“No news is good news.”
Indeed, in the world of lotteries, the absence of news can often be the best news.
This adage seems particularly apt for the current Toto draw scenario.
For regular Toto participants, no news typically signals a rollover, boosting the chance of a heftier win in the next draw.
The allure of lotteries lies in the possibility of winning a substantial sum for a relatively modest outlay.
This allure intensifies when the lottery prize ‘snowballs’, a term used to describe how the unclaimed money from one draw rolls over to the next, leading to a significant increase in the jackpot amount.
In the case of the Toto draw, there has been a notable absence of jackpot winners over the past three draws.
According to Singapore Pools, after a single winner clinched the jackpot on 7 Dec the subsequent draws on 11, 14, and 18 Dec saw no winners, culminating in the prize money soaring to an impressive SGD $10 million.
So, what does this mean for Toto enthusiasts?
Come this Thursday, 21 Dec, the jackpot will stand at a staggering SGD $10 million.
The winning numbers for the draw on 7 Dec were 10, 16, 25, 29, 42, 44, and the additional number 48.
On that day, a fortunate bettor at a betting station in Block 681 on Punggol Road invested just $7 on a System 7 quick pick, walking away with a prize of $2.915 million.
This remarkable win has undoubtedly fueled the aspirations of many punters, who are now eyeing the potentially life-changing $10 million prize.
The revised Toto betting rules state that accumulated jackpots will be distributed in a cascading manner on the fourth draw.
This effectively means that the first group’s prize can only roll over until the fourth draw.
Consequently, someone is guaranteed to win a significant amount this Thursday.
If the first prize remains unclaimed, the jackpot will be divided among those who match the second set of numbers, and so on.
The recent win in October, where an individual scooped a whopping $13 million, has only served to heighten the excitement.
This windfall followed a similar event in Sep 2022, where a single ticket holder won $11 million.
Last year, we witnessed a similar scenario when the Toto jackpot snowballed to $10 million.
That draw resulted in two fortunate winners splitting the grand prize, with each receiving $5.36 million.
Intriguingly, both winning tickets were purchased at shopping malls, which saw queues of 50 to 80 people during peak lunch hours.
With 13,983,816 possible combinations for selecting 6 winning numbers from a pool of 49, the odds are vast, yet there is always that one winning combination.
What will the results reveal this Thursday?