Singapore Pools Toto jackpot snowballs to $2.5m after no winner for 21 July

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2 days ago

SINGAPORE — The latest Toto draw on 21 July ended without a Group 1 winner, which sets the stage for a snowballed jackpot featuring an estimated $2.5 million for Thursday's draw (24 July), according to Singapore Pools.
The winning numbers on Monday evening were 2, 5, 10, 12, 14 and 37, while the additional number drawn was 17.
The biggest winners from the latest Toto draw came from four winning tickets in Group 2 which took home over $65,800 each. These Group 2 winning tickets were sold at:
Jake Merchandise Associates – Block 503 Tampines Central 1 (1 QuickPick System 8 Entry)
Everbright Services – Depot Heights Shopping Centre (1 QuickPick System 7 Entry)
Singapore Pools Account Betting Service – (1 QuickPick System 7 Entry)
Dawn Florist – Block 119 Aljunied Avenue 2 (1 System 8 Entry)
What is Toto?
Toto was launched in 1968 as the first lottery game in the history of Singapore Pools. The game got its name from a combination of the words 'Totalisator' and 'Lotto'.
The current format of Toto sees six winning numbers and one additional number drawn from 49 numbers (1 to 49) every Monday and Thursday. The jackpot sum begins from $1,000,000.
A snowballing feature, which allows for the prize to increase if there are no winners, was introduced to the game in 1981. The System Entry option, where you can pay to be able to pick more numbers, was added later that year.
Last Toto results
The Singapore Pools Toto draw on 17 July saw 12 lucky winning tickets in Group 2 secure about $1.2 million each after there were no Group 1 winners for the $12.7 million jackpot. The prize had snowballed to $12.7m after the past three draws saw no winners. The winning numbers were 7, 8, 17, 29, 32, 42. The additional number was 1.
What is the prize structure for Toto?
Singapore Pools says that 54% of sales in each draw are added to the Toto prize pool. Your winnings from the pool is dependent on which prize group you land in after the draw reveals the winning numbers.
Prize group
Matching numbers
Prize
Group 1
(Jackpot)
6 winning numbers
38% of prize pool
(Minimum guarantee of $1,000,000)
Group 2
5 winning numbers + additional number
8% of prize pool
Group 3
5 winning numbers
5.5% of prize pool
Group 4
4 winning numbers
+ additional number
3% of prize pool
Group 5
4 winning numbers
$50
Group 6
3 winning numbers+ additional number
$25
Group 7
3 winning numbers
$10
What are the odds of winning Toto?
The odds of winning the Toto jackpot (6 winning numbers) are one in almost 14 million, according to Singapore Pools.
Prize group
Matching numbers
Odds of winning
Group 1
6 winning numbers
1 in 13,983,816
Group 2
5 winning numbers+ additional number
1 in 2,330,636
Group 3
5 winning numbers
1 in 55,491
Group 4
4 winning numbers+ additional number
1 in 22,197
These figures are available on the Singapore Pools website.
How do I calculate my Toto prize?
Singapore Pools has a prize calculator for Toto which you can find here.
How big can the Toto prize snowball to?
The Group 1 prize amount will not snowball beyond the fourth consecutive draw. If there is no Group 1 winner at the end of four consecutive draws, the final jackpot amount (38% of the fourth draw's prize pool plus snowballed amount from the three preceding draws) cascades, i.e. it will be paid to the next prize group with winner(s) and shared equally.
Prize amounts for Group 2, 3, and 4 will snowball until it is won.
What are the largest jackpot prizes and winning shares in Toto history?
Statistics from Singapore Pools includes lottery draws from 9 October 2014 onwards when Toto was updated to the current 6-out-of-49 format. According to their data, the biggest jackpot prize was $19,416,913 which was drawn on 11 February, 2022.
The $19.4 million jackpot had eight winning shares which means the winning share amount worked out to over $2.4m each. A nice sum but nowhere close to the biggest winning shares in Toto history which came in at over $13m on two separate occasions. This happened first on 2 October in 2023 when a single winning share took home $13,077,918. In May last year, another lucky individual had the sole winning share of a very cool $13,123,509 jackpot.
Help is available
If you are facing stress due to gambling problems, the National Problem Gambling Helpline & Webchat are available daily from 8am to 11pm. Call 1800-6-668-668 or visit ncpg.org.sg for support.