The last big win in Gosloto. The largest lottery winnings in Russia: list, features and interesting facts
A resident of Novosibirsk won 300 million rubles in the lottery. This was reported on the website of the distributor of state lotteries in Russia, Stoloto. Such big prize was first played at Gosloto “4 out of 20”. The winner purchased his ticket on the website for 100 rubles. After receiving the winnings, the winner is required to pay taxes in the amount of 13 percent of the winnings and as a result will receive 261 million rubles.
AiF.ru talks about other big lottery wins in Russia.
2017 - 364 million rubles.
On May 21, a resident of Sochi won 364 million rubles in Gosloto “6 out of 45”. This win was recognized as a record for Russia. The ticket cost the owner 700 rubles. The winner has not yet claimed his rightful winnings.
2016 - 358 million rubles.
In March 2016, a resident of Novosibirsk won 358 million rubles in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which he made at one of the lottery kiosks in the city, cost 1,800 rubles. The 47-year-old doctor only applied for his winnings a few weeks later. He came to collect his winnings with his best friend. After receiving the prize, the winner of the super prize stated that he would move to Moscow and buy big house and will develop own business, will also help those who need financial support.
2015 - 126 million rubles.
On May 29, 2015, a resident of the Kaliningrad region won a super prize equal to 126,925,038 rubles. The 37-year-old engineer said he would use the money to build a house and a playground. According to him, he has been interested in lotteries since childhood. Together with his grandfather, he bought tickets and dreamed of becoming famous throughout the country as a lottery winner.
In the same year, during the drawing, more than 200 million rubles were divided among residents Murmansk region and the Stavropol Territory, who guessed six numbers out of 45. A resident of the Murmansk region won 102,293,526 rubles, while his bet was 2.8 thousand rubles. A lottery participant from the Stavropol Territory won 101,587,947 rubles, his bet was 1.8 thousand rubles.
2014 - 202 million rubles.
August 9, 2014 resident Nizhny Novgorod won 202,441,116 rubles. The winner came to claim his winnings only a month later. He refused to comment on his incredible luck in the form of the largest win in the country, citing a state of shock.
At the beginning of 2014, during the super prize drawing, a resident of Omsk received 184,513,482 rubles. Mine happy ticket he bought it at one of the retail outlets sales and placed a multi-circulation bid worth 810 rubles. He planned to use the prize to buy big house near the water in a country with a warm climate.
2013 - 121 million rubles.
On June 1, 2013, in the 585th draw, the super prize equal to 121,835,582 rubles was shared by two participants - Perm resident Valery (60,917,821 rubles) and Volgograd resident Olga (61,518,163 rubles). Valery purchased his ticket during a business trip to Sochi. He planned to spend the amount of money he won on his children’s long-standing desire - a big house, like the second winner. Olga also wanted to buy her own home on the Mediterranean Sea.
2012 - 152 million rubles.
On September 18, 2012, in the 477th draw, the super prize equal to 152,723,884 rubles was divided among four participants. They all made a detailed bet - they marked more than 6 numbers on the playing field.
November 5 resident Voronezh region 506 million rubles in the lottery, this is the largest win in the entire history of Russia, the Stoloto lottery operator company reported on Sunday.
On November 2, a resident of the American state of North Carolina, Kimberly Morris, won more than a million dollars on one day. The woman was offered to receive the entire amount in the form of payments of 50 thousand dollars over 20 years, or take 600 thousand immediately. Morris chose a lump sum payment and after deducting all taxes, she took home almost 420 thousand.
On August 24, a winning ticket for the American Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $758.7 million in Massachusetts, the exact location was not announced.
On April 11, a family from the French city of Dijon entered the EuroMillions lottery, receiving 83.4 million euros with a lottery ticket price of 2.5 euros. The lucky ones' chances of winning such a prize were 1 in 116 million.
October 15 resident of Baden-Württemberg Eurojackpot maximum prize in the amount of 90 million euros. The Eurojackpot lottery is popular among residents of 17 European countries. To win the jackpot, players need to match five numbers out of 50 and two additional numbers out of ten.
On August 12, a resident of Estonia won 1.155 million euros during the Eurojackpot international lottery draw. According to state company Eesti Loto, this win is the largest in the history of lotteries in Estonia.
On July 29, a resident of Hesse, Germany won 84.8 million euros in the Eurojackpot lottery. The lucky winner managed to guess all the winning numbers
May 8 winning ticket to Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $429.6 million in the US state of New Jersey. Odds of winning: 1 in 292.2 million.
March 5, brothers James and Bob Stoklas from the American state of Pennsylvania. However, the winnings were not distributed quite evenly: the lottery ticket brought James 291.4 million, and Bob won $7.
On February 27, a resident of Novosibirsk, a participant in “Gosloto “6 out of 45”, “Gosloto” worth 358 million 358 thousand 466 rubles. He took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which the winner made at one of the lottery kiosks in the city, cost 1800 rubles. The record came in the 1885th edition.
On February 15, UK lottery operator Camelot confirmed that the UK had filed almost £25 million in Europe's largest lottery Euromillions.
On February 12, a group of friends from Dublin won the European EuroMillions lottery in the amount of 132 million euros with a resident of France. The winners received 66 million euros.
On September 19, a winning ticket for the major American lottery Powerball worth $399.4 million was played at a gas station in the US state of South Carolina.
On August 25, media reported that a resident of Switzerland contributed 93.6 million euros to the popular European lottery EuroMillions. This is the biggest win for Switzerland.
On August 8, the organizers of the American lottery Powerball announced that three tickets with lucky numbers were sold in the states of New Jersey and Minnesota, in the amount of $448 million.
On June 5, the organizers of the Powerball lottery in May. She became 84-year-old Gloria McKenzie from Florida. She bought a lottery ticket at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, where only 13 thousand people live. She had the option of choosing annual payments or a lump sum payment. By choosing the latter, Mackenzie received only $370.8 million instead of $590.5 million, which was nominal amount winning. Mackenzie became the owner of the largest win in US history by one person.
On June 1, in the 585th draw of Gosloto “6 out of 45”, the accumulated super prize, equal to 121 million 835 thousand 582 rubles, was shared by two participants - a resident of Perm Valery (60 million 917 thousand 821 rubles) and a resident of Volgograd Olga (61 million 518 thousand 163 ruble).
On May 28, a UK resident won more than 81 million pounds (almost 95 million euros) in the pan-European EuroMillions lottery. The anonymous winner immediately became 908th on the list of the richest Britons.
On April 26, media reported that a resident of the American state of New Jersey, 44-year-old Pedro Quezada, received a Powerball lottery ticket. After paying all the necessary taxes, Quezada was left with about $152 million.
On April 6, two residents of Belgium shared 26.5 million euros in the European lottery EuroMillions.
On November 29, the organizers of the American Powerball lottery reported that two US residents who bought winning tickets amounted to $580 million.
On November 14, a French resident won one of 169.8 million euros in the pan-European Euro Millions lottery.
On November 6, Australia's biggest jackpot was shared by four winners. The OZ lotto winnings totaled AUD 112 million.
On September 18, in the 477th draw of Gosloto “6 out of 45”, the accumulated super prize for detailed bets, equal to 152 million 723 thousand 884 rubles, was divided among four participants.
On August 11, a UK resident won the pan-European lottery Euromillions, which amounted to £148 million (€190 million).
March 31st one of the largest lottery jackpots Mega Millions at $656 million, it was shared by three people from the states of Illinois, Kansas and Missouri.
On March 7, 81-year-old resident of the American state of Rhode Island, Louise White, played the popular US $210 million Powerball lottery. The night before the drawing, she put the winning ticket in a Bible and slept with it.
On February 29, a resident of the Croatian city of Dubrovnik lost 13.4 million kuna (about $2.3 million) after buying lottery tickets every week for 30 years and marking the same numbers on them.
On February 15, local media reported that a resident of the Chinese province of Sichuan won almost $42 million in the lottery. In Chinese lottery center Fuli Caipiao reported that a resident of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, won 200 million yuan ($41.3 million) in the Two-Color Ball lottery. The lucky winner of the prize had to pay a tax of 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), and he voluntarily donated another 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) to charity.
January 27 was played lottery winnings at 4.872 million euros. The lucky one guessed a combination of seven numbers and an additional number. Payment for the ticket was made in the city of Maribor.
The material was prepared based on open sources
Probably, each of us at least once in our lives dreamed of winning the lottery - and not just winning, but winning Grand Prize, a jackpot amounting to millions of rubles. At the same time, people here are divided into two main categories - optimists, who believe that they will certainly be lucky, and even in the absence of winnings, they buy a ticket over and over again, and pessimists, who call lottery draws scam.
Indeed, there have been cases when a person played all his life, but either did not win anything at all, or his winnings were meager. On the other hand, there are known cases when the very first ticket purchased brought serious money prize.
Is it possible to win by playing the lottery in Russia?
If we talk about Russia, then here, as in any other country, if the organizers use some tricks, then, of course, only a select few will be able to win, that is, those whom the organizers themselves chose. When playing the state lottery, the player should feel protected from deception: here, according to many, the chances of winning are higher. There really is a certain logic in such thinking. If we assume that the organizers of state lotteries in Russia behave dishonestly, for example, they adjust the results, allowing pre-designated people to win, then they are taking a huge risk.
Meanwhile, exactly state lotteries in Russia they continue to be the most popular action, primarily for people of the older generation. Brought up in the Soviet Union, they consider everything state-owned to be honest and reliable. Young people no longer treat everything state-owned with such trepidation and reverence, since private business is quite commonplace for them.
Currently in Russia there are the following state lotteries:
- Gosloto;
- Victory;
- golden horseshoe;
- First National Lottery;
- Lotto million;
- Golden Key.
At the same time, income received, for example, from Gosloto, is used for development Russian sports– the state, by selling this lottery, is building new sports facilities. It’s easy enough to verify this by going to the official Gosloto website, which presents statistical data on the financing of the construction of sports facilities in Russia from the proceeds from its sale. This reporting will be the best proof that funds are really used for the benefit of domestic sports, for everyone who considers the lottery to be a scam. However, in Lately Several scandals broke out around the Gosloto draw, which significantly damaged the image of this lottery.
At the same time, the largest cash prize in the history of Russia was won by a resident of Novosibirsk, who bought a lucky Gosloto ticket for him. Having placed a bet at one of the points in the city, the Siberian, waiting for the drawing that took place on February 27, saw: all his 6 numbers coincided with those thrown by the lottery machine. As a result, a resident of Novosibirsk became the happy owner of more than 358 million rubles.
Winning the lottery does not always change the lives of the winners for the better
It is worth noting that the Gosloto draws “6 out of 45” and “5 out of 36” are lotteries with the largest super prizes in Russia. In particular, in 2015, a prize in the amount of 203.1 million rubles went to two winners - residents of Murmansk and Nalchik, who divided this amount among themselves. In 2014, playing Gosloto, a 45-year-old resident of Nizhny Novgorod won a prize of 202 million rubles.
However, here it is time to cite statistical data, on the basis of which we can conclude that winning a large sum in the lottery does not make the winners happier. In particular, about 60 percent of holders of lucky winning tickets never made the right decision regarding a profitable investment of the unexpected wealth that fell upon them. In many cases, the money was spent as in the well-known joke - under the expense item “miscellaneous”, and in a fairly short time there was practically nothing left of the winnings. Yes, for a short time the life of a lottery winner became a fairy tale, but then, unfortunately, it was replaced by harsh realities.
In Russia, winning the lottery largely depends only on luck, just like everywhere else in the world. It turns out that winning the lottery is quite possible, but here this question in another: how great are the chances of this same win? Above we have given stories of several winners who won very large cash prizes, while many people won more modest amounts. The statistics here are quite eloquent.
On the other hand, if you compare the number of winners with the number of players, you can see that the ratios are clearly not in favor of the latter. It is this circumstance, by the way, that contributes to the increase in the army of pessimists. Much depends on the psychology of the person himself - if he sincerely believes that he will be lucky in the end, then no statistical calculations will dissuade him. Just like a pessimist, no news about lottery winners who have won large sums will force him to abandon the opinion that all this is fraud, deception and deception, committed with the aim of depriving gullible citizens of their money.
To be fair, it is worth noting that on average, lottery organizers take about 50 percent of the profits from tickets sold, but the second half goes to pay cash winnings to the lucky ones. Therefore, we can say that the chances of winning for the two sides - the organizer and the players - are equal: 50 to 50, but there is only one organizer, while there are millions of players.
On the Internet today great amount advice, by heeding which you can supposedly increase your chances of winning the lottery, but many of these kinds of recommendations are in fact nothing more than dummies. They seem to be written correctly, in beautiful words, but they do not take into account the most important thing - in the lottery everything depends on a successful combination of circumstances, of course, for the player. Many of the players use their own strategies, which should increase the chances of success. For example, someone persistently uses the same combination of numbers, because according to the theory of probability, sooner or later their variant should still appear. Others, on the contrary, choose some new combinations every time.
A group approach is also used: everyone understands perfectly well that the more combinations a player offers, the greater his chances of winning. However, unless you are Roman Abramovich, buy a huge amount lottery tickets it will be quite difficult. And although they are relatively inexpensive, a batch of, for example, a thousand will cost a decent amount. Taking this into account, some players team up with like-minded people, purchasing a certain number of tickets - in the event of a large win, the money is distributed among all participants, usually in proportion to the contribution made. Of course, it’s a little disappointing if you guessed the option that resulted in you winning millions of rubles, and the money will need to be divided among everyone. But on the other hand, if someone else guessed right, then you get part of the winnings.
Moreover, some seriously believe in the power of magic, charming their ticket “to win” - for this they turn to those who have bred in large quantities magicians and witches. If we think soberly, then this is just money thrown away. In most cases, all these “sorcerers” are the most common charlatans, and you will simply voluntarily give him the specified amount. The scammer can always explain the lack of winnings by “glitches in space”, “contamination of your aura” and hundreds of other reasons why the “send to win” did not bring the expected result.
Let's think logically - if a person really knows how to “charge” a lottery ticket to win, then why doesn’t he do it for himself, but instead “help” others win? No, people with certain psychic abilities, of course, there are, but they are unlikely to engage in such highly dubious activities. The same applies to astrologers, who are supposedly able to see from the stars which combination of numbers will help you win a cash prize on a given day.
An article about the largest lottery winnings - about jackpots in the USA, Europe and Russia. The winners themselves and the circumstances of their winnings are described.
Information is current as of early 2013. As more significant winnings appear, we will make the necessary changes. In the first part we will talk about world records. The second part is the most big wins to the lottery in Russia. Here we will tell you about the lottery winners Russian lotto, Gosloto, Sprotlotto and other Russian lotteries.
Many examples given below prove that winning a fabulous amount is certainly not easy, but it is quite possible.
First, let's look at the statistics of the largest jackpots in the world. Although the vast majority of winnings came from tickets purchased directly, the number of large winnings from bets made via the Internet is growing. For more details, see the online lottery article.
Most big win in Europe amounted to 185 million euros and took place on July 12, 2011. Winning ticket was purchased in Scotland. Note that this was a Euromillions ticket.
The largest jackpot in Australia on November 6, 2012 was shared by four winners. The winning amount in OZ lotto was AUD 112 million.
On December 31, 2010, luck smiled on four players in the Brazilian Mega-Sena lottery, who won 195 million reais. This is the largest win in Latin America to date.
741 million pesos– that’s exactly how much the largest lottery jackpot in Asia amounted to. On November 29, 2010, it was drawn in the Philippine Grand Lotto 6/55 lottery.
Biggest winnings in the USA
It is known that the largest jackpots on the planet are played out in the USA. Below we present the largest winnings in the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries and other American lotteries:
A man named Juan Rodriguez, living in the USA. Having immigrated from Colombia, as of 2004 he had not been very successful in achieving American dream. Working as a parking lot security guard, he made little money and was on the verge of financial ruin. He bought a lottery ticket with his last dollar, and this ticket brought him one hundred forty-nine million dollars to the Mega Millions lottery.
However, his story of winning the lottery remained without a happy ending. Read more.
And again megamillions. In 2006, a Virginia resident bought a lottery ticket for a challenge obtained from filling up his car. This acquisition made him richer by two hundred thirty million dollars. The gas station where the winning ticket was sold was also awarded.
On January 24, 2008, James Wilson, an eighty-four-year-old retired World War II veteran from Missouri, purchased a Powerball lottery ticket. After an hour he became richer by two hundred fifty-four million dollars. How family man, he gave most money for your children.
Two hundred nine million- this is exactly the jackpot that a Massachusetts resident hit in 2004.
Andrew Jackson Whittaker, a resident of West Virginia, gained fame by winning the largest jackpot at that time in late 2002. And although Jack, as he is also called, was a wealthy man and was engaged in the construction business, he was incredibly surprised by such a gift of fate.
The winnings were almost 315 million. By choosing a lump sum and paying taxes, he ended up with approximately 114 million in cash.
However, in future fate presented him with many unpleasant surprises. Read about this in the article Lucky and Unlucky.
In 2005, in Oregon, members of the same family - Bob and Francis Chaney, their daughter Caroline West and her husband Steve won about three hundred forty million dollars, becoming the owners of the second largest at that time. The couples spent a total of $40 on lottery tickets. Frances Cheney, 68, bought the tickets. After winning, she admitted that she was scared by such an incredible amount. Her husband, on the contrary, was very optimistic about huge win. Among other things, he planned to buy a yellow Hummer.
On May 9, 200, two US residents were lucky to hit the jackpot in three hundred sixty million dollars to the Big Game lottery (this is the predecessor of mega millions - the renaming occurred in 2002). Since both winners decided to receive the entire winnings, then, minus taxes, each will receive ninety million dollars. In an interview, one of them, Larry Ross, said that he was never particularly interested in lotteries. He got the winning ticket because the hot dog seller didn't have change from a hundred dollars, and Larry had to take it with lottery tickets.
The following example shows that it is not only single people who are lucky. In Lincoln, Nebraska, eight workers at a local meatpacking plant regularly purchased Powerball tickets. In 2006, luck smiled on them. One of the most big jackpots - three hundred sixty-five million dollars they got it. In general, playing lotteries together is a fairly common phenomenon in the world. However, there are rules here too. Please read the article lottery tips. Perhaps the information contained in it will seem banal to you, but still it will not be superfluous.
Also, if we talk about playing the lottery together, we cannot help but recall the so-called lottery syndicates. In short, a syndicate is an association of players that increases the probability of winning for each participant, but the winnings are distributed among all participants. Read more in the article lottery syndicates.
One of the biggest winnings in the mega million lottery - three hundred ninety million dollars was played on the night of March 7, 2007. It must be said that at that time it was the largest jackpot in the world, which caused a huge stir. Long queues lined up in front of sales points and terminals.
As a result, we won two tickets. One of them was purchased at a grocery store in a small town in Georgia by truck driver Ed Nighbors. The second was purchased by Helen and Harold Mesner, a resident of New Jersey.
On November 28, 2012, the third largest lottery prize to date was won - $580 million. We won 2 tickets - one from Missouri and the other from Arizona. Missouri Powerball winners are Mark and Cindy Hill. The couple has been having financial difficulties lately. Cindy was an office manager but lost her job in 2010. Mark worked in a factory.
The couple has three adult children and a 6-year-old adopted daughter from China.
Third largest jackpot size five hundred ninety million dollars On May 18, 2013, it was drawn in the Powerball lottery. The winner, 84-year-old Gloria McKenzie from Florida, bought her ticket at a supermarket. “The man in front of me in line for tickets let me go ahead. Perhaps that’s why I got lucky,” Mackenzie said.
She found out that she had won their television broadcast, but did not immediately contact the lottery organizers to claim the prize; she first consulted with lawyers. Like many other lucky people, she chose to receive all the amounts at once, and received three hundred and ninety million dollars. On this moment this is the largest amount received by one person.
Two lucky winners, one from California and one from Georgia, shared the second-largest lottery jackpot in history - six hundred forty-eight million dollars. The MegaMillions lottery draw was held on December 17, 2013.
The lucky winner's name is Steve Tran. He often bought lottery tickets, and finally luck smiled on him. Steve is a truck driver by profession. He bought a ticket containing a winning combination - 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a bonus number - 7 in the city of San Jose, while there on vacation with his family. It should also be noted that in the USA there is a practice when lottery organizers also reward the distribution point - in in this case the gift shop received a million dollars.
At the first place - record jackpot of $640 million. Once again, the MegaMillions lottery set a record. This happened in 2012. Won three tickets in three different cities- Red Bud, Baltimore and in one of the cities of the state.
This concludes the stories of winnings in American lotteries and now we’ll talk about our biggest winnings.
The biggest lottery win in Russia
In March 2009, a resident of Kolpino (a suburb of St. Petersburg) Albert Begrakyanwon the state lottery jackpot 6 out of 45. The winning amount was approximately one hundred million rubles. And today this is the most big jackpot in the entire history of Russian lotteries.
Albert Begrakyan with his wife and children came from Armenia to Russia in 2001. Fate was not always so favorable to him. At first he got a job as a security guard, then he opened a store, and after a while he became the head of a car service center. But Albert always believed in his luck, and therefore periodically purchased lottery tickets.
He used the received amount as follows: he invested 30 million rubles in the construction of his own hotel in the Krasnodar region, purchased several apartments in St. Petersburg, as well as cars for himself and relatives. I simply spent some of it on travel and other pleasant things.
Even at the end of 2013, this is the largest jackpot in Russia.
On June 1, 2013, in the 585th draw of Gosloto 6 out of 45, two players guessed all six numbers. The first one made a detailed bet, and won according to a receipt worth 3,780 rubles 61,518,163 rubles. He bought his ticket at a cell phone store. The second, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, also played with an expanded bet. Using a receipt purchased for 1,260 rubles, he managed to win 60,917,821 rubles.
In May 2009, the jackpot amounted to 35 million rubles was won by Muscovite Evgeniy Sidorov. Winning combination 27,8,31,22,4,7.
Fifty-year-old Evgeniy has been playing draw games for many years since Soviet times. numerical lotteries. He invested the winnings in agricultural business.
In 2001, Ufa resident Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova became the owner of almost twenty nine million rubles. She hit the Bingo lottery jackpot. However, this win did not make her happy. Read about her misadventures in the article Lucky Losers.
On April 7, 2013, in the 1232nd draw of Gosloto, 5 out of 36 prizes of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand rubles was received by the player who purchased the ticket online.
In the 1253rd draw of Gosloto 5 out of 36, which took place on May 8, 2013, a ticket purchased in Moscow won. The winning combination consisted of the following numbers: 5,7,10,17,20. Sum - fourteen million rubles.
JSC Russian Railways, a monopolist in the railway transportation market, also organized its own lottery. To participate you must pay an additional hundred rubles. And then the train ticket will also become a lottery ticket. In the summer of 2012, a prize was drawn - 11.5 million rubles. The winner was a businessman from Stavropol. And the amount he won is the largest in the history of the Russian Railways lottery. The lucky one decided not to reveal his name.
June 2, 2013 for the first time in modern history“Sportloto 6 out of 49” one of the participants in the 23113th draw won a super prize. He guessed all 6 numbers and got 10 million rubles.
Unfortunately, the winners of the Russian Lotto lottery are not presented in this article, since the authors do not have any reliable information about them.
Many of us are skeptical about lotteries, gambling, big draws: someone thinks that everything is rigged and only “their own” wins, someone doesn’t trust luck, someone thinks that money can only be earned, and someone was disappointed from their own experience. But, one way or another, there are lucky ones who instantly become owners of tidy sums. Next we will tell you about them.
The biggest winnings in Russia
Telling the stories of lottery winners in Russia, let's touch on Gosloto statistics. Its choice is not accidental - after all, it was here on February 28, 2016 that the most large sum in the history of our country. An anonymous person from Novosibirsk received 358,358,566 rubles! It is clear that the name of the new owner of more than three hundred million rubles is not disclosed. It is known that this lucky person made a bet of 1,800 rubles at a regular lottery kiosk in his city.
Now lottery winners, the last in Russia (Gosloto 6 out of 45). The rating is presented in descending order of winning amount.
- On August 9, 2014, during the 915th draw, a lucky winner from Nizhny Novgorod became the owner of 202 million in Russian currency.
- On February 10, 2014, Omsk won more than 184 million rubles - the 915th lottery draw was held.
- 31.12.2011 new Year gifts A Muscovite and a resident of Pyatigorsk received - more than 152 million rubles were divided between them.
- On September 18, 2012, the super prize of the 477th draw, amounting to 152 million Russian rubles, was divided between 4 winners.
- On May 29, 2015, a Kaliningrad resident, participant in the 1336th draw, received a prize in the amount of more than 126 million rubles.
- On January 30, 2015, two were identified major winner 1138th draw: a resident of the Murmansk region with a bet of 2800 rubles - his prize was more than 102 million rubles, and a resident of the Stavropol Territory, who won more than 101 million Russian rubles, betting only 1800 rubles.
- On June 1, 2013, two winners of the 585th draw were announced: a resident of Volgograd, the new owner of 60 million rubles, and a resident of Perm, who became the owner of an equivalent amount.
Lottery winners in Russia, their fate. Case 1
In 2001, the winner of the Bingo Show draw was an Ufa family - they received 29 million rubles. By the way, the lucky ones were unemployed. Having rejected all reasonable ideas of spending the amount, Ufa residents chose alcohol as the main item of their expenses. They also constantly gave large amounts in debt, helped friends repay loans. As a result, the winnings evaporated in just 5 years. The lucky ones themselves admitted that big money did not bring them happiness.
Case 2
35 million in Russian currency, Gosloto - the winner was 51-year-old Muscovite Evgeniy Sidorov, a mechanic by profession. His lucky bet is only 580 rubles. Evgeniy, unlike the first case, spent an exemplary amount - he went with his family to the Lipetsk region, built native village house, repaired a rural road, opened a farm specializing in carp breeding.
Case 3
Having bet 120 rubles in the Sportloto draw, the 42-year-old Voronezh resident suddenly became the owner of 42 million rubles. He used the amount altruistically: he shared most of it with friends and relatives to help their material dreams come true, and spent the rest on renovating his home and household expenses.
Case 4
In 2009, 36-year-old Albert Begrakyan, a resident, won 100 million rubles in Gosloto. Leningrad region. He spent the amount on what, according to many, is called beautiful life: bought several apartments in the center of St. Petersburg, a Lexus car, land plot in the Krasnodar region. The winner shared 12 million with his family. But the man miscalculated his expenses: not only was the round sum completely wasted in two years, but he also ended up owing the state 4.5 million rubles, because he did not pay the full tax on his big winnings. Therefore, now part of Albert’s property has been arrested, and he himself is prohibited from traveling abroad.
Case 5
The result of a bet of 180 rubles for Omsk resident Valery was a win of 184 million units of the same currency. The incident occurred in February 2014. At the same time, the organizers could not contact the winner for several days - he was so shocked by the news that he sat at home for three days without communicating with anyone. The 48-year-old builder made journalists promise that details about him should not be disclosed in the press. He only shared his plans - the lucky man wanted to spend the amount on buying a house on the sea coast in warm regions.
By the way, large Russian winnings still far from the world ones. The record is $365 million won by a resident of Nebraska (USA) in the Powrball game held in 2006.
Jackpot at the Golden Horseshoe
Real lottery winners in Russia sometimes share their stories in great detail. Evgenia and Dmitry, residents of the city of Svetlograd, Stavropol Territory, won a jackpot of 3.5 million rubles in the Golden Horseshoe lottery - 5 numbers matched.
The family received the ticket as a gift - Evgenia’s parents gave her a “lottery” for March 8th. When she saw that she had crossed out all five announced first numbers, she could not immediately believe what had happened - she cried and laughed at the same time. Until the money was transferred to their account, Svetlograd lottery winners in Russia did not believe that this was a real win. Evgenia shares that she was also not the rightful owner of the entire amount - 13% is sent to the state treasury as income tax.
The family of Dmitry and Evgenia is large, and at the time of winning their financial situation was not the best - loans, debts, since they had recently bought new house. Therefore, part of the winnings was spent to pay off debts. The family also bought an apartment in Stavropol and exchanged their car for a more comfortable one. The win also encouraged Evgenia and Dmitry to start their own business: Svetlograd lottery winners in Russia opened their own printing salon and a small pet store.
Speaking about fame after a monetary victory, Evgenia shares that she for a long time wrote to the page in Odnoklassniki strangers from all over the country - asked about the reality of winning. In a small hometown the news also spread quickly: someone came up right on the street with congratulations, someone asked to borrow money. Many rushed to buy up lottery tickets.
The winner says that winning initially motivated her to buy new “lotteries,” but since large sums no longer came out, she gave up this idea.
Mistakes of lottery winners
Let's share the most depressing stories:
- William Bud Post III, who won $16 million in 1998, did not take into account that he had an extremely jealous brother. The latter hired a killer to kill a relative and his wife in order to take the winnings. Fortunately for the couple, the attempt failed.
- Improving his wealth by winning Billy Bob Harrell's $31 million jackpot suddenly turned into bad habit. He bought and bought houses and cars. When the poor guy noticed that he had lost the entire amount in 2 years, he found a way out only by committing suicide.
- Evelyn Adams, the winner of $5 million, spent most of it in a casino in Atlantic City (USA).
- Ron Yurkus bought a lottery ticket, threw it in his desk drawer and conveniently forgot about the purchase. While sorting out unnecessary papers three months later, out of curiosity, he checked the expired “lottery” - at one time it would have brought him $1 million.
- Jose Antonia Cua Toc won $750,000 in the lottery in 2014 - huge amount for an illegal immigrant. But due to fear of problems with the law, the lucky guy gave the ticket to his boss, asking him to give him the winnings. The latter, as expected, took the money for himself. Only a series of trials helped restore justice.
The winners of lotteries in Russia, as you have seen, are real people, in some cases not hiding their names. Although an example of their luck may inspire you to buy lottery tickets, you must remember that Lady Luck is a very capricious and unpredictable lady.
