Businessman wins RM47.82m, biggest jackpot ever

PETALING JAYA (Sept 29, 2010): A businessman from Selangor has won a RM47.82 million Sports Toto jackpot – the biggest jackpot ever won in Malaysia.

The businessman won it through the Supreme Toto 6/58 jackpot game on Tuesday.

The prize money is more than double the previous highest jackpot record of RM20.9 million which was also created by Sports Toto through the Mega Toto 6/52 game in December 2008.

The winner, in his 50s, learnt of his win from the Sports Toto website on Tuesday night which was the draw evening itself.

Disbelievingly, he got his wife to repeatedly verify that he actually had the winning numbers before they were satisfied beyond doubt.

The overjoyed couple said they didn’t sleep a wink on Tueday night, in anticipation of claiming the prize money from Sports Toto’s head office today.

The winner said he has been an ardent follower of Supreme Toto 6/58 ever since its launch on March 20 this year.

He regularly puts in RM20 bet on the game which gives him 10 chances of striking the jackpot.

Although he did come up with his own set of numbers, his winning set of numbers 8, 11, 19, 22, 54 and 55 were actually derived from Lucky Pick, Sports Toto’s computerised random numbers selection system.

The couple said they will be channelling part of the jackpot to charity as they can’t use all the money on their own.

They said the money would definitely benefit many people around them, especially their siblings who are not financially stable.

They have also decided to help other people who are "in desperate need of financial assistance".

Supreme Toto 6/58 comes with a guaranteed minimum upfront jackpot of RM8,888,888 and commands a huge following of those who want to try their luck on the multi-million ringgit jackpot.