The Mark Six Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draw for this year will be held next Thursday, 4 September. The draw will carry a giant Snowball of $60 million. If there is only a single first prize for a $10 winning unit, the payout is estimated to reach $80 million, the highest-ever first prize for Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draws. The draw will be held at 9:30 pm on next Thursday and broadcast live on ATV’s Home Channel.
Top 5 Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball first prize payouts
Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draw
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First prize amount
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04/09/2014
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$80,000,000 (Estimated first prize for a single $10 winning unit)
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24/09/2004
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$44,488,370
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19/09/2013
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$41,984,065 (0.5 winning unit)
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06/10/1998
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$38,000,000
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21/09/1999
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$33,255,065
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20/09/1994
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$32,665,696
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Lucky numbers for Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draw
Records of the past ten years show that number 15 has been drawn five times in the Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draws, while number 48 has been drawn four times. Two other numbers have each come out three times. They are:
Lucky numbers for Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draws
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Number of times drawn (including as extra numbers)
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15
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5 times
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48
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4 times
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42 43
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3 times
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Entries for the Snowball draw available now
Entries for the Mid-Autumn Festival Snowball draw are now available through Off-course Betting Branches (OCBBs), Telebet (including 1886 Telebet Automated Services) and Interactive Services which include Online Betting Service (eWin) www.hkjcmarksix.com, Mobile Betting Service, CIT-8, Mango devices and MangoPRO betting app. Selling will stop at 9:15 pm on the draw day.
To allow for pre-racing season system testing, all OCBBs will be closed on Monday 1 September and resume services on the following day. Telebet and Interactive Services will be closed from 2:00 pm to 12:45 am on the following day.
*Customers must be aged 18 and above