Mahzooz

Mahzooz was a Dubai-run weekly numbers draw and raffle, operated by Ewings from 2020 until it permanently closed in 2024 after losing the UAE's first national lottery licence bid to The Game LLC. Its site now stands as an archive of a three-year run that paid out AED 529 million-plus to over 2.1 million winners.

Mahzooz is closed. If you came here to buy a ticket, you can't, and you haven't been able to since December 30, 2023. That fact matters more than anything else in this review, so it comes first instead of buried in the fine print. For nearly four years before that, though, Mahzooz was one of the biggest lottery-style draws in the Gulf: a weekly Saturday show run by the Dubai company Ewings, paying out over AED 529 million across 2.1 million-plus winners and minting 66 millionaires. The UAE's gaming regulator, the GCGRA, paused every prize-draw operator on January 1, 2024 while it decided who would hold the country's first national lottery licence. That licence went to The Game LLC in July 2024, not Ewings. Mahzooz confirmed the closure was permanent soon after. Its old site is a memorial page now, stacked with winner videos and draw archives, topped by a note that the lights are off for good. Below: what Mahzooz actually was, how big the prizes got, and where UAE players can legally buy a ticket today.

Mahzooz is no longer active, so there's no live account, deposit or self-exclusion tool to describe here. While it operated, players needed to complete identity verification (KYC) before a prize was released. If a similar-shaped product elsewhere catches your interest, whether that's a numbers draw, a raffle, or a full casino, set a spending limit before buying a single ticket, and lean on independent resources like Gambling Therapy or Gamblers Anonymous if it stops feeling optional.

Mahzooz isn't coming back in its old form. Ewings has only teased "new ventures" without saying what they are. If you're in the UAE and want a legal numbers draw right now, the licensed replacement is UAE Lottery, run by The Game LLC under the same GCGRA framework Mahzooz lost out on. Outside the UAE, our Emirates Draw review covers a similarly shaped product still taking international players, though it comes with its own payout-speed caveats worth reading first. What made Mahzooz worth writing about while it ran was scale. Real charity work with Al Jalila Foundation. A genuine nine-figure payout record. Winners filmed on camera rather than announced in a press release. That's a decent legacy for a raffle. It just isn't one you can join anymore. Anyone chasing a similar thrill elsewhere should still read our responsible gambling guidance first, prize draws included.