A bad dream turned out to be a blessing in disguise for a retiree from Perak who won a whopping $22.8 million on the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 on October 9, 2022.
When asked what made him placed bets on the winning numbers, the 68-year-old lucky winner said he got his inspiration from a dream of him getting robbed.
“I had a bad dream about me getting robbed and it was a nightmare. So, I decided to bet on the numbers related to the dream – 1592 and 4412 for three consecutive draws.
“Instead of losing something in my dream, I was bountifully rewarded. What a dramatic turn of events after what I have had.
“My wife and I had sleepless nights while waiting for my children who are working abroad to come back and together claim the jackpot,” he said when collecting his winnings at STM Lottery Sdn. Bhd’s head office in Kuala Lumpur.
The winner only collected his winnings a week later because he was waiting for his children to return to Malaysia and share the joy.
The winner added that he wanted to share his newfound wealth with his children hoping that they could make good use of the money.
He bought a standard ticket and won a whopping RM22,832,968.10 from the total RM24,974,321.89 Jackpot 1. The balance of the jackpot was shared by 5 i-System winners.
The cascading effect for Toto 4D Jackpot will take place when the Jackpot 1 reaches RM30 million and if it is not won on that particular draw, RM10 million from Jackpot 1 will be cascaded to Jackpot 2.
The cascading effect of Toto 4D Jackpot had recorded over 400 and another 800 winning i-System tickets on October 2 and 8, 2022 respectively.
A total of 28 winning i-System tickets shared RM7.5 million from Jackpot 1 while 390 winning i-System tickets shared the RM1 million Jackpot 2 when the Jackpot 1 exceeded RM34 million on October 2, 2022.
The same phenomenon occurred when the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 reached over RM33 million on October 8, 2022, 37 winning tickets shared over RM9.9 million from Jackpot 1 while 787 winning tickets shared the RM872,279.15 Jackpot 2.
