Robert Bailey knew these numbers by heart, because for a quarter of a century he had been dictating them weekly to New York grocers filling out lottery tickets for him. And then came October 27th.

You can call it luck, you can call it perseverance. But, the combination chosen once: 8, 12, 13, 19, 27 and 4 (PowerBall) - finally worked. Former postal worker, 67-year-old retiree Robert Bailey won the biggest prize in the history of the New York Lottery - $ 343.8 million. Mr Bailey said he was advised by a relative about 25 years ago about the winning numbers, but declined to elaborate.

Robert was one of two winners to hit the $687.8 million Powerball jackpot. The second winner, 51-year-old Lerenne West, a mother of three from Iowa, played auto-bet.

On November 14, Bailey appeared at a public winning check handover ceremony held at the Casino Resort World in Queens. The amount he will receive after taxes is $125,396,690. Cheerful but not very outgoing, Mr. Bailey said he would have avoided the ceremony if he could, but New York State law does not allow lottery winners to hide their identity.

Robert Bailey did not watch the draw that brought him good luck, he checked the results later, after the football. And, I immediately saw my five numbers. And when I realized which number turned out to be an additional one (PowerBall), I was simply shocked. Bailey stayed up all night and barely slept this weekend. It took some time for Robert to get in touch after the draw, as he held meetings with a lawyer and financial advisor, consulting about the win.

Examples of how people for many years (and even decades!) play the same combination, which they win, are not uncommon. As a matter of fact, this is one of the strategies of the game, simple and inexpensive. Behind the scenes is only how many players use it - there may be hundreds of thousands of them, if not more. At the same time, luck smiles only at a few, and each such case is massively replicated.

In Russia, not a single example of such a win is remembered. For one simple reason: Gosloto numerical lotteries are held so often that playing in each draw of the selected lottery (at least with one bet!) Is too expensive, and therefore meaningless. The monthly budget for playing with one option will be - 12 thousand rubles in "5 out of 36" (5 draws per day!), 6 thousand rubles in "6 out of 45" (two draws per day) and 12,000 in the "4 out of 20" lottery

In the case of normal numerical lotteries, the draws of which are held 1-2 times a week, playing with constant combinations is a pleasure that is extended over time, not causing significant financial damage. Simple weekly entertainment. In our case, participation in the Stoloto lotteries with at least one combination, but on an ongoing basis, that is, each draw, is a costly financial burden.

Number lotteries from Stoloto are aimed primarily at people suffering from gambling addiction, which is why they are held so often.

On the first day of the New Year 2018, the Stoloto company will raffle off a billion rubles in the 1212 draw of the Russian Lotto lottery. This is the most popular lottery in our country, which has been played for more than 20 years, and it is not surprising that the organizers decided to play such a huge amount in it.

When the drawing of a billion rubles for the New Year

Regular players remember that last year on New Year's Eve the organizers also raffled off 1,000,000,000 rubles. The drawing of the New Year's billion in 2018 will not take place on Sunday, as usual, but on Monday, January 1. The festive broadcast with well-known hosts can be watched at 20:00 live on NTV.

The broadcast of this edition promises to be special, thanks to interesting guests and holiday stories, but not everyone will be able to watch it - people have different plans for the holidays. Therefore, we offer. To do this, follow the link and enter the number of the draw and ticket at any time after the draw.

In the meantime, check out the draw announcement:

What is the Jackpot and other prizes in the New Year's Billion draw

The expected Jackpot of more than 500 million rubles was announced, but in the 1204th draw it was drawn, and after two drawings another one in the amount of 100,000,000. Now there is no information about the size of the Super Prize on the Stoloto website, but in any case it will amount to more than tens of millions, and the prize fund of the circulation will be more than 1 billion rubles.
If the Jackpot is not won, then it will be forcibly distributed among all the winners, which means that the winnings will be larger. In addition, 50 country houses and hundreds of thousands of cash prizes will be drawn in the 1212 draw.

At the end of the draw, only 2 kegs will remain, which means that every second ticket will win and the New Year's prize fund will be drawn in full! “Every second ticket wins!” means that the probability of matching all 30 numbers of the ticket is in the range from 1 to 2.37 to 1 to 2.25.

Where to buy a Billion lottery ticket for the New Year from Russian Lotto

Tickets for the New Year's draw of the Russian Lotto lottery have been on sale for a long time. If you decide to also participate in this draw, you just need to buy a ticket for the 1212th draw, and you can do this in several ways, purchase online or at distribution points:

1. Usual points of sale: Stoloto kiosks, post offices, Svyaznoy, Euroset, Megafon, etc.
2. Stores "Pyaterochka". When buying lotteries at Pyaterochka, be sure to keep your receipt.
3. The easiest option is to buy tickets online.

Ticket sales for the 1212th draw close on January 01, 2018, at 09:00 Moscow time. We wish you good luck and big wins!

In just two holidays - December 31 and January 1 - state lotteries will broadcast 8 unique drawings with a total prize fund of over 1 billion rubles. Moreover, half of them will be broadcast live on NTV. This is the first time in the history of Russian lotteries!

To become a participant in the unprecedented New Year's draw, you need to purchase tickets with a bright inscription "1 billion rubles", which are already waiting for the lucky ones at lottery kiosks, Russian Post offices, Euroset communication stores, MegaFon sales offices and on the website stoloto.ru. The more tickets you have, the higher your chances of winning!

The following lotteries participate in the drawing: Russian Lotto, Housing Lottery, Golden Horseshoe, 6 out of 36, Gosloto 6 out of 45 special edition, Gosloto 5 out of 36 special edition, Gosloto 7 out of 49, as well as an exciting new lottery - Gosloto 4 out of 20, the first draw of which will take place on December 31.

It’s worth stocking up on New Year’s tickets in advance - there are more and more people who want to grab luck by the tail every day.

However, it is nice to receive gifts even before the New Year. By purchasing tickets for New Year's draws on the stoloto.ru website, you get the opportunity to become a participant in the New Year's quest, where prizes are drawn every two weeks. Perhaps it is you who will become the proud owner of the new iPhone 7! One ticket of the New Year's edition entitles you to one move in the New Year's quest. You can also learn more about the rules of the game at stoloto.ru.

The New Year's drawing of the Billion inspires not only participation, but also creativity. These wonderful poems were sent to us by Lyudmila Eliseeva from the Crimea.

The colorful ticket has not yet been selected.
With a hand and a look
not kind.
It smells like printing ink
And radiates Christmas light.
* * *
He's waiting for the lucky one
whose faith and passion
They will find him so that on a bright evening
To the clink of glasses and firecrackers
Unforgettable took place
meeting.
* * *
Getting ready for the New Year
on your marks
Your long awaited first
BILLION!

Goldfish in the stadium?

Since ancient times, people have noticed that some animals are able to bring good luck.

And today, many sports teams choose a variety of fauna as their mascots. Do you want to know more about it?

Then pay attention to the new 6 out of 36 lottery tickets. Now, in addition to designs with a football theme, you will find tickets decorated with images of animals - sports mascots. Which bird became the mascot of the World Cup in France? How does a she-wolf help footballers win? And how did the goldfish end up in the stadium?

Numerous cash prizes are still waiting for you in the 6 out of 36 lottery. The amount of winnings is fixed - from 100 rubles to 20,000 rubles, and the cumulative super prize starts growing from 3,000,000 rubles.

Find your lucky talisman and win!

Lotteries Gosloto 6 out of 45, Gosloto 5 out of 36, Gosloto 7 out of 49, Russian Lotto, Golden Horseshoe, 6 out of 36, Housing Lottery, Rapido, "Duel", "Prikup", "12/24", "Top-3" are held from 05/02/2012 to 12/31/2029. “Sportloto “6 out of 49”, “Keno-Sportloto” and instant lotteries “Sportloto” are held from 09/14/2009 to 12/31/2029. Information about the organizer of lotteries, the rules for conducting lotteries, the number of prizes or winnings based on the results of their holding, the timing, place and procedure for receiving winnings can be found on the website www.stoloto.ru or by calling 8-499-270-27-27 and *777 .

*You can learn more about the conditions of this promotion at the points of sale of state lotteries or on the website

Festive edition of the "Housing Lottery"

Current Super Prize

Hooray! The Housing Lottery has a birthday. She is 6 years old. During this time, a huge number of families were able to solve one of the most pressing issues - housing. More than 2,100 real estate objects were raffled, the total amount of winnings was more than 7 billion rubles.

We decided to loudly celebrate this event. This weekend we will hold a celebratory draw, in which we will raffle 20 apartments and many cash prizes. If no one wins the super prize, then we will distribute part of it - 40 million rubles - among all the winners. There will be two balls left - every second ticket wins. Do not miss!

You can buy tickets at lottery kiosks in the city, mobile stores, Russian post offices and on the website until Friday, November 23, 17:30 (Moscow time).
Watch the broadcast of the drawing on Saturday, November 24, in the new program "Charge with luck!" on the NTV channel. The start is at 08:20.
Time in your area may differ. Follow the TV program.

The cash equivalent of an apartment is 2,000,000 ₽

The super prize of 300,000,000 rubles is valid in the Housing Lottery draws No. 311 (broadcast 11/10/2018) - No. 328 (broadcast 03/09/2019).

The phrase "Every second ticket wins!" means that the probability of matching 30 ticket numbers up to the 88th move inclusive (with the total number of numbers in the ticket equal to 30 and the total number of balls in the lottery machine equal to 90) lies in the range from 1 to 2.37 to 1 to 2.25 .

In the 313th draw of the "Housing Lottery", the 88th move and the distribution of a part of the sum of the super prize transferred from the 312th draw of the "Housing Lottery" will be held if the accumulated super prize at the beginning of draw No. 313 is 40,000,000 rubles. or more and there will be no Super Prize winnings in that draw.

According to the draw table 1257 of the Russian Lotto lottery draw dated November 11, 2018, you can check the winning ticket. In total, 80 out of 100 declared certificates for purchases were drawn. The cash equivalent of certificates is 200 thousand rubles.

The broadcast of the drawing of the 1257th draw of the "Russian Lotto" took place on November 11, 2018 as part of the program "We win!" on the NTV channel. After the TV broadcast of the program, the Stoloto website opened the possibility of checking tickets through a convenient online form.

More than 1 million tickets were purchased for 1257 Russian Lotto draws. The prize fund of the game, formed as half of the proceeds from the sale of tickets, this time amounted to 83,312,250 rubles. The draw statistics showed that 208,675 tickets were won.

You should check the winning ticket first of all by the undrawn numbers of the 1257th Russian Lotto draw. If at least one of the numbers - 16, 56, 59, 73 - is in the playing field, then the ticket cannot be called lucky. The participant can try his luck again in the next draw. A ticket for the Russian Lotto lottery costs 150 rubles.

Winning numbers of 1257 Russian Lotto draw

The winning numbers of the 1257 draw of the state lottery "Russian Lotto", formed into a table, make it possible to check the ticket from round to round. According to the results of the first 10 rounds, certificates for purchases were raffled off:

• in 1 round the following numbers fell out: 82, 46, 39, 38, 50, 43, 36, 04 - won 4 tickets;
• in the 2nd round dropped out: 74, 85, 55, 12, 22, 68, 20, 77, 28, 67, 37, 42, 47, 54, 05, 02, 21, 06, 83, 65, 18, 03, 33 , 15, 84, 35, 32, 51, 81, 24, 90, 70 - won 2 tickets;
• in the 3rd round dropped out: 08, 29, 80, 45, 17, 71, 53, 58, 87, 72, 63, 60, 61, 69, 14, 76, 89, 27, 57, 75, 86 - won 1 ticket ;
• in the 4th round they fell out: 64, 23 - won 1 ticket;
• in the 5th round they fell out: 09, 25 - won 2 tickets;
• in the 6th round they fell out: 66 - won 3 tickets;
• in the 7th round, the number 52 fell out - 7 tickets were won;
• in the 8th round, the number 78 fell out - 11 tickets were won;
• in the 9th round, the number 1 fell out - 15 tickets were won;
• in the 10th round, the number 44 fell out - 34 tickets were won.

The following winning numbers of the 1257 Russian Lotto draw gave the participants cash prizes as part of the prize fund:

• in the 11th round, the number 11 fell out - they won 77 tickets for 51,948 rubles;
• in the 12th round, the number 79 fell out - they won 100 tickets for 5 thousand rubles each;
• in the 13th round the number 40 fell out - they won 202 tickets for 2 thousand rubles each;
• in the 14th round the number 19 fell out - they won 396 tickets for 1.5 thousand rubles;
• in the 15th round the number 26 fell out - they won 455 tickets for 1 thousand rubles each;
• in the 16th round, the number 30 fell out - they won 908 tickets for 700 rubles each;
• in the 17th round, the number 10 fell out - he won 1,581 tickets for 500 rubles each;
• in the 18th round the number 41 fell out - they won 2,787 tickets for 191 rubles;
• in the 19th round, the number 49 fell out - they won 3,879 tickets for 185 rubles;
• in the 20th round, the number 13 fell out - they won 6,268 tickets for 184 rubles;
• in 21 rounds, the number 34 fell out - they won 9,926 tickets for 177 rubles;
• in the 22nd round, the number 88 fell out - they won 13,396 tickets for 173 rubles;
• in the 23rd round, the number 7 fell out - they won 20,582 tickets for 172 rubles each;
• in the 24th round, the number 31 fell out - they won 30,943 tickets for 170 rubles each;
• in the 25th round, the number 62 fell out - they won 46,882 tickets for 164 rubles each;
• in the 26th round, the number 48 fell out - they won 70,213 tickets for 163 rubles.