On the 13th day of Chinese New Year (CNY), many Singaporeans were hoping for a very huat year indeed.
They formed long queues over the past few days, hoping to become an instant millionaire in the TOTO Hong Bao draw.
Source: Flavien Wong on Facebook
After the dust settled, three lucky punters emerged as the winners this time round, each winning a cool sum of S$4.27 million.
They bought their golden tickets at outlets across Singapore, in Bencoolen, West Coast and Tampines.
The latest draw took place at 9.30pm on Friday (3 Feb), for a Group 1 prize of S$12,810,104.
Source: Singapore Pools
The winning numbers ended up being 4, 6, 21, 25, 34 and 40, with an additional number of 48.
Source: Singapore Pools
As three people managed to crack the winning formula, they will split the prize three ways.
Thus, each of them gets S$4,270,035.
Source: Singapore Pools
22 other punters get the not-inconsequential sum of S$122,585.
The frenzy for this round was bigger than normal as a massive amount of S$12 million was up for grabs.
Source: Singapore Lottery – 4D/Toto Prediction/Forecast 新加坡万博彩字多多發財疯 Fan Page on Facebook
Though it wasn’t as high as last year’s Hong Bao jackpot of S$16 million — which eventually snowballed to S$19.4 million — the possibility of a life-changing windfall was just too tempting to resist.
That’s why snaking queues were seen at Singapore Pools outlets across the island.
At one particularly auspicious outlet at Fu Lu Shou Complex in Rochor, the queue stretched from the basement store all the way to the ground floor and around the building.
Source: Facebook
Eventually, a number of outlets had the rub of the green this time round.
One is a Singapore Pools outlet at Bencoolen Street, which sold a winning ticket via 1 Quickpick System 7 Entry.
Source: Google Maps
Another is a provision shop in West Coast that sold a winning ticket via 1 QuickPick Ordinary Entry — meaning it cost just S$1.
Source: Google Maps
The third is located at Block 824 Tampines Street 81, which sold the final winning ticket via 1 System 7 Entry.
Source: Google Maps
According to Singapore Pools, the full list of outlets is:
Source: Singapore Pools
Congratulations to the winners of the latest Toto jackpot.
If you weren’t one of the lucky ones this time around, we wish you all the best for the next one.
That said, while it can be fun to try your luck every now and then, do gamble responsibly and within your means only.
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Featured image adapted from Google Maps and Google Maps.
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