A
businessman from Perak won a whooping sum of
RM3.35 million in Sports Toto's 4D game.
This
is the biggest pay-out to a single winner in
the history of Sports Toto, which commenced
its operations from 1969.
But
the winner, when collecting his winnings
from Sports Toto head office this morning
said that he had to share the good fortune
with his 9 other close friends as it was the
result of their joint venture.
They
wagered collectively a sum of RM2884 on
number 4629 in Sports Toto's 4d game for
last Saturday draw and another RM2,900 for
last Sunday draw. The investment, the amount
which they were able to buy for, the Saturday
draw was split into RM474 for Toto 4D Small
and RM2,410 for Toto 4D Big. The same number
was drawn as the second prize in Sports Toto
Draw the very evening.
On
how they could invest such a big amount on a
single number, the happy winner told Sports
Toto staff that it all started in March last
year, when he and a group of 9 close friends
comprising professionals and businessmen met
for their usual dinner gathering. During the
dinner a senior member proposed to use the
year of birth of the youngest and the oldest
member to wagered on Toto 4D game. The
youngest member was born in 1946 while the
oldest was born in 1929.
They
each invested about RM300 on 4629 and won
more than RM390,000 in their first attempt.
The number was drawn as a winner of the
special prize in Toto Draw No. 1018/96 held
on 30 March last year. They continued to
play on this number and in November, 24,
1996 the same number 4629 won a special
prize again in Toto Draw No. 1121/96 and
netted another RM100,000 . Last Saturday's
winnings was their biggest winnings, in fact
the biggest single winner in the history of
Sports Toto's 4D game.
To show the
credibility of his story, the claimant who
also plays Toto 6/42 Jackpot and Super Toto
6/49 game, showed the photostat copy of his
two previous winnings cheques to the amazed
staff of Sports Toto and promised that he
and his friends will continue to wager on
4629 in Toto 4D game.
