Malout man wins Rs 2.5 crore lottery just 90 minutes after buying ticket

In a stroke of luck, Dipty Bansal, a resident of Green Valley in Malout town, won Rs 2.5 crore in the Nagaland State Dear 500 Super Monthly Lottery, just about 1.5 hours after purchasing the ticket on Saturday evening. 

Dipty, who runs a car bazaar in Malout, had no plans to try his luck until a chance interaction with a lottery agent changed everything. “It was a lucky day yesterday. My business partner wanted to buy a lottery ticket, and we called an agent to our shop who was roaming in the market. The agent then asked me too to buy a ticket, saying that the draw would take place the same night. I told him to give me a random ticket, and that was it. Almost 1.5 hours later, I received a call from the same agent saying I had won the top prize of Rs 2.5 crore,” said an elated Dipty, while talking to The Tribune today.

As for what he plans to do with the prize money, Dipty said, “I am still trying to absorb the news. My family and I will decide later what to do with the prize money.”

Interestingly, this is not the first time Malout town has produced a big lottery winner. Earlier, a Panchkula resident who had purchased a Nagaland State Dear 2000 Monthly Lottery ticket from Malout walked away with a prize of Rs 1 crore on May 3.