A 59-year-old businessman and resident of Dubai for eight years, Mr Mahboob always buys a ticket to the million-dollar promotion whenever he travels to London, UK to visit his family, three or four times a year.

Mr. Mahboob was understandably ecstatic and commented: 'Thank you so much Dubai Duty Free for this amazing news. I have been participating in this promotion for over 10 years, and now that I’ve finally won, I still can’t believe that I made it!'

Mr. Mahboob is the 13th British national in the history of the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire Promotion to win US$1 million since its inception in 1999.

Meanwhile, two Finest Surprise motorbike winners were also announced directly after the Millennium Millionaire Draw.

Mr. Galileo Monera, a Filipino national living in Dubai won a BMW R Nine T in Series 371 with ticket number 0430. A regular participant in the Dubai Duty Free promotions for 15 years now, he was thrilled to hear the news and said: 'It was an unexpected call and I was really surprised and thankful that my prayers have been answered. Thank you Dubai Duty Free for this wonderful news.'

Lastly, Ms. Samantha Pinto, an Indian national living in Dubai won an Aprilia RSV4 RR (Black) motorbike in Series 372 with ticket number 0672. Ms. Pinto is uncontactable at the moment but will surely be surprised to know of her win.

The latest Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire and Finest Surprise draw was conducted by Colm McLoughlin, Executive Vice Chairman & CEO together with Ramesh Cidambi, Chief Operating Officer, Sinead El Sibai, SVP – Marketing, Michael Schmidt – SVP Retail Support and Mona Al Ali, VP – HR Delivery Service.