The ninth TOTO cascade draw of the year has concluded with three lucky winners sharing the jackpot of more than S$12.5 million.
The draw on Thursday (28 Aug) was hotly anticipated as the jackpot had snowballed to an estimated S$10 million.
Source: ong boon siong on XiaoHongShu
Eventually, the Group 1 prize for the latest draw went up to as much as S$$12,528,186, according to Singapore Pools.
The winning numbers were 10, 11, 16, 24, 34 and 35.
The additional number was 1.
Source: Singapore Pools
After the dust settled, three Group 1 prize winners emerged.
They will split the jackpot three ways, each getting substantial winnings of S$4,176,062.
Source: Singapore Pools
In contrast, the Group 2 prize was shared among 18 people, with each of them getting S$78,549.
According to Singapore Pools, two of the three winning tickets were purchased via the Singapore Pools account betting service.
One of them was bought via a QuickPick System 7 Entry, meaning the minimum bet amount was S$7 for seven numbers instead of the usual six, which provides seven ordinary entries instead of one.
The other winning ticket was a System 9 Entry.
The last winning ticket was bought in person at a Singapore Pools outlet in the basement of Sim Lim Square.
Source: Google Maps
It was a QuickPick System 7 Entry.
Thursday’s winnings are the highest amount won by a ticket purchased from this outlet, according to information from Singapore Pools.
It was also the fifth time a ticket from this outlet won the Group 1 prize since 2014.
The 28 Aug draw was declared as a cascade draw after three consecutive draws — on 18 Aug, 21 Aug, and 25 Aug — failed to produce a Group 1 winner.
The last draw that had a Group 1 winner was on 14 Aug, when one punter took home a cool S$2,980,746.
A cascade draw is typically called in such a situation, meaning the jackpot will be split between the Group 2 winners if no Group 1 winner emerges.
If there are no Group 2 winners, the prize will be split among the Group 3 winners, and so on.
This has been a huat year so far for Singapore punters, with no less than nine cascade draws so far.
Previous cascade draws this year were the New Year Draw on 3 Jan, Reunion Draw on 24 Jan, Hong Bao Draw on 7 Feb, and draws on 6 March, 28 April, 19 June, 17 July and 31 July.
Two of these draws had just one winner — the 19 June draw, where one lucky punter snagged the full sum of more than S$12.3 million, and the 31 July draw when one person took home a staggering S$12.8 million.
The next TOTO draw will be on Monday (1 Sept), for an estimated jackpot of S$1 million.
Also read: TOTO jackpot snowballs to S$10M for 28 Aug after 3 consecutive draws without Group 1 winner
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