he refused to disclose this information.

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The Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire lottery has been held since 1999. The cost of one ticket is 1000 dirhams or 278 dollars. The chance of winning 1 million dollars is one in 5000.

48-year-old native of India Amit Saraf won a Mercedes Benz S500 car in this draw.