Bangladeshi won 3 crore lottery in Saudi Arabia

A Bangladeshi expatriate living in Saudi Arabia has become a millionaire overnight after winning the UAE-based Mahjooz lottery. His Mohammad Shaheen.

He won 1 million UAE dirhams in the lottery this week, which is about 3 crores in Bangladeshi currency. Shaheen is currently living in Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

According to Khaleej Times, 31-year-old hardworking Shaheen is working as a supervisor in a private company in Saudi Arabia. About a year ago, he came to know about the lottery through Facebook. Since then he has been participating in the Mahjooz draw.

He was alone when the authorities sent him an e-mail as the weekly winner of the Mazjuz lottery. The e-mail also contained his raffle draw ID number.

After receiving the lottery-winning e-mail, Shaheen could not believe it at first. He immediately logged into his Mahjooz account to verify the surprising news. There he found a huge amount of 1 million Emirati dirhams (more than 2 crore 98 lakh 95 thousand rupees).

Bursting with joy, the Bangladeshi expatriate told Khaleej Times, 'I was shocked and speechless when I realized that I had won the lottery. I could not believe my eyes when I saw the huge sum of money in my Mahjuz account. This is the first time I have seen so many zeros in my account. Winning such a huge sum of money makes me incredibly grateful.'