There are lottery lovers who buy tickets throughout their lives, while some do it from time to time. There are fans of poker and roulette. There are lucky people in the world who hit the jackpots.
The biggest wins in Russia
There are people who somehow miraculously managed to get big wins, some of them are from Russia. One hundred million rubles - just such a serious amount in 2009 was won by a resident of St. Petersburg in Gosloto. The surname of the winner is Albert Begrakyan.Thirty-five million were handed over to the Muscovite in the same 2009th. The lucky one turned out to be a fan of the lottery Evgeny Sidorov. But Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, who lives in Ufa, in 2001 received almost thirty million rubles, having acquired six lottery tickets before the New Year. By 2004, the winnings amounted to twenty-nine and a half million, and by 2001 - in the amount of eleven and a half million. There were many more wins, however, they were all smaller. .
The biggest win in Russian Lotto
TV game called " Russian loto» is a major television lottery. As with most of these lotteries, it all depends on the case, for someone happy, and for someone not. 
It is known that this company offers the biggest winnings, big prize fund. To date, no one has managed to get one hundred million. However, there are some very impressive wins. It is known that the largest winning was twenty-nine and a half million. The name of the lucky man was not announced by the company, it is only known that he is from the city of Yaroslavl. Since the surname is unknown, no one knows how this person disposed of such a considerable amount.
The biggest jackpots
So far, the largest jackpot has been $390 million. It was drawn in 2007 in the USA in the lottery " Mega Millions". In 2011, two residents of the United States managed to win the same lottery at once. The jackpot then amounted to three hundred and eighty million and was divided into two. 
Another one American company- the organizer of the lottery paid a huge amount to the lucky winner who hit the jackpot. It's about the Powerball lottery. It happened in 2009, when a pensioner living in the state of South Carolina, having bought a lottery for a couple of dollars, received two hundred and sixty million. In the same lottery, the Americans hit jackpots in the amount of two hundred and eleven million and in the amount of two hundred and twelve million dollars.
In October 2010, the EuroMillions jackpot amounted to one hundred and thirteen million pounds, and the year before, a Spanish citizen received an amount equal to one hundred and twenty-six million euros.
There is another lottery - "SuperEnalotto", which twice set the record for winnings in Europe. Both of them were in 2009. In the spring, the Spaniard won one hundred and twenty-three million euros, and at the end of the summer this record was broken. An Italian from the village of Bagnone received almost one hundred and forty-eight million euros.
Big Poker Wins
Winning poker tournaments is not uncommon. One of the biggest wins went to Jimmy Gold. The amount is twelve million dollars. Poker was played at the World Championship, which took place in 2006 in Las Vegas. Its participants at that time were almost nine thousand people. 
There is another record holder - Eric Seidel, who chose a specialization for himself - playing in tournaments. During his career he received at least fifteen million dollars. Jonathan Duhamel won nearly $9 million in 2010. Pius Heinz received almost the same amount in 2011.
Big winnings at roulette
Winning at roulette can only be counted lucky chance. You should not look at roulette as a way to earn money. It is known that in the long run everything is aimed at making money for the casino, otherwise it would not make sense for them. For every win, there are a lot of losses. 
However, big wins do happen. There are several well-known ones. Joseph Jaggers at the end of the nineteenth century won an amount close to three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. It happened in one of the Monte Carlo casinos. In the same nineteenth century, almost a million francs went to Charles Wells, also in Monte Carlo. He broke the bank.
A few months passed, and he again managed to "break the bank." Because of this, he was even suspected of fraud, but no one had any supporting evidence.
Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo in the nineties of the last century earned about two million dollars playing roulette. This amount was won by him in just two years.
Biggest lottery win
The largest total winnings in the lottery is recorded, like many records, by the Guinness Book of Records. This is an amount equal to three hundred ninety million dollars, which is equivalent to the amount of two hundred and eighty six million euros. 
It so happened that the jackpot was divided between two lucky people. It's amazing, but each of them managed to guess all seven two-digit numbers. One winner is from New Jersey, the other from Georgia. The win was recorded in 2007. It's about the Mega Millions lottery.
Thanks to such a huge win, the popularity of this lottery in the United States has gone up dramatically. In New York, more than a million lottery tickets were sold in one day.
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Who has never thought to buy lottery ticket and try your luck, especially in the face of the ongoing financial crisis? A couple of extra millions could easily solve money problems and become a ticket to happy life for anyone ordinary person. But Fortuna is an unpredictable and capricious goddess. Not everyone is lucky: someone buys tickets often, but never wins. And someone gets millions on the first try. Who are the lucky ones who are lucky enough to win the biggest sums?
Jack Whittaker
This man is the owner of the largest lottery win in the United States in history - as much as 315 million dollars. Moreover, Whittaker was far from the poorest man - at the time of such joyful event he served as president of one of the major construction corporations. However, the day of buying the ticket did not make Whittaker any happier. Jack decided to take the winnings not in parts, but all at once. After deducting taxes, he was left with an amount of almost three times less than the original winnings - only 113.4 million dollars.
As befits a good Christian, Whittaker transferred ten percent of this amount to a charitable foundation. religious organizations. He also gave the lucky ticket saleswoman a car and a house.
But on this white stripe in Whittaker's life ceased. Jack has been arrested several times for driving in a state of alcohol intoxication. In the summer of 2003, thieves broke into his car and stole almost half a million dollars. In January 2004, he was again robbed of $200,000. And in the same year, Whittaker was arrested - the reason was the threat to kill the manager in the bar, where he was a regular and a drinker.
And the last straw was another robbery - now Whittaker's bank accounts were already affected. In September 2006, fraudulent check robbers cleared all the bank accounts of the former lucky man. Such was the unhappy end of the biggest lottery win ever.
Brad Duke is a smart winner
But there is also opposite story- and this is the win of Brad Duke, who worked as a manager in the state of Ohio. He approached the money received much more rationally. The amount of 85 million dollars, which was one of the largest winnings in the lottery, was divided by him into several parts. Duke invested 45 million in securities of those companies where the risk of losses was minimal and the profit was the highest. Another 35 million decided to invest in companies with high risks, but high income - oil and gas corporations. For those 5 million that remained, Duke went with friends to Hawaii, paid for his studies and a loan for housing.
Juan Rodriguez win
Another of the biggest lottery wins went to a native of Colombia named Juan Rodriguez. The amount was no less than 149 million dollars.
Rodriguez worked as a watchman, and the constant lack of money was the reason for the ongoing scandals with his wife. At that moment, when poor Juan had only one dollar left in his pocket, the amount of his debts already amounted to about 44 thousand dollars. It was then that he decided to try his luck and buy a lottery ticket. However, this story was overshadowed only by the fact that ten days after the win, Juan's wife filed for divorce. In a court ex-wife said he "could have won more."
Generous Vietnamese
The largest lottery win in the world, which went to the oldest winner, amounted to 310 thousand dollars. This amount went to a 97-year-old old man from Vietnam named Nguyen Van Het. He spent almost his entire adult life in poverty. Nobody expected the old peasant to decide to play the lottery.
He bought a lucky lottery ticket with money that his relatives gave him. Immediately after it became known about the win, neighbors began to gather around his house. The old man was so happy that he started handing out money to everyone. So that he would not be completely without money, the authorities had to intervene.
Retired from South Carolina
Another of the biggest lottery wins of all time went to South Carolina resident Solomon Jackson. He won $260 million in a lottery called Powerball. The pensioner decided not to disclose his plans for the future. All that is known about the winner is that he worked as an employee all his life and retired in 2000. The amount that went to Jackson was the biggest lottery win in the history of Powerball. A pensioner bought a lucky ticket for only $ 2 at a gas station.
The Story of Ralph and Mary Stebbnis
This story is one of the darkest examples of money luck followed by a streak of serious bad luck. Married couple became the winner of the American lottery called Mega Millions in 2005. It was one of the largest lottery prizes held by the company - $208 million. The couple chose to first take a smaller part, which was allowed by the rules of the lottery - 125 million. The rest of the amount was to be paid to them over several decades. The Stubbnies planned to pay off their debts, buy a farm, invest the money they won in the maintenance and breeding of cows, and live the lifestyle of ordinary provincials for the rest of their days.
Mary and Ralph lived together for 23 years and had three children. Both of them left immediately after winning previous places jobs - Ralph was an ordinary worker in a mining company, and Mary received about $ 7 an hour, working as a saleswoman. However, the win did not make the couple happy. In the fall of 2006, Ralph Stebbnis was charged with attempted murder of his daughter's friend and possession of a weapon. Less than two months later, he died of a heart attack.
lucky combination
Another Mega Millions lottery jackpot was not so miserable. It was divided between two winners - a Washington resident named Jim McCular and a resident of the state of Aihado who wished to remain anonymous. $380 million was the largest lottery win in the world in 2011. What numbers fell to these lucky ones? It was a sequence of numbers 4, 8, 15, 25, 47 and 42. Residents of the United States have noticed that this series is repeated several times in episodes of the series Lost (“Stay alive”). According to the plot, they also brought the hero of the series named Hurley luck in the lottery.
The Story of the Poor Waitress
However, most often lottery win brings bad luck to its owner. So it turned out with a waitress from Las Vegas named Cynthia Jay. She decided to go to the casino after work. She was not going to leave a lot of money in the machines - she had only 27 dollars in her hands. Cynthia decided to play the lottery called " one-armed bandit". Gradually lost one dollar after another and was about to leave. Suddenly, a loud sound was heard throughout the casino, which notified all visitors about winning the jackpot.
The amount that Cynthia managed to win was about $35 million. It would take her 1,165 years to earn this money as a waitress. However, the luck did not last long. Not even a few months after winning, Cynthia was in a serious car accident. A poor girl ended up in wheelchair. Later, she stated that she would give all the money, if only to walk and work as a waitress again.
Lotteries in the USSR
AT Soviet time lotteries did not bring such misfortunes. Perhaps this was because they did not win astronomical sums - lotteries were created mainly to develop the economy. One of the most popular lotteries of the past was the Sprint lottery (USSR). The biggest win at that time was 10 thousand rubles. In the first four days after the launch of the lottery, 2 million tickets were sold. Their cost was 50 kopecks. or 1 ruble. It was also possible to win a Volga car, which interested Soviet lottery fans much more.
Also in the era of the USSR, sports lotteries were very popular - "Sportloto", "Sportprognoz". It is believed that these draws were the first type of bookmaking in the vastness of the USSR. Prizes received by buyers lottery tickets, were often scarce goods - televisions, refrigerators, washing and sewing machines.
Many people dream of getting a big fortune without any effort. Those who do not rely on themselves, or at least on the inheritance of wealthy relatives, are often ready to rely on fate. Let's say by participating in the lottery. Lotteries are especially popular in the United States of America. It is no coincidence that biggest lottery wins were obtained in the USA. It is worth noting that the winners do not receive the entire amount of the winnings. First of all, they have to decide whether they want to receive the money won in the form of relatively small annual payments, or whether they prefer to take it in cash. In the second case, the prize amount is significantly reduced. In addition, winners are required to pay a 25% federal tax on winnings.
Biggest lottery wins
1. Most big jackpot in history ($390 million) was played in the American lottery Mega Millions on the night of March 7-8, 2007.
In the days leading up to the draw, huge queues lined up across the country in front of vending machines selling lottery tickets. Over 1 million tickets were sold in New York City alone in an hour. The chance to win was 1 in 176 million, and two lucky ones took advantage of it - from the states of Georgia and New Jersey. Each received $190 million. The owner of one of winning tickets became the spouses Harold and Elaine Messner from the state of New Jersey, who bought it in a liquor store. The second winner, 52-year-old Georgia truck driver Ed Neighbors, purchased his ticket from a store in Dalton where he used to go for a cup of coffee.
2. Jackpot of $365 million. was drawn on February 18, 2006. A tidy sum went immediately to eight lucky ones from american state Nebraska.
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Powerball for fun. When they found out they had won $365 million, they couldn't believe their luck. The winners recovered from the shock for several days before they appeared at the office of the organizers of the lottery. Two of them, 56-year-old Quang Dao and 34-year-old Dung Tran, are immigrants from Vietnam, and 26-year-old Alain Mabossou came to the US from Central Africa.
True, the lucky ones got only 177 million dollars, half of the winnings. After all, according to the rules of the lottery, the jackpot is paid in full to the winner only in equal installments over 30 years. As often happens, colleagues decided not to wait for annual payments, but to take the prize in cash, while losing part of the prize amount. Therefore, after paying all taxes, each of them received about 15.5 million dollars in their hands.
Quang Dao decided to send some of this money to his family in Vietnam, and Alain Mabossou was going to invest in his education.
3. The Big Game (currently Mega Millions) lottery jackpot reached $363 million on May 9, 2000 - at that time it was a record figure not only for this game, but for lotteries around the world.
Two Americans managed to break the jackpot - from Illinois and Michigan. As expected, both winners decided to collect their winnings immediately. After taxes, each lucky winner received $90.3 million.
One of the lucky ones was a certain Larry Ross from the town of Lansing. Moreover, as Larry himself admitted, he is not at all a fan of lotteries. I just decided to buy a $2 hot dog one day. There was no small money with him, and the seller did not have change from a hundred. Having quarreled a little, the man nevertheless found a way out: he went and bought 98 lottery tickets.
After receiving his prize, Ross was going to quit his job, buy new cars for himself and his wife, and also move to a safer area.
4. Two couples from Oregon won the fourth largest jackpot in American lottery history. The $340 million was shared between Francis and Bob Chaney, their daughter Carolyn West and her husband Steve.
Steve West, who bought the ticket, invested his $20 and his family added the remaining $20. He also admitted later that the lottery ticket was filled out all together.
The draw took place on 19 October. Two days later, private entrepreneur Steve West called on television and announced the win. After that, the lottery ticket was sent for examination, on Tuesday, November 8, its authenticity was confirmed.
Frances Cheney said she was scared by one of the biggest winnings in American history. Bob, 72, did not share his wife's fears and bought a yellow Hummer first.
5. In 2005, a $315 million prize went to seven employees of the Los Angeles-based Kaiser Permanente clinic. Some time before the prize draw, they bought 21 Mega Millions lottery tickets for all, agreeing to divide it among themselves if they win.
The American press called the newly minted millionaires the "lucky seven" because they did not want to disclose their names.
Traditionally, lottery winners decided to take the entire amount in cash. After paying all taxes, each of the clinic employees received approximately $25 million.
It should be noted that before the prize draw, the odds of winning were estimated at 1 in 176 million.
6. The $314.9 million jackpot was hit at the end of December 2002, on Christmas Eve.
Lucky Jack Whittaker from West Virginia had no idea what the win would turn out for him.
59-year-old Jack was robbed twice and arrested twice - for disorderly conduct and for drunk driving.
Further more. In the house of the unfortunate millionaire, they found the corpse of a friend of his granddaughter, who died of a drug overdose. And a couple of months later, the granddaughter herself died for the same reason - at the age of 17. Finally, he was sued by the casino administration in Atlantic City. Due to the fact that he allegedly owed the institution $ 1.5 million, and the checks issued by him for this amount turned out to be invalid ...
The millionaire himself is no longer happy with his winnings. And his wife believes that he should have just torn that "lucky" ticket.
7. The 2007 Powerball lottery winner was a 65-year-old Ohio auto mechanic named David Koterel and his two adult children who won $314.3 million.
46-year-old Lynn Hyles worked at the post office, but after receiving the prize money, she decided to quit. Her brother, 42-year-old David Koterel Jr., is a co-owner of a parts factory.
The Koterel family chose to take their winnings in cash, although this significantly reduced the amount. After taxes, they received $145.9 million.
Store owner who sells prize ticket received a promotion of one hundred thousand dollars.
The biggest win in Russia
And the most big win in Russia was paid in March 2009 to Albert Begrakyan, a resident of St. Petersburg. He won in next draw All-Russian state lottery 100 million rubles. This is the biggest win in history. Russian lotteries. Albert came to Russia from Armenia in 2001 with his family: his wife and two daughters, aged 11 and 12. At first he worked as a store security guard, later he opened a grocery store. In 2006, he became the owner of a car service.
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Who does not hope for a miracle that one day he will be lucky and become incredibly rich by winning several million in the lottery? That is why every day thousands of people buy Stoloto tickets, sometimes spending half their salary on it, or even all of it. hope for good luck and happy ticket- a good thing. However, where there is fraud, it is a priori impossible to win. At least, a large sum. Yes, and with small winnings, Stoloto is also in recent times cheats too often, deceiving its participants even with such money as 120-180 rubles. As they say, with the world on a thread, but on your caviar. Don't believe? And in vain ...
The whole truth about Stoloto
Stoloto is the official state organizer of lotteries in the Russian Federation. It holds 16 different lotteries, among which the most popular are Gosloto, Sportloto and Russian Lotto. Tickets can be purchased both online on the website and at various points of sale. It is the monopolist of lotteries in Russia.
The most favorite game of most players is Gosloto, when you have to guess several numbers from a number of possible ones. For example, 4 out of 20, 5 out of 36, 6 out of 45, 6 out of 49. On the ticket, the participant indicates his " lucky numbers”, and later a draw is held, during which the drum randomly throws out balls with numbers. The more matches, the more win. Jackpots are absolutely crazy - 8-80 million rubles!
But if you look for reviews about the Stoloto lottery, you will see that most of of which are negative. And not because people were just unlucky to win and their hopes of becoming millionaires crumbled, but because the organizers are constantly convicted of fraud. Even with small amounts, they are deceived here, what can we say about large ones!
Evidence of Stoloto's deception
Win millions? And cookie to you!
Occasionally, Stoloto pleases with a message that such and such has won the jackpot or just a big prize of a couple of million rubles. The news spreads instantly. In the hearts of lottery participants, the hope flashes that since someone has won such a huge amount, then they will certainly be lucky. You just have to keep buying tickets and hope for a miracle. And here again the crowds run for tickets.
Yeah... maybe sometimes some people managed to accidentally become one of those lucky ones, but apart from the sum with a few zeros on the screen, they never saw anything else. Scandals have flared up more than once with those who won millions in Stoloto, but remained with nothing.
History 1.
In November 2016, a resident of Transbaikalia won 6 million rubles in Stoloto. But when trying to pick them up, he was told that there had been a technical failure, an error had occurred, so his ticket was declared unwinnable. What 6 million?!
History 2.
Pensioner Nina Koryagina from Dzerzhinsk Stoloto "broke off" even more. The woman won 54 million rubles in new year's eve 2017 in "Russian Lotto". The organizers of the lottery confirmed the win and promised that they would later contact her regarding the issuance of money. However, no one wanted to deal with the winner anymore - the phone was either constantly busy or unavailable for months. Interesting, isn't it?
Yes, you always want to believe that someday you will be able to win the lottery and solve all your problems. financial difficulties. However, if the lottery is dishonest, cheats and does everything so that people do not win or receive minimum amounts, then the probability of a big win tends to zero. I hope the above evidence of fraud facts will make you think about whether it is possible to win at Stoloto or is it all a scam. Are you ready to give your money to scammers for the sake of an illusory hope that simply does not come true? But some get so excited that they spend their entire salary and even get into loans to buy packs of tickets.
Probably, there is no such person who has never experienced luck by playing the lottery in his life. Having bought a ticket for a hundred rubles, everyone becomes a potential millionaire. But luck is a capricious thing, and not everyone has had a chance to win, but to win big prizes- lot of units.
Lotteries are played all over the world. In Russia, only 1-2% of the population participate in lotteries, for comparison: the share of players in France is 70% of the total population of the country, the USA - 63%. Such a small percentage of players in Russia is explained by the distrust of Russians in lotteries. But among these percentages there are also winners who hit large jackpots.
Most of the lucky ones try to remain anonymous and do not tell anyone about their winnings. And this, of course, is correct, because big money attracts many ill-wishers, as well as new and old friends, newly-made relatives. Below are the 7 biggest lottery wins in Russia.
Seventh place. A chidhood dream
On May 29, 2015, a 37-year-old resident of the Kaliningrad region won 126 million rubles in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was fond of lotteries as a child, since when he and his grandfather bought the first tickets for him, he dreamed of becoming famous winner lotteries. According to him, grandfather was very fond of lotteries, and when the drawing of prizes on TV began, everyone in the house fell silent.
The lucky one promised to use his winnings to build a playground for all the children in the area and, of course, for himself - a big house.
Sixth place. The shock of victory
184 million rubles, won in the draw of 735 on February 10, 2014 of the 6 out of 45 lottery, changed the life of one employee of a construction company from Omsk. I spent 800 rubles. He did not leave the house for three days, so he was affected by the shock of winning. The dream of the winner and the father of three children was to buy a big house by the sea in warm regions.
Fifth place. Anonymous Winner
August 2014 and the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery brought a prize of 202 million rubles to a 45-year-old resident Nizhny Novgorod, who was shocked by the victory for a month. The victory cost him 700 rubles. In his interviews, he asked to remain anonymous, because at first he did not want to tell anyone about the win. All we know about him is that he is married and has two children.
Fourth place. One hundred rubles ticket
300 million rubles - such a win was waiting for a resident of Novosibirsk in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery on May 30, 2017. His lucky ticket cost only 100 rubles on the Stoloto website. Remarkably, the prize of more than 300 million rubles in this lottery was drawn for the first time.
Third place. Doctor not believing in his luck
On February 27, 2016, in the State Lottery 6 out of 45, the doctor from Novosibirsk was lucky, and he won a little more than 358 million rubles. The bet cost him 1800 rubles. For three weeks the winner was going to Moscow to win, all this time it seemed to him a dream. According to the doctor himself, he checked the ticket six times and could not believe his luck, only by calling the call center of the lottery organizer, he was able to verify the victory. The winner himself is not new to lotteries, he has been playing for about 2 years using his winning formula. In an interview with Stoloto, the Novosibirsk man said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on developing his business and on real estate in Moscow.
Second place. Excitement around victory
On May 21, 2017, 364 million rubles were drawn in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was a resident of Sochi, who spent 700 rubles on a bet in mobile application. The newly made millionaire is a worker of culture. Due to the huge excitement that arose around the win, it was customary for the family council to go together for money, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner for a long time did not take the win. According to her, she wanted to contribute a third of the money to the election fund. political party Communist Party.
More recently, it was considered the last big lottery win in Russia. But 2017 is rich in records.
First place. Modest retired millionaire
The biggest lottery win in Russia belongs to a resident Voronezh region, which won a fabulous amount of 506 million rubles in the Russian Lotto lottery. So large sum was drawn on November 5, 2017 in a draw of 1204, and today is the largest lottery win in the history of Russia.
The organizers of the lottery searched for the 63-year-old winner for 2 weeks, as the lucky woman could not believe in her luck. “Russian Lotto” for the family is the best gift for the holidays,” notes the new millionaire. The Voronezh pensioner said that she would spend this money on helping her children and grandchildren, and also donate part of the money to charity.
Money can not buy happiness
Big lottery wins in Russia and abroad did not bring only happiness to everyone, there are those for whom the win turned out differently.
In 2001, unemployed spouses from Ufa became winners in the Bingo Show lottery and won 29 million rubles. However, the win did not bring happiness. Spouses for 5 years spent the entire prize. But the main misfortune was the death of one of the winners due to alcohol abuse. According to one version, everything was facilitated by new relatives and friends who appeared out of nowhere, who asked for money for their needs and soldered the spouses.
6 out of 45 lottery winner Leningrad region Albert Begrakyan, who won 100 million rubles, after 2 years was left with debts to the state. Albert invested in real estate expensive cars, land for the construction of a hotel, but ended up with a debt of 4 and a half million rubles to the state.
In 2006, an incident happened to one resident of the United States, Abraham Shakespeare, worthy of any crime drama. He had no time to win $ 30 million, as he had a lot of relatives. But the scammers are not left out. Shakespeare was approached by a lady who promised to help him manage his money properly. And she ordered: she transferred all the money to her account, and soon Shakespeare himself was found dead with two bullets in his chest.
Jack Whittaker was a prosperous businessman, family man, and philanthropist until he hit the big jackpot in 2002. Whittaker is addicted to alcohol gambling abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent, and the business collapsed.
Jackpots in world lotteries
But even the largest lottery winnings in Russia cannot be compared with the main prizes in the lotteries of the world. American lotteries are big fans of lotteries, because the largest jackpots are played on American lotteries, such as Powerball and Mega Millions. So, the largest lottery winnings in the world belong to:
1. On August 24, 2017, an American won over $758 million in the Powerball lottery. This is the biggest win of this lottery and the lotteries of the world, which fell on one ticket. Interesting feature lotteries in that the prize can be received in installments over 29 years or taken immediately, but then the amount of the winnings will be significantly less (about 2 times).
2. On January 16, 2016, three Americans shared an all-time Powerball lottery win of $1.5 billion. The chance of winning was only 1 in 290 million.
3. In May 2014, a resident of the US state of Florida won the jackpot of the same Powerball lottery, which was 590 million US dollars.
How to win the lottery?
The question of how to win the lottery arises for all players. Not certain way victory. Each winner has his own secret of success, but not everyone is ready to share it. Most argue that this is just luck and luck, others follow certain rules:
- They play with an expanded bet, i.e. choose more numbers than is possible in the normal rate. Of course, the expanded rate provides for more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
- They participate regularly in lotteries and use the same combination all the time. They are waiting for the selected combination to bring the long-awaited prize.
- They play with friends, the so-called lottery syndicate. In this case, a group of people buys as much as possible more tickets one lottery, and if they win, they divide everything in half.
- Various mathematical formulas are used.
There are those who believe in happy Days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets, choose numbers that are significant for themselves on the ticket, use various conspiracies to win.
The statistics of large lottery wins in Russia suggests that every year the number of their participants is growing, and so are the winnings. The probability of hitting the jackpot is negligible and depends on the specific lottery. For example, the opportunity to win in the Gosloto 5 out of 36 lottery is approximately 1 to 367 thousand, in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery - 1 to 8 million, in the Russian Lotto - 1 to 7 million.
If this article inspired someone to buy a ticket, remember that the winning percentage is very small, play for fun, maybe you'll get lucky.
