Singapore Sweep

What the Singapore Sweep is

The Singapore Sweep is a 7-digit sweepstakes game. Each ticket carries a seven-digit number somewhere between 1000000 and 4499999, and that number is your entry into the draw¹. You do not pick teams, matches or outcomes. You hold a number and wait for the draw.

It is one of five products Singapore Pools offers, alongside 4D, TOTO, football and horse racing⁵. Singapore Pools is the country's sole legal gaming operator for lottery, sports betting and horse wagering, so there is no competing Sweep and no second operator to compare against⁶.

The game has been running for decades. A 2010 draw carried a snowballed first prize of S$2,200,000, which gives you a sense of how long the format and the prize scale have been in place⁷.

Two things make the Sweep different from 4D and TOTO. First, it is monthly rather than several times a week. Second, the ticket is a physical printed slip with a number on it, and you need to keep it safe, because the ticket itself is what you present to claim.

Ticket price: S$3 per entry

Every Singapore Sweep ticket costs S$3, inclusive of GST, for a single entry into one draw¹. That is the whole cost. There is no multi-draw discount, no optional add-on and no higher-stake version.

You can buy more than one ticket, and each one is a separate S$3 entry with its own number. If you buy five tickets, you have five numbers in the draw and you have spent S$15.

Payment at the counter is cash or NETS. Singapore Pools branches accept cash and NETS only, and the operator does not allow betting on credit or provide loans or financial assistance to fund bets⁸. Bring cash or a NETS card and you are fine.

Where to buy: outlets and vendors only

Singapore Sweep tickets can only be bought from Singapore Pools outlets or from Singapore Sweep vendors⁴. They are available at all Singapore Pools outlets and vendors islandwide¹⁰.

The vendor network is worth knowing about if you are not near a branch. There are 55 listed vendor locations spread across the North, South, East, West and Central areas of the island, each with its own address and postal code¹⁰. Convenience chains appear in the list, including Buzz and Cheers outlets, so a Sweep ticket is often a short walk away rather than a trip to a main branch¹⁰.

One practical catch: not every sales point offers the same options. Some authorized retailers offer only Quick Pick and 100 Numbers entries, and appointed vendors may sell only pre-printed Quick Pick tickets¹. If you want to choose your own number rather than take a randomly generated one, buy at a full Singapore Pools outlet.

If you are already a Singapore Pools account holder, note that your account cannot be used at the counter. The Singapore Pools Account works only for bets placed online and by phone, not at outlets¹¹. At the counter you are simply a walk-in customer paying S$3.

How to buy a ticket, step by step

The process is short and there is no paperwork.

1. Go to a Singapore Pools outlet or a listed Singapore Sweep vendor during opening hours.
2. Ask for a Singapore Sweep ticket, or fill in a bet slip if you want to choose your own number.
3. Pay S$3 per ticket in cash or by NETS⁸.
4. Take the printed ticket and keep it somewhere safe. It is your proof of entry and the only thing you can claim with.

If you take a Quick Pick, the system generates a single random 7-digit number for you¹. If you would rather choose, you can select your own digits. Either way the price is the same.

There is no transaction fee for placing a bet¹². The S$3 is the full amount you hand over.

Draw schedule: first Wednesday, 6.30pm

Singapore Sweep draws take place monthly on the first Wednesday at 6.30pm². The next draw after this page was checked is Wednesday, October 7, 2026³.

Results are released on the Singapore Pools website and mobile app¹. You can also subscribe to receive Singapore Sweep results by email or message if you would rather not check manually¹³.

One thing to know about the results: official results may be rectified after release¹. If a number is corrected, the corrected version is the one that counts. If Singapore Pools suspects a draw has been interfered with, it can delay results, hold prize payments pending investigation, or void bets and refund them¹.

Prize tiers: SGD 2.3 million down to SGD 10,000

The Sweep pays out across a long ladder of tiers. The headline numbers from a recent draw give you the shape of it: a first prize of S$2,300,000, a second prize of S$500,000 and a third prize of S$250,000³.

Here is the full structure as set out in the game rules¹:

The draw itself works through the tiers in a set order. It starts with nine sets of two numbers for the Two-Digit Delight Prizes, then draws 50 Participation, 30 Consolation, 30 Gift, 10 Lucky and 10 Jackpot numbers, and finishes with one set each for the Third, Second and First Prizes¹.

The Two-Digit Delight is the tier most people overlook. It pays S$6 per winning two-digit number, a small return, but it is a return¹.

If a prize is found to have been miscalculated, Singapore Pools can declare a revised amount, pay you the difference if the correct figure is higher, and recover the difference from you if it is lower¹.

What the Sweep does not offer: no online betting

Singapore Sweep tickets cannot be bought online or through the Singapore Pools app. Sales are in person at outlets and vendors only⁴.

This is not a temporary gap. The Sweep is a physical ticket product, and the sales channels listed for it are outlets and appointed vendors¹. Other Singapore Pools products work differently: TOTO MATCH, for example, is currently available only at the retail channel, with plans to offer it to online account customers¹². The Sweep has no equivalent online route.

Playing on offshore casino or lottery websites is illegal in Singapore, and social gambling is not permitted on online platforms either¹⁴. If a site outside Singapore offers you Sweep numbers, it is not selling you a Singapore Sweep ticket.

There is also a self-exclusion system that blocks a person from Singapore Pools online betting, casinos and jackpot machine rooms at private clubs¹⁵. You can apply online with Singpass or in person at a ServiceSG center, and you can apply to revoke it the same way¹³.

Claiming a prize

You can claim from the day after the draw during outlet opening hours¹⁶. The deadline is 180 days from the draw date, counting weekends and public holidays¹⁶.

Where you claim depends on the amount¹⁶:

• S$5,000 or less: cash or PayNow at any Singapore Pools outlet
• Up to S$20,000: PayNow at any outlet
• Up to S$200,000: PayNow at the head office
• Over S$5,000: check is also an option

Authorized retailers can pay prizes of S$5,000 or less for all products, and betting outlets can handle S$20,000 or less⁹. Head office claims run Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.30pm, excluding public holidays¹⁶.

Two details worth remembering. First, if you hold a valid winning ticket, Singapore Pools must pay you, and it cannot withhold a prize because the ticket was reported stolen to the police¹⁶. Second, if you are collecting S$5,000 or more at the head office, you will be offered financial planning tips and responsible gambling messages as part of the Care for Winners program⁸.

Winnings from the Sweep are not taxable in Singapore.

What the underlined digits on the results mean

When you look at a Singapore Sweep results page, some digits are underlined. Those underlined digits are the winning numbers for 4D³. They are there as a convenience for 4D players reading the same page, not as part of the Sweep result itself.

For the Sweep, what matters is your full 7-digit number and whether it appears in one of the drawn sets. Read the tier list from the top down: First, Second and Third Prizes are single numbers, then the Jackpot, Lucky, Gift, Consolation and Participation tiers, and finally the Two-Digit Delight pairs at the bottom.

Who can play

Singapore Sweep is open to anyone aged 21 or over who buys a ticket in person at an outlet or vendor. There is no separate rule for citizens, residents and visitors: the same S$3 price and the same age requirement apply to everyone standing at the counter.

That is different from the casino side of Singapore gambling, where citizens and permanent residents pay an entry levy that visitors do not. The Sweep has no levy and no membership requirement. You walk in, pay S$3, and you are in the draw.

If you want the wider picture of what is and is not legal in the country, see Can I Gamble in Singapore?. For the operator behind the Sweep and its other products, see Singapore Pools (Private) Limited. If sports betting is what you are after rather than a lottery, Can I Bet on Sports in Singapore? and Football Betting with Singapore Pools cover that ground.