The Toto jackpot prize of $10 million is coming on 14 March 2024 9.30PM.
Like the popular hokkien dialect song “If I have a million” that my older folks sings more often than rather, these two lucky Toto punters have instantly joined the millionaire club, something which many can only dream and be envious of.
Top three luckiest Toto outlets
While the drawn numbers are randomly selected and generated, there seems to be outlets that have generated more winning tickets as compared to other Singapore Pools outlets.
This has led to flocks of people specially heading down to place their bets at these outlets, in the hopes of creating a ‘higher’ chances to strike the top jackpot prize.
The outlets that are named here have consistently been providing winning Toto tickets, and they are named not in any order as the draws are still happening twice weekly, which will result in the outlets taking over each other’s position in the number of times where Group 1 winning tickets are generated.
The information provided here about outlets who have the most number of jackpot prize winners is accurate as of 14 Oct 2014.
- NTUC Fairprice Serangoon Central Hypermarket
12 Group 1 winners, 46 Group 2 winners and 58 Group 3 winners.
2. Delisia Agency Pte Ltd
12 Group 1 winners, 60 Group 2 winners and 72 Group 3 winners.
3. Tong Aik Huat
11 Group 1 winners, 76 Group 2 winners and 87 Group 3 winners.
Changes throughout the years
Toto first started in a ‘5 out of 49 format’ in 1968, where five numbers out of 49 will make up the winning set of numbers.
It subsequently changed to ‘6 out of 42’ in 1988, and the top prize then had a minimum sum of S$300,000 guaranteed.
However in year 1997, Toto rules were changed again. This time, the Toto numbers changed to ‘6 out of 45’ with the top prize raised to a sum of S$500,000 guaranteed.
The latest change to what the format is today came in October 2014, when it was decided that six winning numbers and one additional number out of 49 will be drawn twice a week on Mondays and Thursdays.
The jackpot sum was also increased to begin at at least S$1,000,000.
Responsible Gaming
As much as Toto may be a great way to realise your dreams of being a millionaire without working for it, it is also important that we gamble responsibly.
It is okay to indulge in a little bit of gaming, provided that you do not use your money for daily necessities to gamble instead of getting what you need to get and it is spare money that you can afford to lose.
Many punters including those that gamble on Toto tend to have the mindset that they are investing small money to get bigger returns.
Afterall, the saying “not everyday is a sunday” goes.
One must remember that the odds for gambling are always stack against the punter, and the bookmaker always wins.
There is a Chinese saying which loosely translates to “Gamble 10 times, lose 9 times.”
People who are addicted to gambling can always reach out to the National Council or Problem Gambling (NCPG), for help on gambling issues.
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