racing. PMP has a 24 percent market share in the number forecasting business which is dominated by the two larger rivals. It offers the popular Big Sweep game plus 3D and other number games. Sports Toto Malaysia was incorporated in
1969 and privatised in 1985. Today Sports Toto is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad. It is the largest number forecast operator in
the country in terms of outlets (of which it has 680) and offers a total of seven games such as Toto 4D, Toto 4D Jackpot, Toto 5D, Toto 6D, Supreme Toto 6/58 and Grand Toto 6/63. It is also the sole licensed national lotto operator. Toto draws are held three times a week for its digit games and lotto games. Berjaya Sports Toto Berhad runs several other
companies including Berjaya Philippines which leases online lottery equipment and provides software support. Revenue from the Sports Toto Malaysia in 2014 was RM3.38bn. Tirdly Magnum Berhad is a holding company
for the Magnum Group of Companies set up in 1975 in Malaysia. After a de-merger in 2013 the company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Magnum Corporation, began to focus solely on the gaming or the number forecasting lottery business.
MCSB was the first company to be awarded a
licence by the Malaysian government to operate the extremely popular 4D (four digit numbers game) games where players select a number from 0000 to 9999. In September 2009 it launched Magnum 4D Jackpot and in 2014 added a new game called Magnum 4D Jackpot Gold. Draws are held three times a week with five
games – 4D Game, 4D MBox, 4D Jackpot, 4D Jackpot Gold and 4D Powerball. Players can also access the games via phone apps. Revenues for Magnum Berhad in 2014 were RM2.8bn compared to RM2.9bn the year
previously. Tere are over 500 outlets around the country. Te Malaysians have a unique way of
choosing numbers for the 3D or 4D games and use a Chifa book which correlates numbers to certain objects or actions. Te idea is if you dream of catching a fish for example, players look up a picture of a person fishing and use that number in their lottery. Te Chifa book contains numbers from 000 to
999 and therefore contains some 1,000 pictures of objects and actions from baskets to parrots to playing ball. Meanwhile horse Racing was introduced in
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