Abu Dhabi, Sept. 4 -- A 30-year-old United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based Indian expat has become a crorepati overnight after winning the Dh 15 million (Rs 35,97,89,700) Big Ticket Abu Dhabi jackpot.

The winner, Sandeep Kumar Prasad from Uttar Pradesh, secured the grand prize on Wednesday, September 3, with ticket number 200669 in Draw 278. He had purchased the ticket online on August 19 as part of a group of 20 participants.

Prasad, who works as a technician at Dubai Drydocks, has been living in the UAE for the past three years. Overwhelmed with emotion after receiving the life-changing call from the Big Ticket organisers, he said, "For the first time in my life, there is so much happiness."

He added that the jackpot will allow him to supp...