The Mark Six Chinese New Year of the Snake Snowball draw* will be held on Sunday, 2 February. The draw will carry a record-high snowball of HK$150 million and the First Division Prize Fund is estimated to reach HK$188 million for a single HK$10 winning unit. It will be the largest-ever Chinese New Year Snowball in the history of the Mark Six, and a record-high dividend payout for a single HK$10 winning unit.
Lucky numbers for the Chinese New Year’s draws
Since Mark Six lottery has developed to the current 49 numbers in 2002^, there have been 22 Mark Six draws at the start of the Chinese New Year. Taking them all into account, the number “15” was the most frequently drawn number which has been drawn seven times. That is followed by the numbers “10”, “43” and “48”, each of which has been drawn six times. The results of the Chinese New Year draw over the years are as follows:
Draw Date |
Drawn Numbers |
Extra |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
14/02/2024 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
24 |
25 |
48 |
15 |
26/01/2023 |
2 |
3 |
23 |
31 |
32 |
43 |
40 |
05/02/2022 |
15 |
18 |
21 |
25 |
39 |
43 |
33 |
12/02/2021 |
6 |
25 |
31 |
36 |
41 |
47 |
10 |
01/02/2020 |
3 |
5 |
30 |
31 |
43 |
48 |
13 |
06/02/2019 |
2 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
19 |
29 |
1 |
20/02/2018 |
3 |
5 |
25 |
42 |
43 |
44 |
2 |
28/01/2017 |
8 |
15 |
25 |
30 |
34 |
40 |
42 |
11/02/2016 |
3 |
4 |
17 |
30 |
35 |
47 |
10 |
22/02/2015 |
15 |
20 |
28 |
29 |
42 |
46 |
35 |
04/02/2014 |
11 |
13 |
15 |
39 |
48 |
49 |
37 |
14/02/2013 |
11 |
16 |
24 |
27 |
36 |
48 |
47 |
26/01/2012 |
3 |
10 |
11 |
17 |
29 |
34 |
15 |
03/02/2011 |
6 |
8 |
10 |
28 |
36 |
37 |
21 |
15/02/2010 |
1 |
7 |
17 |
20 |
29 |
49 |
19 |
27/01/2009 |
7 |
13 |
17 |
21 |
42 |
45 |
36 |
08/02/2008 |
2 |
16 |
30 |
31 |
38 |
48 |
36 |
19/02/2007 |
4 |
17 |
18 |
35 |
37 |
47 |
32 |
30/01/2006 |
9 |
21 |
22 |
33 |
35 |
48 |
43 |
10/02/2005 |
2 |
8 |
20 |
21 |
40 |
41 |
24 |
27/01/2004 |
10 |
13 |
18 |
29 |
40 |
41 |
4 |
04/02/2003 |
7 |
12 |
20 |
27 |
28 |
43 |
46 |
“Lucky Numbers” for the Chinese New Year’s draws |
Number of times drawn |
|---|---|
15 |
7 times |
10, 43, 48 |
6 times |
2, 3, 13, 17, 21, 25, 29, 36 |
5 times |
Blue number balls were drawn most frequently in the Chinese New Year’s draws
Analysing the above draw results, it was found that 40% of the numbers drawn belong to blue balls.
Ball colour distribution in Chinese New Year’s draws |
|
|---|---|
Red |
33% |
Green |
27% |
Blue |
40% |
Other statistics for Chinese New Year’s draws
| Two identical double-digit numbers | Number of times drawn (including the extra number) |
|---|---|
11 |
4 times |
22 |
1 time |
33 |
2 times |
44 |
1 time |
Distribution of numbers in Chinese New Year’s draws |
|
|---|---|
1 – 9 |
18% |
10 – 19 |
23% |
20 – 29 |
19% |
30 – 39 |
19% |
40 – 49 |
21% |
Tickets for the Chinese New Year Snowball draw are available at all betting channels
Mark Six tickets for the Chinese New Year Snowball draw are available at OCBBs#, Telebet (including 1886 Telebet Automated Services) and Digital Channels**. Tickets are on sale up until 9:15 pm on 2 February, the day of the draw. The draw will be held at 9:30 pm on the same evening and will be broadcast live on the TVB Plus (Channel 82).
To allow for more purchase time, the draws scheduled for 28 January and 30 January will not be held. The Off-course Betting Branches will also start service early at 10:00 am on the draw day, 2 February.
* Customers must be aged 18 and above
^ The arrangement of selecting six numbers from a total of 49 has been in place since July, 2002
# With exception of some OCBBs. For details, please visit https://is.hkjc.com/ocb/ocbbizhour_en.pdf
** Digital Channels include Online Betting Service (eWin) https://bet.hkjc.com/en/marksix and Classic 3-in-1
