KUALA LUMPUR: Six punters have won a total of RM22.1 million in Sports Toto jackpots.
Firstly, on Feb 8, a 49-year-old sales executive from Johor struck it big by winning 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 & 22 — is very special to me because it represents my beloved family. I would naturally bet on these numbers whenever I want to play the Lotto game," he said.
The lucky punter said 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 saw him rake in a whopping RM11,477,541.95 and a System Play bonus of RM41,328.
The 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 did joint 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 three i-System tickets and ended up winning more than RM11 million," said one of the winners.
A Lucky Pick i-System 10 ticket with the winning pair of 4D numbers — "4336 & 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 2 tickets, they actually won a whopping RM11,662,823.10 and a total bonus of RM1,792.80.
The winners said they would donate part of the winnings to charitable organisations and the rest to spend wisely.