Punjab State Maa Lakshami Diwali Pooja Bumper-2019 turned the life of Amandeep Singh, a small dairy farm owner of Ludhiana, into a fairy tale as he won the first prize of Rs 2.50 crore.
Leading a normal life in Meharban village of Ludhiana district, Amandeep Singh had never thought in his wildest dreams to become a crorepati overnight.
Feeling extremely happy, the 35-year-old lucky winner said that it was like a dream come true. “I want to use the prize money to make a positive difference in my life. I want to use this windfall to extend my dairy farm business and remaining amount would be spent on the education of my two children — a boy and a girl,” he said.
Amandeep, who has submitted the documents with Punjab Lotteries Department to encash the prize money, expressed satisfaction over the fair and transparent method adopted by the Lotteries Department for holding the draws of lotteries.
Notably, the Lotteries Department had held the draw of Punjab State Maa Lakshmi Diwali Pooja Bumper on November 1 and Sanjeev Kumar of Himachal Pradesh also won the first prize of Rs 2.50 crore. He was a painter by profession.
After the success of the Diwali Bumper, Punjab State Lotteries Department has launched the ‘New Year Bumper-2020’ and the first prize of the bumper is Rs three crore. Tickets of the bumper are available in the market and post offices in the state, and the draw will be held on January 17, 2020.