The First Division Prize Fund for the Year of the Horse Mark Six Snowball draw* is estimated to reach HK$200 million. This represents not just the largest ever Chinese New Year Snowball draw, but the highest dividend payout in Mark Six history. The draw will carry a snowball of HK$165 million and is scheduled to take place on Saturday, 21 February, the fifth day of the Chinese New Year.

Lucky numbers for the Chinese New Year
Since the Mark Six adopted its current 49-number format in July 2002, the number “15” has been the most frequently drawn among the first draws of the 23 Chinese New Years, appearing seven times. That is followed by the numbers “10”, “36”, “43” and “48”, each of which has been drawn six times. The results of the first Chinese New Year draw over the years are as follows:

According to the draw results above, 40% of the numbers drawn were blue balls:

The drawn numbers are more frequently distributed between the range of “10” and “19”:

Tickets for the Year of the Horse Snowball draw will be available through all betting channels starting on Sunday night
Mark Six tickets for the Year of the Horse Snowball draw will be available at OCBBs#, Telebet (including 1886 Telebet Automated Services) and Digital Channels** after the draw on 15 February, Sunday. Tickets are on sale up until 9:15 pm on 21 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 TVB Plus (Channel 82).

To allow for more purchase time, the draw scheduled for 17 February will not be held. The OCBBs will also start service early at 11:00 am on the draw day, 21 February.

* Customers must be aged 18 and above

# 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