RM19mil windfall for Johor family

Wednesday January 9, 2008

PETALING JAYA: It's a happy new year and a family of eight here are feeling like a million dollars. Make that RM19mil ringgit!

The family of eight won the Sports Toto Malaysia jackpot on Saturday with a single ticket bearing the winning set of numbers 2, 20, 25, 34, 47, and 52.

The biggest shareholder of the group, a self-employed man his 50s, said he had pooled money with his family members to wager on a few sets of lucky numbers.

And lucky was just the word for the group.

Sports Toto Malaysia confirmed the man and his family members collected the mega winning from its head office at Berjaya Times Square, KL, recently.

“I could not believe my eyes when I checked the draw results the next day. I had my wife and children verify it before announcing it to my other family members.” the man said.

He said he would enjoy half of the winnings, while the others shared the remaining half (RM9.6 million) equally.

Some of the winnings, he said, would be contributed to charity.

The jackpot of RM19, 274, 477.99 was the highest ever in the history of the betting company as well as Malaysia.