The biggest lottery winnings in Russia: list and interesting facts

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

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 ever won, and winning big prizes is the lot of a few.

The lottery is 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. Childhood dream

May 29In 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 a famous lottery winner. According to him, his grandfather was very fond of lotteries, and when the drawing of prizes on TV began, everyone in the house fell silent.

The lucky man 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. The lucky winner spent 800 rubles on the ticket. He did not leave the house for three days, so he was affected by the shock of winning. The dream of a winner and a father of three was to buy a big house by the sea in a warm climate.

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 of 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. The only thing known 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. Lucky Doctor

On February 27, 2016, in the State Lottery 6 out of 45, a 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 resident said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on the development of 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 a 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 for money all together, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner did not take 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.

Not so long ago this jackpot was considered the last big lottery win in Russia. But 2017 is rich in records.

Firstplace. 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, 2017 in a draw of 1204, and today is the largest lottery win in the history of Russia.

The 63-year-old winner of the lottery was looking 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.

How the fate of the winner will turn out, whether the win will bring happiness is not yet known. But already now, threats began to come to her, demanding to share and seek help. In addition, the trip to Moscow cost her a lot, she even had to borrow a jacket and boots, as there was nothing to wear.

Money can't buy happiness

Big wins in the lottery in Russia and abroad did not bring only happiness to everyone, there are those for whom winning 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, they contributed to everythingnew relatives and friends appeared from nowhere, who asked for money for their needs and soldered their spouses.

The winner of the lottery "6 out of 45" 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 the construction of a hotel, but ended up with a debt of 4.5 million rubles to the state.

In 2006, one US citizen Abraham Shakespeare had an incident 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 won a massive jackpot in 2002. Whittaker became addicted to alcohol, gambling, and abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent, and the business fell apart.

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 biggest lottery winningsin 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. An interesting feature of the lottery is that the prize can be received in installments over 29 years or taken immediately, but then the winning amount 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 Florida woman won the US$590 million jackpot in the same Powerball lottery.

How to win the lottery?

The question of how to win the lottery arises for all players. There is no definite way to win. Each winner has his own secret of success, but not everyone is ready to share it. Most claim it's just luck and luck, others follow certain rules:

• They play with an expanded bet, i.e. choose more numbers than is possible in a normal bet. Of course, the expanded bet provides for more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
• 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.
• Play with friends, the so-called lottery syndicate. In this case, a group of people buys as many tickets of one lottery as possible, and in case of winningdivide everything in half.
• Use various mathematical formulas.

There are also those who believe in happy days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets for a birthday, choose significant numbers on the ticket, use various conspiracies to win.

Statistics of big lottery wins in Russia shows that every year the number of their participants is growing, 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 be lucky.