Lucky pick tickets wins duo a total of RM72million

PETALING JAYA: The year 2015 has proven to be a fruitful year for two businessmen who won the RM40.8 million Supreme Toto 6/58 Jackpot and RM31.5 million Grand Toto 6/63 Jackpot respectively this month.

Both the winners won the Jackpots with Lucky Pick tickets.

The Supreme Toto 6/58 Jackpot winner from Penang, who won RM40,845,154.20 on Dec 19 came to collect his winnings two days later.

The 50-year-old businessman said he has been playing Sports Toto games for more than 10 years, but he only bought Lucky Pick tickets for the Lotto games.

"I only bet when I feel like playing. I do not have a particular set of numbers when it comes to playing Lotto games, so I only choose the Lucky Pick tickets displayed on the counter, which I would normally spend about RM30 per draw.

"My wife found out that I hit the Jackpot on Saturday night through the Sports Toto website (www.sportstoto.com.my). We were in disbelief, we checked the result in the newspaper again the next day and came to claim the prize money at the Sports Toto head office in Kuala Lumpur," he said.

The winning set of numbers was: 15, 16, 25, 26, 40 and 57.

The Grand Toto Jackpot winner, also a businessman in his 50s from Kedah who won RM31,510,573.00 on Dec 5 came to claim his winnings a week after the draw as he forgot to check his lottery ticket.

He said he only started playing the Lotto games after helping his friends to buy numbers at Sports Toto outlet three years ago.

The winning set of numbers was: 5, 12, 15, 33, 37, and 53.

Both winners described the winnings as the biggest "year-end bonus" they ever received in their entire life and planned to use the money on settling loans as well as to use the rest of the money for their children's education, investment and charity.