This year’s Mark Six New Year Snowball draw* will be held on next Tuesday, 3 January. The draw will carry a snowball of $55 million, and it is estimated that the First Division Prize Fund could reach $70 million.
Numbers including ‘8’ appeared
Because of the pronunciation, the digit ‘8’ is believed to have wealth or fortune meanings in Chinese, so it is considered as an auspicious and lucky number. There were numbers including ‘8’ in previous New Year Snowball draws. Details are:
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Drawn numbers
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Draw date
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6 8 11 32 34 41 (47)
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02/01/2016
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8 15 31 35 42 44 (39)
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03/01/2015
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1 36 38 43 46 49 (21)
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02/01/2014
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17 25 32 33 46 48 (39)
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03/01/2013
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5 bankers with full field bet format
The 5 bankers with full field format (5 bankers with 44 legs) is a popular format for Mark Six. Customer can buy all numbers with HK$220 by partial unit investment of HK$5. If 5 of your bankers are Drawn Number, you will get one 1st Prize, one 2nd Prize and forty-two 3rd Prize. If 4 of your bankers are Drawn Number, the bet entitles to two 3rd Prize, one 4th Prize and forty-one 5th Prize. If 3 of your bankers are Drawn Number, the bet entitles to three 5th Prize, one 6th Prize and forty 7th Prize. (All Prizes will be paid based on the fraction that the Partial Unit Investment bears to the Unit Investment)
Tickets for the New Year Snowball draw are available now
Tickets for the New Year Snowball draw are now available at OCBBs, Telebet (including 1886 Telebet Automated Services) and Interactive Services which include Online Betting Service (eWin) www.hkjcmarksix.com, Mobile Betting Service, Mango devices and MangoPRO betting app. Selling will stop at 9:15 pm on the draw day, 3 January.
*Customers must be aged 18 and above
