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28 March 2024

Filipino wins Nissan Sunny at DSF raffle draw

The Dubai Shopping Festival contributes over $1 billion of retail sales to the emirate's economy. (Ahmad Ardity)

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By Sneha May Francis

Much like every winner at the DSF raffle draw, Illuminado Diayon too was unsure if the call claiming his win at the daily Nissan grand raffle was a prank. “I had to call back to reconfirm,” he told Emirates24|7.

“When I had called again, they told me that it was true, and told me ‘you are a winner’”.

And, once he got the confirmation, he immediately called his wife. “She was screaming on the phone.”

This is Illuminado’s first win at a raffle draw.

He had bought two perfumes at the petro-station in Tecom, which got him 3 raffle tickets. “I just filled it, and dropped, and here I’m a winner.”

Diayon is planning to trade-in the car for cash, as he already has a car. “I really haven’t thought about what I’d do with the money, but I plan to keep it in the bank for now.”

The 42-year-old from Philippines has been working in Dubai for the last eight years, and believes the emirate has given him so much.

Diayon, who was working as a bus driver with Road and Transport Authority (RTA), is currently on the lookout for a new job.

“I have been job hunting for a month now, and this win has come at the right time.”

The Nissan Grand Raffle is offering shoppers the opportunity to win a Nissan car every day and as a DSF 20th Anniversary Special, a Nissan Patrol every week.

Shoppers entitled to a raffle coupon for every Dh20 spent at the convenience store Zoom or at Pronto, Dh30 spent for a car wash at Enoc/Eppco or Dh100 spent for an oil change or any AutoPro service.

Customers can win one of 10 Nissan models in the daily draw – Micra, Sunny, Sentra, Tiida, Altima, X-Trail, Murano, Z370, Pathfinder and Armada.