There is probably not a person who has never tried his luck by playing the lottery in his life. By purchasing a ticket for a hundred rubles, everyone becomes a potential millionaire. But luck is a capricious thing, and not everyone has the opportunity to win, and winning big prizes is the lot of a few.
Lotteries are played all over the world. In Russia, only 1-2% of the population participates in lotteries, for comparison: the share of players in France is 70% of the total population of the country, in the USA - 63%. Such a small percentage of players in Russia is explained by Russians’ distrust of lotteries. But among these percentages there are also winners who hit large jackpots.
Most lucky winners 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, new relatives. Below are the 7 biggest lottery wins in Russia.
Seventh place. A chidhood dream
On May 29, 2020, a 37-year-old resident of the Kaliningrad region won 126 million rubles in the “6 out of 45” lottery. The winner became interested in lotteries as a child; ever since he and his grandfather bought his first tickets, he dreamed of becoming a famous lottery winner. According to him, his grandfather was very fond of lotteries, and when the prize drawing began on TV, everyone in the house fell silent.
The lucky one promised to spend his winnings on building a playground for all the children in the area and, of course, for himself - a big house.
Sixth place. Shock of victory
184 million rubles won in draw 735 dated February 10, 2014 of the “6 out of 45” lottery changed the life of one employee of a construction company from Omsk. The lucky winner spent 800 rubles on a ticket. He did not leave the house for three days, the shock of winning affected him so much. The dream of the winner and father of three children was to buy a big house by the sea in warmer climes.
Third place. Doctor who doesn't believe in his luck
On February 27, 2020, in the “State Lottery 6 out of 45,” a doctor from Novosibirsk was lucky and won just over 358 million rubles. The bet cost him 1,800 rubles. For three weeks the winner was going to Moscow to claim his winnings; all this time it seemed like a dream to him. 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 could he verify his 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 resident said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on developing his business and on real estate in Moscow.
New Year's lottery draws 2020
In the New Year's lottery "Stoloto" in Russia, 105 prizes of 1 million rubles were drawn.
99 people became winners. Most of them live in Moscow and the Moscow region. – 20, St. Petersburg – 7, Bashkiria – 6, Rostov region. – 5. The remaining prizes are 1 million rubles each. were distributed among several participants,” the press service of the Stoloto lottery quotes. A resident of Moscow hit the jackpot. He won 1 billion rubles. The name of the winner is not yet known. This is the first time such a sum has been won in the Russian Federation. The income tax rate is also impressive. The winner will have to pay 13% personal income tax. The winnings are paid out in the lottery. The procedure can take up to six months.
You can check your ticket on the website of the lottery ticket distributor - stoloto.ru. Just select the lottery, draw number, ticket number and press the “Check” button.
Second place. Excitement around victory
On May 21, 2020, 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 the mobile application. The newly made millionaire is a cultural worker. Due to the huge excitement that arose around the winnings, at the family council it was decided to go for the money all together, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner did not collect the winnings for a long time. According to her, she wanted to contribute a third of the money to the election fund of the political party Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Until recently, this jackpot was considered the last major lottery win in Russia. But 2020 is rich in records.
First place. Modest retired millionaire
The largest lottery win in Russia belongs to a resident of the Voronezh region, who won a fabulous sum of 506 million rubles in the Russian Lotto lottery. Such a large amount was drawn on November 5, 2020 in draw 1204, and is currently the largest lottery win in Russian history.
The lottery organizers searched for the 63-year-old winner for 2 weeks, as the lucky girl could not believe 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 to help her children and grandchildren, and also donate part of the money to charity.
How the fate of the winner will turn out, whether winning will bring happiness, is not yet known. But now she has started receiving threats demanding that she share and seek help. In addition, the trip to Moscow was not cheap for her; she even had to borrow a jacket and boots, since she had nothing to wear.
Housing lottery
You can win in the housing lottery:
- apartment;
- Vacation home;
- other property.
Winning statistics include more than 1 thousand houses that were received by participants in the drawings. This is a great chance to get your own home.
The largest prize was awarded in the summer of 2020. In the housing lottery, winning statistics recorded a prize of 24 million rubles. The draws are broadcast every Sunday at 08:20. Ticket price is 100 rubles. Prize amounts usually increase during the New Year.
Money can not buy happiness
Large winnings in lotteries in Russia and abroad have not brought only happiness to everyone; there are those for whom the winnings turned out differently.
In 2001, unemployed spouses from Ufa became winners in the Bingo Show lottery and won 29 million rubles. However, winning did not bring happiness. The couple spent the entire prize within 5 years. 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 from nowhere, asking for money for their needs and getting the spouses drunk.
The winner of the “6 out of 45” lottery, a resident of the 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 building a hotel, but ended up with a debt of 4 and a half million rubles to the state.
In 2006, an incident worthy of any crime drama happened to a US resident, Abraham Shakespeare. No sooner had he won $30 million than he had many relatives. But the scammers did not stand aside either. One lady approached Shakespeare and promised to help him manage his money correctly. And she gave orders: she transferred all the money to her own account, and soon Shakespeare himself was found dead with two bullets in his chest.
Jack Whittaker was a successful businessman, family man, and philanthropist until he won a major jackpot in 2002. Whittaker became addicted to drinking alcohol, gambling, and abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent and his business collapsed.
Jackpots in world lotteries
But even the largest lottery winnings in Russia cannot be compared with the main prizes in lotteries around the world. Residents of the United States 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, 2020, an American won more than 758 million US dollars in the Powerball lottery. This is the largest win in this lottery and lotteries in the world, which came from one ticket. An interesting feature of the lottery is that the prize can be received in parts over 29 years or taken at once, but then the winning amount will be significantly less (about 2 times).
2. On January 16, 2016, three Americans shared an unprecedented winnings in the Powerball lottery - $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 amounted to $590 million.
Winnings at roulette
Roulette is a tempting, but not stable opportunity to get a decent win. For every big win at roulette, there are a very large number of losses. But big wins still happen. At the end of the 19th century in Monte Carlo, Joseph Jaggers received a big win, which made him famous throughout the world. The lucky one won 325 thousand dollars. At the same time and in one of the Monte Carlo casinos, Charles Wells won almost a million francs. A month later, he repeated the game in another casino, and again received the maximum winnings. For such a game, Charles was suspected of fraud, but no evidence was found. And in the 90s of the last century, Gonzalo García Pelayo received a large win of about 2 million dollars playing roulette. Speaking about big wins, we should note a case registered in the Guinness Book of Records. The most significant win received by a Norwegian in an online casino was more than 11 million euros. This event was recorded in 2011.
How to win the lottery?
The question of how to win the lottery arises for all players. There is no set way to win. Every winner has his own secret of success, but not everyone is ready to share it. Most argue that it is just luck and luck, others follow certain rules:
- They play with an expanded bet, i.e. choosing more numbers than possible in a regular bet. Of course, an expanded bet involves more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
- They regularly participate in lotteries and constantly use the same combination. They are waiting for the chosen 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 many tickets as possible for one lottery, and if they win, they divide everything in half.
- Various mathematical formulas are used.
There are also those who believe in lucky days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets for a birthday, choose numbers on the ticket that are significant for themselves, and use various spells to win.
Statistics of large lottery winnings in Russia indicate that every year the number of 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 in 367 thousand, in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery - 1 in 8 million, in the Russian Lotto - 1 in 7 million.
If this article has inspired someone to buy a ticket, remember that the winning percentage is very small, play for fun, and maybe you’ll get lucky.
Fortune stories: the world's biggest lottery wins in five years
TBILISI, November 5 – Sputnik.
The largest win in the entire history of Russian lotteries was recorded on Sunday - a resident of the Voronezh region won 506 million rubles, RIA Novosti reported with reference to.
The Russian resident is not the only one who is lucky:
2017
On November 2, a resident of the American state of North Carolina, Kimberly Morris, bought two winning lottery tickets on the same day, the winnings of which exceeded a million dollars. 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 was purchased in Massachusetts, the exact location has not been announced.
On May 30, a resident of Novosibirsk won 300 million rubles in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery. A super prize of 300 million rubles was played out in Gosloto “4 out of 20” for the first time.
On May 22, a resident of Sochi won almost 365 million rubles in the Gosloto “6 out of 45” lottery.
On April 11, a family from the French city of Dijon hit the super jackpot in 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.
On February 14, a resident of Belgium won 23.5 million euros in the European EuroMillions lottery.
2016
On October 14, a street cleaner from Brussels won 168 million euros in the European EuroMillions lottery, which became the largest win in the history of the kingdom.
On October 15, a resident of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg won the maximum prize of 90 million euros in the international Eurojackpot lottery. 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 a record amount in the history of the country - 1.155 million euros - during the Eurojackpot international lottery draw. According to the 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 one managed to guess all the winning numbers. https://germania.one/2016/08/01/eurojackpot-vyigrysh-v-84-milliona-ushel-v-gessen/
On May 8, the winning Powerball lottery ticket with a jackpot of $429.6 million was purchased in the US state of New Jersey. Odds of winning: 1 in 292.2 million.
On March 26, a resident of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia won 76.8 million euros in the Eurojackpot lottery.
On March 5, brothers James and Bob Stoklas from the US state of Pennsylvania won more than $291 million in the Powerball lottery. 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, became the owner of the Gosloto super prize of 358 million 358 thousand 466 rubles, a record in the history of lotteries in Russia. He took part in three editions. His lucky bet, which the winner made at one of the city's lottery kiosks, cost 1,800 rubles. The record came in the 1885th edition.
On 15 February, UK lottery operator Camelot confirmed that a UK entrant had won almost £25 million on Europe's biggest lottery, Euromillions.
On February 12, a group of friends from Dublin shared the European EuroMillions lottery jackpot of €132 million with a French resident. The winners received 66 million euros.
On January 13, a record jackpot was won in the American Powerball lottery. The winnings amounted to $1.6 billion. It was won by three tickets, the owners of which divided the winnings among themselves. The odds of winning for each ticket in the drawing were 1 in 292 million. A couple from Florida were one of three winners. We are talking about 70-year-old Maureen Smith and 55-year-old David Kaltschmidt. They agreed with the lottery organizers on a one-time payment of $327 million. John and Lisa Robertson from Tennessee chose a similar strategy. Another winning ticket was sold in California, but who bought it is unknown.
2015
On December 26, an unknown person won the $43.3 million jackpot in Canada's Lotto Max lottery. The winning ticket was purchased in Mississauga, Ontario. In addition, eight more tickets with winnings of $721 thousand were purchased in cities in the province of Ontario, as well as three each in the provinces of Quebec and British Columbia.
On October 18, an unknown lottery ticket holder hit the largest jackpot in the history of the Canadian Lotto 6/49 lottery of 64 million Canadian dollars (49.5 million US dollars). The lucky ticket was sold in the Canadian city of Mississauga, west of Toronto.
On July 30, it became known that a truck driver from the American state of Virginia won $153 million in the Mega Millions lottery. According to the law, after taxes, 52-year-old Stephen Peloquin received 92 million - the lucky winner chose a cash payment over 153 million consecutive annual payments.
On June 19, the owner of a ticket for the popular EuroMillions lottery in Europe, purchased in Madrid, won a prize of 25 million euros in the drawing.
On May 29, a resident of the Kaliningrad region “Gosloto “6 out of 45” (1336th draw) won the accumulated super prize equal to 126 million 925 thousand 38 rubles.
On May 13, the holder of a EuroMillons lottery ticket purchased in Barcelona won more than 47.8 million euros. It is known that he made five bets on the Internet - on five different combinations. One of them turned out to be successful.
On January 30, during the drawing of the 1138th draw of the Russian lottery “Gosloto “6 out of 45”, more than 200 million rubles were divided among themselves by residents of the Murmansk region and Stavropol Territory. A resident of the Murmansk region won 102 million 293 thousand 526 rubles, while his bet was 2.8 thousand rubles. A lottery participant from the Stavropol Territory won 101 million 587 thousand 947 rubles, his bet was 1.8 thousand rubles.
On January 17, the large Canadian lottery Lotto Max brought an unknown person 50 million Canadian dollars. The winning ticket was sold in Alberta. It is clarified that two more people became winners of a prize of $1 million.
On January 13, former New York City school superintendent Harold Diamond hit the Mega Millions jackpot, winning $326 million, the largest ever in New York City.
2014
On December 2, the largest European lottery EuroMillons brought 73 million euros to one of the residents of France. The winning amount broke lottery records throughout the country throughout 2014.
On September 13, information appeared that a resident of the Finnish city of Espoo in the south of the country became the winner of a large prize in the European lottery Eurojackpot amounting to 61.2 million euros.
On August 9, a resident of Nizhny Novgorod won 202 million 441 thousand 116 rubles during the 915th Gosloto draw.
On February 10, in the 735th draw of Gosloto “6 out of 45,” a super prize equal to 184 million 513 thousand 482 rubles fell into one’s hands. It was received by Omsk resident Valery.
On April 1, a California man who became the only Powerball winner in February claimed his right to a $425 million jackpot. The lucky one was pensioner Raymond Buxton. He stated that he could not believe his luck when he learned of the victory. According to him, he was sitting in front of the computer, double-checking the numbers on his lucky ticket. Buxton decided to take the jackpot in a lump sum, so he only received $242 million before taxes.
On March 19, media reported that at least two Americans won the $400 million Mega Millions jackpot.
2013
On November 4, it became known that the record winnings in the Czech Republic in the Sportka game, an analogue of the Russian Sportloto lottery, amounted to 400 million Czech crowns (about $21 million).
On October 1, a resident of the American state of Maryland won $189 million in the lottery.
On September 19, a winning ticket for the major American lottery Powerball worth $399.4 million was sold at a gas station in the US state of South Carolina.
On August 25, media reported that a Swiss resident won 93.6 million euros in the popular European lottery EuroMillions. This is the biggest win for Switzerland.
On August 8, Powerball announced that three tickets with lucky numbers had been sold in New Jersey and Minnesota, with winners sharing a $448 million jackpot.
On June 5, Powerball lottery officials announced the name of the woman who won nearly $600 million 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 the $590.5 million that was her nominal winnings. 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, won $221 million on a Powerball lottery ticket. After paying all the necessary taxes, Quezada was left with about $152 million.
On April 6, two Belgian residents won 26.5 million euros between them in the European EuroMillions lottery.
2012
On November 29, the organizers of the American Powerball lottery announced that two US residents who bought winning tickets will share one of the largest jackpots in lottery history in the amount of $580 million.
On November 14, a French resident won one of the largest jackpots in the country's history - 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 Euromillions lottery jackpot, which amounted to 148 million pounds sterling (190 million euros).
On June 14, a Chinese resident won $90 million in the lottery - the largest prize in the history of the Chinese lottery.
On March 31, one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots was won at $656 million, shared by three people from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri.
On March 7, 81-year-old resident of the American state of Rhode Island, Louise White, won $210 million in the popular US 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 hit the jackpot of 13.4 million kuna (about $2.3 million) after 30 years of buying lottery tickets every week 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. The Chinese lottery reported that the winner of 200 million yuan ($41.3 million) in the Bicolor Ball lottery was a resident of Chengdu, the administrative center of Sichuan province. 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.
On January 27, the largest lottery winnings in Slovenian history amounted to 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.
