KUALA LUMPUR: Two lucky punters from Sabah and from here struck it big by winning a total of RM22.9 million in Sports Toto jackpots.
The duo struck it big in the Nov 15 and Nov 28 draw.
The first punter from Sabah scooped up RM17.5 million in the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 with a Lucky Pick ticket on Nov 15.
The 71-year-old winner, who is a businessman, told Sports Toto when collecting his winnings that it was an unexpected windfall during this challenging time plagued by the Covid-19 pandemic.
"My wife and I began playing lottery games 20 years ago, but we are not hardcore punters so we only bet when we feel good and lucky.
"My wife is my goddess of fortune as she was the one who told me to buy the Lucky Pick ticket on that day," he said.
The lucky punter said he learned about his good fortune the following day when checking the draw results through his phone.
"We decided to use part of the winnings to help the people in Sabah who are badly affected by the pandemic by donating to charitable groups and frontliners who have been working tirelessly to keep us safe," he added.
The winner bought a System 8 Lucky Pick ticket and won a whopping RM17,534,807.75 with the pair of winning numbers – "6624 & 2293", as well as an additional RM2,016.
The second lucky winner, who is a businesswoman from Kuala Lumpur, won the RM5.3 million Toto 4D Jackpot 1 on Nov 28.
The 53-year-old winner said her pair of winning numbers – "5056 & 3421" was the lucky numbers that she would always bet on.
"I don't bet regularly, thus I feel that I am really lucky to win the jackpot," she said, adding that she would save the winnings for a rainy day.
She bought a System 5 ticket which won her RM5,342,174.90 and an additional RM1,008.