Sabahan hits RM42.6mil jackpot

PETALING JAYA: A man from Sabah has walked away with RM42.6mil jackpot prize after striking a winning six-digit Sports Toto combination.

The unnamed man was described as a commodities trading manager in his 50s who had been studying previous lottery numbers before coming up with his own for the Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot on Jul 21 this year.

“His winning set of numbers 8, 15, 19, 32, 34 and 37 was actually the brainchild of his diligent studies of all numbers drawn before,” said Sports Toto on Wednesday.

He also won another RM41,328 from 6 sets of the 2nd prize as a result of playing the Sports Toto’s System 7.

The company said the man and his wife collected the money at Sports Toto’s head office, and planned to use the winnings to pay off all their outstanding house and car loans.

The couple was also said to have been struggling with their childrens’ education fees, and that they are looking into helping other family members before investing in property.

“The winner’s wife mused that they would need some time to let everything sink in first, while the winner was quick to add that there would surely be many family vacations to Europe and America,” said Sports Toto.

It was added that the man did not intend to retire just yet.

The man joined another three winners who won RM4.1m (Jul 17), RM6.3m (Jun 25) and RM 4.1m (Jun 8) who hailed from Selangor, Johor and Sabah respectively.

The combined winnings from Sports Toto totalled over RM57mil given out over 1.5 months.