4-D number 1505 sold out for three draws after May 15 date set for PM Lee’s handover to DPM Wong

An employee at Singapore Pools’ Toa Payoh Lorong 1 outlet said some some punters bet hundreds on the number. - PHOTO: WILBERT CHUA/ FACEBOOK via The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore Pools stopped accepting bets on 4-D number “1505” on April 15 for three upcoming draws, within hours of the announcement that Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong would take over the reins from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on May 15.

A check by ST at about 7pm found that the number was sold out for 4-D draws for April 17, April 20 and April 21.