STM Lottery Sdn Bhd (a.k.a. Sports Toto), formerly known as Sports Toto Malaysia Sdn Bhd, is a Malaysian company, which operates in the gambling sector.[1]
Founded and incorporated by the Malaysian Government in 1969, it focused on the commercialisation of 4-Digits–based games. On 1 August 1985, the government in a non-tender privatisation,[2] sold the company to local businessman Vincent Tan who merged it into Berjaya Corporation.[3] It is one of three licensed number forecast operators in Malaysia, with the others being Magnum and Da Ma Cai.
Today, Sports Toto is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sports Toto Berhad (myx: 1562), which is listed on the main market of Bursa Malaysia. It claims to be the largest operator in Malaysia of 4D-based games, with 680 sales outlets offering a total of 7 games.[4]
Sports Toto boast the largest jackpot recorded to date in Malaysia, amounting to RM121.7 million in prize money which was won by multiple lucky winners on 18 January 2025.[5]
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- Welcome to Sports Toto's Official Website Go For It! :: Corporate - About Us www.sportstoto.com.my, retrieved 2024-11-04^
- (Studwell, Joe; Asian Godfathers, page 130, Grove Press, 2007)^
- Qinghuang Yan. The Chinese in Southeast Asia and beyond: socioeconomic and political dimensions World Scientific, 2008^
- About Us Sports Toto, retrieved 29 December 2013^
- F. M. T. Reporters. 4 lucky punters share Toto’s highest-ever RM121mil jackpot Free Malaysia Today, 2025-01-18, retrieved 2025-01-19^