Dubai crash survivor defies odds with $1m lottery win

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Dubai crash survivor defies odds with $1m lottery win

 

DUBAI: -- A survivor of the Dubai plane crash earlier this month has been hailed the world's luckiest man after winning $1m (£770,000) in a lottery six days later.

 

Mohamed Basheer Abdul Khadar was one of 300 passengers and crew who narrowly escaped after an Emirates plane crash-landed and exploded on 3 August.

 

He won the Dubai Duty Free Millennium Millionaire lottery.

 

Full story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37038144

 

-- BBC 2016-08-11

[arjunadawn]

Good for him. That is the kind of remarkable story that is hard to surpass with better ones in life. Wow!

[natway09]

Great to hear.

Good Luck to him

[siam2007]

How come there is a lottery in a Muslim country and Muslims participating ? Isn't that 10000% "haram" ?

I know from Malaysia that Muslims are not allowed to place bets of any kind

[Mansell]

Many Muslim countries do their own version of Islam. For example in Kajikastan they drink alcohol openly.

[Chicog]

2 hours ago, siam2007 said:

How come there is a lottery in a Muslim country and Muslims participating ? Isn't that 10000% "haram" ?

I know from Malaysia that Muslims are not allowed to place bets of any kind

 

For some reason they don't consider it betting. It is simply a game of chance.

They always allow raffles by calling them "fund raising competitions".

 

Most of the Gulf airports have a "win a house/car/load of money" raffle.

 

 

[55Jay]

Question is, would he have still won or even played had he not been involved in the aircraft crash. 

[SOTIRIOS]

...better cash it in before it is worthless....

[khundon]

They say luck comes in 3's. I urge the guy to buy another lottery ticket.