Construction worker from Kedah wins RM20mil Toto jackpot

PETALING JAYA: A construction worker from Kedah has hit the jackpot of his life RM20.78mil.

The winning has prompted the man, who is in his 30s, to start looking for a girlfriend and to settle down.

The man struck the Toto 4D Jackpot 1 on Saturday with his winning numbers of 8132 and 3017, which was the combination of his car registration number and birth certificate number.

“He has been buying the numbers for over two months,” Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd said in a statement yesterday.

The man almost missed out on his win as he had accidentally left the winning ticket with his regular Toto customer sales assistant when he left the counter in a hurry.

According to the statement, the man found out the results from the Sports Toto website but endured a sleepless night as he did not have his ticket with him.

However, all ended well when the assistant called the next morning to inform him that he had won.

The winner said he would use his winnings to invest in property, travel and to start a construction-related business.

“He also said he would start looking for a girlfriend,” the statement said.

His mother, who was with him at the Sports Toto head office, said her son was filial and hard-working but had delayed his plans to settle down as he felt he was not ready, especially financially.

Sports Toto also announced that an engineering consultant from Selangor won its Mega Toto 6/52 Jackpot 1 totalling RM3.9mil.

The man, who is in his 50s, got his winning numbers of 18, 21, 29, 31, 33 and 39 via Sports Toto's computerised random numbers selection system, Lucky Pick.

He and his wife recounted how they checked and double-checked their numbers both on the website and in a newspaper after discovering that they had won.

The Toto player of over 20 years described his jackpot win as a “boost” to his life.