The Chinese New Year celebrations which ended on Feb 5, 2023 has brought ‘Ong’ (prosperity) to six punters from Johor who won a total of RM23.1 million in Sports Toto jackpots.
On Feb 8, a 49-year-old sales executive from Johor won the RM11.48 million Supreme Toto 6/58 Jackpot by betting on the birth dates and age of his family members.
“This set of winning numbers – 4, 6, 8, 11, 17 and 22 is very special to me because it represents my beloved family, and I would naturally bet on these numbers whenever I want to play the Lotto game,” he said.
He added that he would normally spend around RM20 on System Play tickets when he wanted to buy numbers as the play method would give him more chances to win.
The winner’s System 7 ticket won him a whopping RM11,477,541.95 and a System Play bonus of RM41,328.
The lucky punter said he planned to use the winnings to settle his debts and save the balance for a rainy day.
Meanwhile, on Feb 12, a group of five colleagues from Johor won the RM11.66 million Toto 4D Jackpot 1 in their own special way.
The winners, who work as factory operators, always do pool betting with each spending RM20 on i-System tickets per draw.
“What we do differently from others is that we will duplicate the i-System ticket three times so that if we win, we can win more.
“That’s how we partially won the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 with the 3 i-System tickets and ended up winning over RM11 million,” said one of the winners.
A Lucky Pick i-System 10 ticket with the winning pair of 4D numbers – “4336 and 2171” won them RM3,887,607.70 and a bonus of RM597.60 but since they duplicated the same pair of 4D numbers for another two tickets, they actually won a whopping RM11,662,823.10 and a total bonus of RM1,792.80.
The winners said they would use the money they won wisely and donate a portion of the winnings to charitable organizations.
