It’s easy to wonder if there are international lottery winners from India. Especially since it is generally forbidden in India to participate in international lotteries. However, there are winners from this country who have successfully played and won international lotteries. Do you want to know who are these people and how did they make it?
In this article, we would like to introduce some of these people who have won international lotteries. You will find that they are just normal, everyday people.
International lottery winners from India
If you search the internet, you will find several articles about Indian winners of international lotteries. These are people of Indian origin who won international lotteries and most of them bought their tickets online. Although it’s forbidden in India to participate in international lotteries as we mentioned earlier, a person in India or any other countrycan still buy lottery tickets online.So, without further ado, here 3 international lotteries winners from India.
Sandeep Singh
The story of Sandeep Singh, one of the biggest Indian lottery winners,who is also called Sunny by his friends, is an interesting story. First, he was only 22 years old when he won aMegaMillions lottery in 2012. The win that year was $30.5 million, making him one of the youngest lottery winners from India.
Sandeepwasn’t a regular lottery player when he won, he was just trying his luck. He entered the MegaMillions draw four times and was amazed when he won first prize. Since there were two winners in this draw, he shared the $61 million prize with another winner.
Either way, it was a life-changing sum that hopefullyhelped Sandeep change his lifefor the best. He said he would use the money to pay off his mother’s home loans. Worth mentioning is the fact that he bought his ticket from an online lottery site. It’s one of the perks of both internet access and the online availability of luck games to the public.
Nirmal Dhamodarasamy won the $1 million Powerball prize
Another interesting story is that of 23-year-old Nirmal Dhamodarasamy. This college student purchased an online lottery subscription service from an online lottery site. He probably expected to win something at some point, but he didn’t think he would win $1 million, almost right away.
He came so close to winning the Powerball grand prize and missed it by a single number. However, he got 5 out of 6 numbers correct and won the second prize. An interesting fact about Powerball is that second prize is very generous. Even if you miss the jackpot, it’s still worth participating in the lottery.
Nirmal is one of our international lottery winners from India who played the lottery online. Worth mentioning is the fact that he picked his numbers at random using the Quick Pick Tool.
62-year-old Ushakiran Patel won $1 million playing Powerball
Another of our international lottery winners from India is 62-year-old retired Ushakiran Patel. Like Nirmal, the retiree won the second tier Powerball prize and walked away with $1 million.
Unlike most lottery players her age, she didn’t play the lottery regularly. Apparently, luck was on her side that day, because she also chose her numbers at random. She matched 5 of the 6 numbers drawn and won the $1 million Powerball.
We’re not sure if she played the lottery online, it doesn’t look like she did. But if she lived in India when she won that prize, then she must have played online somehow (maybe she asked a young relative to help her).
Indian Lottery winner: Tojo Mathew and Eliza M.
A young Indian won a massive $1.9 million jackpot in a monthly lottery in the United Arab Emirates. It came as a big shock to Tojo Mathew, 30, because he won it on the same day he planned to leave the UAE to join his wife in India.
“I bought the lottery ticket at Abu Dhabi airport just before taking the flight to India on June 24. I was leaving the United Arab Emirates for good to join my wife, who had just found a job in New Delhi. I still can’t believe I won.”
Mathewworked as a civil supervisor in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, before moving to India with his wife and taking home a generous jackpot of $1.9 million. He had always dreamed of owning a house in his hometown of Kerala, and thanks to his newfound wealth, he now has the opportunity to realize this dream. You too can win big too!
Eliza M., a 9-year-old girl also from India, won a million-dollar jackpot (6.9 million rupees).
That concludes our list of lottery winner of Indian origin. If we missed a winner, you can tell us about them in the comments section down below.
