KUALA LUMPUR – A 52-year-old accountant from Kuala Lumpur pocketed RM12 million after winning the Power Toto 6/55 jackpot on October 28.
He said he started to love lottery games because his late father was a lottery fan, and they loved going to the outlet to place bets together.
“Whenever we visited the outlet, we really enjoyed reading the winning posters pasted all around the place and got inspired. I always wondered if I could be one of the lucky winners one day; finally, my dream has come true,” he was quoted as saying by Borneo Post Online.
The winner bought RM50 worth of Lucky Pick tickets when he saw the Power Toto 6/55 jackpot had accumulated to more than RM10 million.
His set of winning numbers 1, 5, 10, 17, 47, and 49 won him a whopping RM11,997,777.60.
“I only checked my tickets two days later after the draw, and my wife and I are super delighted to find out that we’ve hit the jackpot!
“I plan to use some of the winnings to buy some properties for investment.”
Meanwhile, a 58-year-old engineer from Sarawak won RM8.4 million in Toto 4D Jackpot 1 on October 22 with his unique pair of winning numbers, 1111 and 8609.
“One of my favourite numbers – 1111, is a popular number that always sells out if you want to buy it on the Toto 4D game, but it is still available on the Toto 4D Jackpot.
“So, I have been buying this pair of winning numbers in a System 3 ticket together with another 4D number for many years; it has finally won me RM8,418,060.60 and an additional RM336 as a bonus,” he said in a statement issued by STM Lottery Sdn Bhd yesterday.
The engineer said he would share the winnings with his wife and save some for his children’s education expenses, while another portion will be donated to charitable organisations as he believes that helping those in need will also bring him good luck. – November 7, 2023