2 lucky punters walk away with over $1.96m each from New Year Toto draw

2 lucky punters walk away with over $1.96m each from New Year Toto draw
One of the winning QuickPick Ordinary Entry tickets came from Fatt Chye Heng Trading.
PHOTO: The Straits Times

2024 has brought fortune to several lucky punters.

The $5.89 million jackpot for the New Year Toto draw on Friday (Jan 5) night was spilt across three winning shares, with each getting over $1.96 million.

Two of the winners placed a $1 bet for a QuickPick Ordinary Entry ticket, while the last winning entry came from an iToto - System 12 ticket, which was shared between 26 tickets, according to Singapore Pools.

The winning numbers announced during Friday's draw were: 7, 12, 17, 20, 31, 35, with an additional number of 22.

One winning QuickPick ticket was sold at Fatt Chye Heng Trading, which saw six winning Group 1 tickets from 2022 to Friday's draw.

Meanwhile, the other winning QuickPick ticket was sold at Ng Teo Guan Self Service, which saw three winning Group 1 tickets in the same period of time.

17 other punters who won the Group 2 prize each took home $73,010.

The next Toto draw takes place on Jan 8, with an estimated $1 million jackpot.

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lim.kewei@asiaone.com

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