KUCHING: A lucky winner from Selangor won the RM14.6 million Toto 4D Jackpot 1 by betting his car registration numbers on March 27.
The 60-year-old winner, who owns a hardware store, told Sports Toto when collecting his winnings, that his pair of winning numbers was derived from the registration numbers of his favourite cars – 8750 and 3250.
“I love my cars and they have become one of my inspirations when it comes to buying numbers. I love to play digit games because it is very convenient for me to bet with the 4-digit car registration numbers.
“My car numbers are nothing special but since I love my cars so much, I have been betting their registration numbers for five years without fail. It seems that my love for my cars is rewarding,” he said.
He added that to increase his feel-good factor, he would place his bets during the draw days.
It was revealed that his son was the first person who spotted his favourite car numbers appearing among the set of special numbers drawn for Toto 4D.
His son then called to him to check the live draw results together and both were stunned when the two numbers went up to the second and third prize of the digit game.
“We stared at each other and we were speechless when realising that we had won the first prize of Toto 4D Jackpot,” he said excitedly.
Asked about his plan on using the winnings, he said he would buy a new house for his family and keep the balance in the bank.
The winner bought a System 3 ticket that won him a whopping RM14,568,844.30 from the total jackpot of RM14,896,234.10 and an additional prize of RM336.
