Software engineer’s sixth Big Ticket purchase turns into Dh1 million windfall Last updated: May 06, 2026 | 16:00 Chaithanya Kumari Supplied Dubai: A 44-year-old Indian expatriate has taken home Dh1 million in Big Ticket series 286, joining four other winners in the consolation prize pool that turned five participants into instant millionaires. For Chaithanya Kumari, a software engineer from Tamil Nadu and a single mother who has lived in the UAE for 14 years, the win came as a complete surprise. "I had only purchased five tickets before, this winning one was my sixth, and I bought it on my own," shared Kumari. At the time of the announcement, she was in India and missed the winning call. "I was completely unaware of the win until a friend shared a screenshot of my name from a newspaper article. I couldn’t believe it at first and immediately checked my email to confirm.…