S$10mil Toto results to be announced on July 17; no winners in past three draws
SINGAPORE: An estimated S$10 million Toto cascade jackpot will be up for grabs on July 17, following three consecutive draws without a winner.
The results are expected to be announced at 9.30pm on July 17. Those placing their bets for a chance to win can do so before 9pm.
The Singapore Pools' website showed that the prize money for the Group 1 category snowballed from almost $1.2 million on July 7 to about $2.9 million on July 10.
The last draw on July 14, which had a prize money of about $5.8 million, had again yielded no winner.
The Group 1 prize amount will snowball only up to the fourth draw. Thereafter, the amount will be shared among the winners in Group 2.
The last Toto draw that had a prize sum of over $10 million was on June 19, where a single ticket won the $12.3 million Toto jackpot.
The winning numbers were 1, 10, 37, 40, 45, 47. The additional number was 19. - The Straits Times/ANN
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