PETALING JAYA: The country's largest jackpot of RM121.7mil from Sports Toto Malaysia (STM) was shared between 60 winners.
According to STM, among the Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot winners on Jan 18 were six from Selangor and 45 from Negri Sembilan who shared the bulk of the winnings amounting to RM104.77mil.
One winner, a 30-year-old entrepreneur from Selangor, won RM34,923,156 and a System Play bonus of RM269,168 with a System 12 ticket.
"I got my number inspiration after I returned from an overseas trip just a day before the Saturday draw.
"I had a strong feeling that I would win when the jackpot exceeded RM100mil," he said, adding his new-found wealth would go towards investments.
The five other winners included a father, his sons and two friends who also won RM34,923,156 with a Lucky Pick ticket.
Among them was a 38-year-old restaurant owner who said they tried the game for the first time due to the record-breaking jackpot.
"We spent RM260 on 130 sets of Lucky Pick numbers without any expectations – we just joined the bandwagon.
"We are very happy to win with our first-timer luck," he said.
The winners said they would share the winnings evenly but have yet to plan on how to use the money.
The 45 winners from Negri won the jackpot through a "lot system" created by a 55-year-old construction contractor.
"I created 60 lots and asked my friends and co-workers who were interested to 'purchase' lots from me and I would come up with the numbers to bet on," he said.
He said this method allowed him to bet using the System 11 ticket to improve their winning chances, adding that he picked the winning numbers using his "secret formula".
He said the winnings amounting to RM34,923,156 and a System Play bonus of RM220,240 would be split according to the number of "lots" purchased by respective group members.
The remaining jackpot of RM16.96mil was shared between 17 winning tickets sold in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Johor through the EZ-Bet play method with each ticket winning RM997,804.
According to STM, the RM121.7mil jackpot surpassed the RM97.75mil Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot in 2022 as the largest in Malaysian history.
