Char Siu Lang hawker who won S$1mil Toto strikes lottery again, opens new Woodlands outlet

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Former financial advisor Ivan Leong used his windfall to buy a HDB flat with his girlfriend, became a char siew hawker, and has since expanded his biz twice.

We want this guy’s incredible luck — while most folks just hope for a windfall when buying Toto, Ivan Leong has had an unusually solid run with striking the lottery. In 2013, he bought a $3.50 Quick Pick ticket from a Singapore Pools outlet at Chinatown Point, and ended up

According to Ivan, he has had to increase his menu prices this year by about 10 per cent due to “GST and suppliers’ price hike”.asked him if he had struck the lottery again. Amazingly, he did. Just last month, Ivan spent $3 buying Toto, but narrowly missed the grand prize by two numbers. “A little close,” he chuckles to us. That said, he still won $50. Not bad at all.

The pragmatic millennial reckons that he will still be a hawker even if he landed another major lottery windfall, like what he did when he scored a million dollars and opened a char siew stall with his wife, who now works with him. There were also Char Siu Lang fans who requested Ivan to reopen his Bukit Merah stall beside ABC Brickworks market. He says: “But I would like to settle down at Woodlands first, then I will start planning again.”

 

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