$10 million Toto results to be announced on June 19; no winners in past 3 draws
Those placing their bets for a chance to win can do so before 9pm. ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG
$10 million Toto results to be announced on June 19; no winners in past 3 draws
SINGAPORE - An estimated $10 million Toto cascade jackpot draw awaits lucky punters on June 19, after the past three draws saw no winners.
The results are expected to be announced at 9.30pm on June 19. 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 $1.3 million on June 9 to $2.9 million on June 12.
The last draw on June 16, which had a prize money of $5.6 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 April 28, with two winning tickets sharing $12.9 million.
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