SINGAPORE: Three winning tickets shared the nearly S$8 million Toto jackpot on Friday (Jan 2), after the previous draw yielded no winners in Group 1.
The winning numbers were 11, 18, 20, 32, 38, 39, while the additional number was 34.
The prize money initially started out at $5 million for the Jan 2 draw, but increased to $6.8 million, given that there were no winners for the previous draw.
The final jackpot was about $7.9 million with the three winners each getting $2,653,368.
A ticket must have all six winning numbers in order to win the Group 1 prize. In the event that there are no winners, the prize money will snowball to the next draw, up till the fourth one.
Following that, the amount will be shared among the winners in Group 2.
The final winning tickets were bought via a QuickPick System 7 Entry, the second via an iToto System 12 ticket, and at a Singapore Pools Branch in Upper Boon Keng Road.
The iToto ticket comprises 12 numbers, which increases the odds of winning, and are split into 28 shares, and a person can buy multiple shares at $33 each. A normal System 12 ticket of 12 numbers costs $924.
Jan 2’s Group 2 had 17 winners, with each taking home about $98,000.
The largest prize purse won in a Toto draw was on Feb 11, 2022, when $19.4 million was split among eight winning tickets. - The Straits Times/ANN
