Hyderabad, May 13 -- Ananth Perumalsamy, an Indian expat in Dubai, recently won Rs 2.32 crore (Dh 1 million) in the UAE Lottery.

The 33-year-old bought a lottery ticket with the money he saved by skipping tea. Ananth, a native of Tamil Nadu, India, has been working as an accountant in Dubai since 2017. He first heard about the UAE Lottery from his colleague and decided to pool in the money to purchase the ticket.

"When I first heard about the UAE Lottery in November last year, I was at work. A colleague mentioned that a new lottery was launching in the UAE. It sounded interesting, and we decided to pool in money and buy a ticket," Ananth was quoted as saying by Khaleej Times.

The accountant formed a group with 11 other friends, all of ...