Dubai, March 5 -- An Indian expat, along with his nine colleagues, has collectively won 1 million US dollars (Rs 8,70,43,450) in the latest Dubai Duty Free (DDF) draw held on Wednesday, March 5, at Dubai International Airport.

The winner, Prasad Sivadasan, secured the Millennium Millionaire Series 492 jackpot after purchasing ticket number 3793 on February 19.

Originally from Kerala, Sivadasan works as a system engineer at Seven Seas Technologies in Bur Dubai and has been a resident of Dubai for 20 years. He and his colleagues have been participating in the Dubai Duty Free promotion for the past 7-8 years, pooling their money and alternating names on the ticket for each series.

"I'm very thankful to Dubai Duty Free. We are so happy wit...