The jackpot for the January 30 Toto draw stood at S$7.2 million, and a punter walked away with it after buying a QuickPick ticket from the FairPrice outlet at Oasis Terraces in Punggol. The winning numbers were 8, 15, 16, 23, 35 and 40. There were also five punters who won Group 2 prizes of S$136,161. The table below explains the odds of winning each prize group, as per Singapore Pools.
The Toto jackpot is not guaranteed, as the winning numbers are mutually independent events. The occurrence of prior number combinations have no influence on their future occurrences, despite what many have tried to map and analyse. This has produced lots of statistics and “patterns” which explain nothing that can be verified or supported meaningfully.
The chances of winning the Toto Jackpot are as low as 1 in 14 million. That’s lower than the probability of getting struck by lightning in Singapore (1 in 500,000) and even being shot in a gunfight here (1 in 1.3 million). Toto is not meant to be an investment, but rather a recreational activity that can be enjoyed with friends and family. We should exercise a Responsible Play mentality and not treat it as a get-rich-quick scheme or form of investment.