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From gym manager to millionaire: British expat becomes youngest person to win UAE lotto
A British expat living in the UAE has become the youngest person to win the weekly ‘Mahzooz’ lottery at the age of 26 with a whopping $2.7million.
Reece, who moved to Dubai four years ago and works as a gym manager in the Emirate, won the top prize just days before marrying his girlfriend in a private ceremony.
The Mahzooz competition requires entrants to buy a bottle of water, they then register for the weekly draw.
The UK national said he had been participating in the weekly draw for two years and had previously won $272. However, he had never expected to win the grand prize.
“I checked my ticket and I saw that all the numbers were all in yellow. And I just froze for a minute,” Reece told Arab News.
“I probably sat there for about a minute just not moving and not saying anything. I can’t really remember what was going through my head. I saw my whole life just change incredibly.”
The 26-year-old said he has no set plans for how he would be spending his money but would be enlisting the guidance of a financial advisor to help him manage the large sum. Reece also said he would also use some of the prize money to help his parents and family members.
“Because it is an incredible amount of money, it is going to take me a little time to decide what I want to do with it. But I need to be smart and ensure the longevity of it and hopefully set me up for life with my wife,” he said.
For now, Reece said he has no plans to quit his job as a gym manager. – arabnews.com
An Alberta baseball team hosted a Guinness World Record attempt involving an Australian shepherd jumping across the backs of 56 people.
The Edmonton Riverhawks, an amateur summer collegiate team in the West Coast League, hosted the record attempt for the most jumps between people by a dog in one minute during a June 14 game.
Chardonnay, a 4-year-old Australian shepherd belonging to dog trainer Jennifer Fraser, bounded across the backs of 56 fans arranged in a straight line in the outfield.
The record’s rules set a time limit of one minute, but Chardonnay managed to set the record in just 16 seconds.
Fraser said she trained Chardonnay to jump onto her back a few years ago, and her trick repertoire has since expanded.
“Jumping across backs is just one of her many skills,” Fraser said.
Firefighters and an animal control officer in San Francisco came to the rescue of a wild parrot that got its head stuck between panes of glass on a third-floor balcony.
San Francisco Animal Care & Control said on social media that Officer Mullen responded alongside the San Francisco Fire Department on Sunday when a parrot was spotted with its head stuck between two panes of glass on the balcony of an under-construction building.
Firefighters went to the roof of a building and lowered a ladder to the balcony, where they were able to slide the bird upward to free its head.
“They wrapped the bird in a towel and handed it off to Officer Mullen, who checked out the bird,” the post said. “Thankfully they were fine: their wings, legs and neck were all OK, so Officer Mullen released the bird.”
The parrot made its way to a nearby tree to rest on a branch. UPI.com
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