Jackpot in UAE?

This year I missed the annual ritual of pooling our resources to buy the Da Ma Cai jackpot tickets during Chinese New Year. That was our annual strike it big affair, trying to win the millions of ringgits up for grabs! But hey... there's a similar jackpot thing in Abu Dhabi! Called the Raffles Draw, it is held by the Abu Dhabi Duty Free and a ticket costs Dh500 (=RM500)! That is for a chance to run for the big prize of Dh12mil. I've seen a similar draw in Doha too. A subtle form of gambling? Whatever it is, Dh500 for a ticket is too expensive for me. I'm contented with the RM3 ticket in Malaysia! Anyway, if you want to buy the Abu Dhabi Ticket, click here.

By the way, you may have noticed that my title now comes with some Arabic words. Yes, whenever possible, I'll try to put in some Arabic in my pages to give it a more Middle Eastern feel. By the way, as you know the Arabic script is written from right to left, i.e. in the opposite direction of English. But perhaps many do not know that Arabic numbers are written from left to right (just like English!). A way to confuse people? Anyway: some Arabic numerals for you: ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ = 0123456789. Just to confuse you: a dot is a zero, a zero is a five, a seven is a a six and a flipped three is a four! Knowing a bit of Arabic numbers could be useful when reading some signages and dealing with banknotes.