How is the prize fund divided? Prize fund - how it is formed, the drawing and other important nuances

All games, including Florida Lotto lottery, have their own prize fund. It is the probable winnings that can be received by people who guess the numbers drawn. But how does its formation and subsequent drawing take place?

Formation

IN Russian lotteries The prize fund is created from funds received from selling tickets or accepting bets from players. All money received is added up, and a percentage for the organizer is deducted from it. The proceeds are used by the company for its own maintenance and to obtain a certain net profit.

Subsequently, the size of the prize fund that will be drawn is announced. This figure is different for each draw and depends on the number of tickets sold by the organizer. How more people participate in the drawing, the higher the amount.

Raffle

The drawing depends on the rules that were established by the organizer. Usually the winner is the person who has completely collected winning combination, he gets Grand Prize. In some cases there may be several such people.

Lotteries may offer additional prizes for those who match only a few of the drawn balls. Naturally, the winning amount is much lower.

Many European lotteries and domestic options provide for the possibility of an incomplete drawing of the prize fund. If no one was able to guess the correct combination, then the funds remain with the organizer and go to next edition. The money received from the players is added to this and a jackpot is formed. It can remain untouched for about a dozen circulations and only grows over time. But the lucky person who finally identifies the right combination will receive a significant amount.

Distribution circulation

Very often, no one can win the jackpot for several draws, and its amount reaches enormous sizes. Therefore, if there is a prolonged absence of a winner, the organizers announce a distribution edition. It is aimed at dividing the prize fund for its re-accumulation.

It is worth participating in distribution draws in any case, because even small prizes increase significantly and the players’ chances increase. For example, the smallest winnings are multiplied by 3-4 times.

If in the distribution draw there is again no person identified who has guessed all the numbers, then the jackpot is divided between the players who have collected at least some combinations. Moreover, this process is carried out in proportion to the number of guessed numbers and taking into account total number winners.

It is especially profitable to place detailed bets on distribution runs. Can choose more numbers than usual, thereby increasing the chances of winning. Of course, an expanded bet is significantly more expensive, but if you win, then all costs will be fully recouped.

How often is distribution circulation carried out?

IN lotteriesMegaMillions and in others foreign versions it can be carried out quite chaotically. But in Russia there is a law “On Lotteries”, in which the organizers are obliged to distribute the accumulated fund if no one has correctly guessed the entire combination within a year.

But organizers are not prohibited from conducting distribution circulation more often if desired. Therefore, the question of appointment remains with them. It is very difficult to predict its holding in advance; it is worth following the news if there is no winner for a long time.

Even before the start of ticket sales for the draw, the organizers announce that it will be a distribution event. Typically, such draws attract more attention from players and many people place bets.

How to win?

There are many strategies and ways to win. But all methods can be questioned, because many of them are based on guessing the dropped balls. Mathematical laws speak of the randomness of this process, because many forces act on the objects in the drum, and they are mixed in a chaotic manner.

Therefore, we will give only a few basic tips that can also be considered correct with scientific point view:

· Participate in every draw whenever possible. According to the theory of probability, anyone can win and this happens unexpectedly. But there is a distance that separates you from victory. It can be a month, a year or a decade. The more often you take part in the lottery, the higher the chances that one day you will really get lucky.

· You can choose more numbers in one circulation by paying a certain amount. The probability of winning directly depends on the number of numbers reserved.

· You can take part in a syndicate. A group of people place many bets together, and all the money received is divided among the participants. It is possible to form a large common bank, but with minimal investments from everyone.

· Don't limit yourself to just the 1 to 31 range like many people do. Most people use dates that are familiar to them; they can do this not only consciously, but also subconsciously. But if you bet on all the available numbers, then when they appear, the chances will be higher.

· Be patient and do not despair in the face of constant defeats. You may need to pass to win big way, just believe in chance and buy tickets for each draw.

Now you know more about lotteries, the prize fund and the possible distribution of the main prize. But that's just general rules and recommendations.

Most players don't think about in what proportions The prize fund is distributed by category. Meanwhile, this is extremely important parameter, which determines the size of winnings. We are also talking about payments for the main categories, that is, the largest ones. The easiest way to see this is at specific examples. But first, a little clarification is required.

Probability of winning

There are 8,145,060 combinations in the 6 out of 45 lottery, which means the odds of winning are 1 in 8,145,060. In other words, if you made one single bet, the chance of matching 6 out of 45 is only one in eight million. Not very affordable, to put it mildly. This is if we are talking about 6 numbers. But 5 numbers (out of 45) are easier to guess, in in this case probability 1 in 34,808. The same can be said about 4, 3 or 2 numbers - the fewer numbers you need to guess, the greater the probability of this. All these values ​​are easy to calculate and have long been known

Probability of winning
6 out of 45 - 1 out of 8 145 060
5 out of 45 - 1 out of 34,808
4 out of 45 - 1 out of 733
3 out of 45 - 1 out of 45
2 out of 45 - 1 out of 7

Since the probability of winning in each category is known, by taking another indicator - the number of bets made by players during the period - you can check whether the calculated and actual number of winnings coincides. The more bets have passed, the closer these values ​​will be to each other.

And it is calculated simply, the number of bets is divided by the probability of winning. For example, in 2016 in Gosloto “6 out of 45” players placed 63,782,760 bets.

• 63 782 760 / 34 808 = 1 832 (1,787 or 97.5% of the calculated value)


• 63 782 760 / 733 = 87 016 (86,468 or 99.4% of the calculated value)


• 63 782 760 / 45 = 1 417 395 (1 425 327 or 100% of the calculated value)


• 63 782 760 / 7 = 9 111 823 (9,642,494 or 105.8% of the calculated value)

The actual number of wins per category for the same period is indicated in parentheses. As we see, real values close to the calculated ones. This means that when considering any parameters, for example, the distribution of the prize fund by category, we may well start from calculated values.

Prize fund, 6 out of 45

Currently, the prize fund in the Gosloto “6 out of 45” lottery is distributed as follows:

2 numbers - fixed payment, 100 rubles.
The remaining prize fund is distributed in the following percentage:

6 rooms - 35.8%
5 numbers - 26.8%
4 numbers - 14.4%
3 numbers - 23%

This distribution is not optimal; there are at least two distortions

• too large a share is allocated to accumulate the jackpot


• winnings are paid for 2 numbers, which costs a significant part of the fees.

Why should you refuse payments for 2 numbers? Because the chance of guessing them is the highest (1 in 7), and there are too many of these winnings: out of 64 million bets per year there will be 9.1 million “twos”. If you pay 100 rubles for each, you get 910 million. Or 28.5% of the prize fund - almost a third! The prize fund is simply dispersed into small payments

This is what it looks like in numbers (based on 64 million bets per year)

Prize fund distribution. The last column is real shares (including “twos”)

It’s better to do a different distribution of the prize fund, without “twos”. You can remember the experience Soviet Sportloto, when payments in 6 out of 45 started with three numbers.

The difference in approach is obvious - previously they didn’t pay for a “two”, and only 10% of the prize fund was spent on a “six”. But the winning amounts for numbers 3, 4 and 5 were more interesting.

It is still possible to shift the focus of payments to another category, for example, allocating more to “A” grades. It will do big wins more widespread.

If, with 64 million bets per year, there may be only 6-10 who guessed “six”, then the number of those who guessed “five” is much larger, about 2 thousand. And everyone’s winnings would be (on average) a million rubles. Taking into account the fact that single super-large winnings go to unknown lucky ones, in whom the vast majority rightly do not believe, the regular (massive!) appearance of people who win a good amount would serve as an excellent impetus to increase sales and increase the popularity of the lottery itself.

True, there are still a couple of pitfalls that hinder the promotion of a mass lottery. With the current circulation schedule (2-5 times a day) and the inflated price (80-100 rubles), not a single lottery will become truly widespread. The question arises, who do the owners of Stoloto focus on when they develop or change the format/conditions of the lottery?

An ideal player is a person who participates in every draw and spends small (for a personal budget) money on the lottery. It's even better when (most) of these people play with extended bets or incomplete systems.

It is clear that for regular or system game The cost of the bet is extremely important. If the bet cost 20-30 rubles, then it would be ideal. What do we have now?

• 5 draws per day (at a price of 80 rubles per bet) in the Gosloto lottery “5 out of 36”


• 2 draws per day (at a price of 100 rubles per bet) in the Gosloto lottery “6 out of 45”

In the first case, the monthly game budget will be 1200 rubles, and in the second case - 600 rubles. This is 1 bet per draw, in one lottery! What if you want both lotteries? And a couple of bets in each, or even three? I’m not even talking about detailed bets, where the minimum option (7 combinations in “6 out of 45”) is 700 rubles

The costs are disproportionate. Gamers are ready to go to them; they spend a lot more every month, up to tens of thousands of rubles. But you shouldn’t focus on this group, because only regular players with small budget. While 3-5% of our population plays lotteries, in contrast to the whole world, where 50-70% are interested in them, the biggest basis for sales growth is the involvement of more participants in the game.

What would the distribution of the prize fund look like for the “6 out of 45” lottery at a price of 50 rubles? Let's make it following the example of the Soviet Sportoloto, with a slight change (we will add 5% of the main category to the payment for 5 numbers)

Yes, the amounts turned out to be less. But the distribution is more equitable. Of course, in this option there will not be jackpots of 100-200 million, they simply will not have time to accumulate. But, here it is important to remember that the prize is collected from the bets made. In order for him to break records, he must either make maximum deductions from the prize money main category, and this always happens only at the expense of other categories. Or, if the lottery numerical formula assumes big jackpot- let's say in American lottery PowerBall has a 1 in 292 million chance of winning the top prize. But there are tens of millions of tickets for each circulation. Moreover, a lottery with such probability can be launched only when the number of players is large.

If 10-20 thousand tickets are involved in the draw, then it is stupid to launch a lottery with a similar formula - no one may hit the jackpot at all. This, by the way, is what happens with the Gosloto lottery “7 out of 49” (the chance of guessing a “seven” in it is 1:85,900,584). Yes, this lottery has the potential for record jackpots. But in order for it to be realized, millions of people need to play the lottery. So far this is not even close

P.s. The article does not discuss the increase or decrease in turnover associated with a decrease in the price of the bet. In this case, 64 million bets is a conditional (current value). Obviously, reducing the cost of one option will entail an increase in both players and total number rates, this can be clearly seen in the previous statistics.

The International 5 prize pool is growing by leaps and bounds, but literally every second, rapidly approaching a new record. What records were set before? We offer you the top 10 eSports tournaments with the most impressive prize money.

10th place: Call of Duty Championship 2013, Call of Duty Championship 2014, Call of Duty Championship 2015, Call of Duty XP – $1,000,000

The top 10 opens with 4 Call of Duty tournaments, each of which awarded $1 million.

Despite its near absence from the European scene, Call of Duty is one of the most popular esports titles today. It is actively promoted by both the developers themselves and the large streamer platform MLG-tv, whose resources are mainly aimed at viewers on the American continent.

The competitive component of this series of games reached a particularly large scale during the Call of Duty Experience event, held in September 2011. There, among other entertainment, visitors were offered a tournament between the best teams in the world, at which participants competed for $1 million. The winner received $400,000 ($100,000 for each of the four team members). From that moment on, a glorious tradition began - to hold a million-dollar world tournament every year.

There was no tournament held in 2012: not much time had passed since the CoD XP exhibition. But in subsequent years (including this one), at the end of March - beginning of April, the established seven-figure amount is consistently drawn. With prize money of this size, the Call of Duty world championships occupy tenth place in this ranking.

8-9 places: The International and The International 2 – $1,600,000

The International series tournaments need no introduction. But if anyone doesn’t know, let’s say briefly: these are the largest and most prestigious competitions in the Dota 2 discipline. Traditionally, they limit the playing seasons in professional Dota.

In your time The International made a lot of noise. Not only because the winner of the tournament was a team from the CIS - Natus Vincere, but also by the very fact that first place was awarded a million dollars. The total prize money for TI and TI2 was $1,600,000 each. Thanks to Valve's generosity, the prize pools for these tournaments were record highs at the time. And on this moment The first Internationals share 8th-9th place in the list of record holders in terms of prize money.

7th place: League of Legends Season 2 World Championship – $1,970,000

In October 2012, Riot Games demonstrated the seriousness of their eSports intentions. At the beginning of 2012, they announced that they would allocate $5 million a year to hold League of Legends tournaments. The enchanting finale of the season was the world championship in this discipline.

Riot Games has always taken a responsible approach to its events. Therefore, the second League of Legends World Championship not only went off with a bang, but also set several significant records. So, at that time it became an eSports tournament from the very large audience, attracting 8 million total viewers and 1.1 million concurrent viewers. And, of course, a new record was recorded in the “prize fund” category: the participants in the finals divided $1,970,000 among themselves, with a million, as at TI, going to the winners. To this day, the tournament’s prize fund remains firmly in the top ten, currently occupying seventh place.

6th place: League of Legends Season 3 World Championship – $2,050,000

In 2013, Riot Games decided to up the ante and announced $8 million in prize money for the upcoming League of Legends season. It was logical to assume that World Championship No. 3 would significantly surpass its predecessor.

For the most part, the third World Cup lived up to expectations. Several new records were set. The largest number of spectators in the history of esports was the number of spectators present at live matches (finals at the Staples Center, Los Angeles). The total audience for the finals was also a record, surpassing even that year's NBA Finals and baseball World Series.

However, the prize pool only slightly exceeded last year’s and amounted to “only” $2,050,000. At that time, this was not even a new record: more was awarded at TI3. However, this amount is enough for the tournament to still stand out for its generous payouts and occupy sixth place in our ranking.

5th place: League of Legends Season 4 World Championship – $2,130,000

On next year The situation with the League of Legends world championship repeated itself: the increase in the prize fund turned out to be insignificant. However, the final tournament of the fourth gaming season became the largest in esports history and gave us many other interesting numbers and events.

The 2014 Season World Championship swept across Asia, filling arenas in major esports centers on the mainland. The final match of the tournament took place at the stadium that hosted the FIFA World Cup, and brought together 40,000 League fans in the stands. The total audience of the tournament was 27 million viewers (11 million simultaneously). 1.5% of the population watched the final South Korea. And after honoring the champions, she performed on stage famous group imagine Dragons.

The prize fund of the finals was also a “local” record. $2,130,000 – the most large sum prize money ever awarded in a League of Legends tournament. In the overall rating, these figures were awarded fifth place.

4th place: Smite World Championship 2014 – $2,612,260

An unexpected participant in the ranking was the largest tournament in the history of another MOBA game – Smite. Despite the fact that the development of Hi-Rez Studios is much inferior to the leaders, thanks to their devoted audience they were able to organize a very worthy world championship.

Sales of the Odyssey, a special in-game set of items, helped to collect a record prize fund. Part of the money received as a result of the player's purchase of the set replenished the tournament fund. This system is similar to DotaTV tickets and Compendiums. By the end of the tournament, the prize money was fixed at $2,612,260, which corresponds to fourth place in the list of the largest.

3rd place: The International 3 - $2,874,400

The top three winners are opened by The International 3. It also owes its place in the ranking to its dedicated gaming audience.

The base prize fund of the tournament was the traditional $1,600,000. However, a few months before the start of the tournament, a “Compendium” appeared in the in-game store, the owners of which received not only additional features when watching the tournament, but also several special rewards for achieving a certain number of sales. 25% of the amount received for these virtual books was used to increase the prize money.

The final prize pool for TI3 was $2,874,400. It's easy to calculate that $1,274,400 of that "belongs" to the fans. But no matter how the money is raised, this amount is the third largest prize pool in the history of esports.

2nd place: Dota 2 Asia Chamionships – $3,057,500

Increasing the prize fund through the sale of DotaTV tickets and compendiums has become an integral part of any Dota 2 tournament. Whether this is good or bad, we cannot say. What is certain is that this system allows record sums of money to be played between teams.

Until recently, “Compendium” was a signature attribute exclusively of The International series tournaments. The organizers of Dota 2 Asia Championships dared to break this tradition by announcing their tournament with a holding system almost similar to TI. And, of course, with its own compendium.

The event was so large-scale that it received the popular name “The International 4.5”. As in the largest tournaments of the season, it was attended by best teams from all over the world. Slots for the tournament were awarded at numerous regional qualifiers. Thanks to all this, the tournament attracted a huge audience, which, through the purchase of compendiums, helped form an impressive prize fund - $3,057,500. Today it is second in size to only one tournament.

1st place: The International 4 – $10,931,100

Without exaggeration, we can say: this tournament is a legend that will forever remain in the history of e-sports, no matter how large the upcoming tournaments may be.

The International 4 dossier is full of records. But the most remarkable achievement of the tournament was the prize pool, which amounted to a mind-blowing $10,931,100. That's almost double what was awarded for all four League of Legends World Championships combined. The winners of the tournament, a team from China Newbee, took home more than $5 million. As you can see from our rating, not a single tournament held has even come close in terms of prize money to TI4... until it does.

It is worth noting that the fifth tournament of The International series has every chance of surpassing the incredible achievement of its predecessor. Less than two weeks after the release of Compendium, the tournament's prize fund is approaching $8,000,000. The tournament's prize fund goals are set to reach $15,000,000. Will Valve's expectations be met? Considering the achievements of The International 4 and the high start of the new tournament in the series, we can expect that by the end of summer the ranking will have a new leader.

1. Introduction

Poker tournament calls great amount emotions and brings indescribable pleasure when, on the one hand, you can win something, and on the other hand, there is something to lose. This is starting to get on my nerves. Of course, you shouldn't set a huge buy-in (entry fee) right away. From this article you will learn several basic rules that will help you make the optimal buy-in.

Another important question that will be answered in this article is: who will win how much? In the second chapter you will learn how to properly distribute the prize fund between different places.

2. What should the entrance fee be?

The buy-in size is influenced by two main factors:

• It should be small enough that every player can afford to lose this money and not worry too much about it.
• It should be large enough so that every player has a desire to take first place, i.e., so that everyone plays seriously, normal poker, and not fool around.

If the buy-in is too high, players will stop enjoying the game, as they will be under pressure and will be afraid of being eliminated. And if the buy-in is too small, some players may not take the tournament seriously. All of the above means that the optimal buy-in size depends on the financial capabilities of the so-called “average” participant. If you are playing with schoolchildren or students, you should buy in less than if you were playing with successful businessmen.

What is especially important is how experienced the tournament participants are. Absolute beginners, naturally, will not want to pay 50 € to enter the tournament, so it is better to play with them for small amounts. A experienced players, who may already be playing relatively high limits on the Internet, on the contrary, they will be interested in playing for several a large amount money, so you should increase your buy-in.

In addition, you should have an idea of ​​how many tournaments you will play in an evening. If you plan to play only one big tournament, then the buy-in can be made larger. If, on the contrary, you want to play several short tournaments, then, accordingly, the buy-in for each of them should be smaller.

3. How is the prize fund distributed?

For regular single-table tournaments, you can stick to the same payout structure as online poker. So, for a tournament for 8-10 people:

• 50% of the prize fund - 1st place;
• 30% of the prize fund - 2nd place;
• 20% of the prize fund - 3rd place.

With 5-7 participants, only the first 2 places should be paid:

• 60% - 1st place;
• 40% - 2nd place.

Alternatively, you can use another structure:

• 70% - 1st place;
• 30% - 2nd place.

An increase in the number of participants must necessarily be reflected in the payment structure. If you are playing a 2-table tournament with no more than 20 players, then at least 4 seats must be paid. The following structure is recommended:

• 1st place - 50%;
• 2nd place - 25%;
• 3rd place - 15%;
• 4th place - 10%.

In 3-6 table tournaments, it is desirable that at least 3/4 of the participants who reach the final table receive prizes. The payout structure in such tournaments can be very different. The main thing is that the amount of additional prize money increases as you move from place to place, i.e., that the difference in prize money between, for example, 6th and 7th place is greater than between 7th and 8th place.

In larger tournaments the payout structure is much more complex. As a guide, keep in mind that at least 10% of participants should win prizes. You can study the payout structure of some poker room, for example: PartyPoker:

4. Conclusion

The payout structure always depends on the number of participants. You can focus either on the option proposed in this article or on the payout structures in online poker rooms.