The largest lottery in the world by prize fund - top five. The biggest winnings in the world
Everyone dreams of winning the lottery, but unfortunately, the likelihood of this happening is negligible. However, there are people who, in the most incredible way, still managed to win large jackpots.
There are 10 in front of you unusual stories about ordinary people who were lucky enough to win the lottery.
Christopher Kaelin
In April 2014, Christopher Kaelin from Chicago acquired lottery ticket and, to his surprise, won 25 thousand dollars. Kelin, who claims to play the lottery occasionally, decided to celebrate the occasion at a restaurant with his fiancée. After dinner, he stopped at a gas station and bought another lottery ticket. He rubbed off the protective coating and discovered that he had won again. This time the amount was $1,000.A few days later, Kelin went to the store where he purchased his first winning lottery ticket and decided to try his luck again. He came to work, wiped off the protective coating and, to his surprise, again won $25,000. When Kelin came to cash out his lottery ticket, he realized that he had made a mistake and in fact should receive not 25,000, but 250,000 dollars.
In total, the three lottery tickets that Kaelin bought within one week brought him $276,000.
Derek Ladner
On July 11, 2007, Derek Ladner and his wife Dawn (Cornwall, England) were delighted to learn that they were one of five lucky winners to win a £2.4 million jackpot. On next week Derek bought another lottery ticket, but it didn't bring any winnings. When the man took out his wallet, he noticed another lottery ticket with the date July 11 in it.It turns out that Derek forgot that he had already purchased a lottery ticket for the drawing that took place on July 11, and bought another one with the same numbers. Surprisingly, the couple actually held two of the five winning tickets, which netted them £958,284.
Walid Aborumi
For the first time, luck smiled on Walid Aboromi in 2004, when he won 500 thousand dollars in the lottery. IN next year he hit the one million dollar jackpot. A year later, he won $71,000 on the Virginia Pick 3 lottery using his lucky numbers. In 2007, luck brought him another 100 thousand dollars.In May 2015, on the way to the Aborumi store, the numbers 7, 1 and 5 began to often catch my eye. It was 7:15 on the clock. The car parked in the lot had the license plate 7-1-5. Moreover, Aborumi considered these numbers to be special, since he was born on July 15 (7th month). The man took this as a sign and bought 184 lottery tickets with these three numbers.
He didn't hit the jackpot, but each lottery ticket brought him $500. In total, Aborumi won $92,000.
However, at the very last moment luck turned away from him. Somehow Aborumi managed to lose all of his lottery tickets; he had a receipt confirming their purchase, but without them he had no right to claim payment. The man never found his winning lottery tickets. He suggests that they were accidentally thrown away and have long since burned in a landfill.
Unnamed man from Glendale
In April 2012, a man who preferred to remain anonymous purchased six lottery tickets with the numbers 4, 25, 29, 34 and 43. The man did not hit the jackpot, but he was lucky enough to win about one million dollars (approximately more than 166 thousand per each lottery ticket).He cashed out the lottery tickets within seven days and spent all the funds received during the same time. How it was possible to spend such a huge amount of money in a week, we don’t know.
Mary Woollens
In September 2006, eighty-six-year-old Mary Woollens from Ontario, Canada, had a dream about several numbers. Waking up in the morning, she immediately wrote them down on a piece of paper so as not to forget. Woollens then decided to buy a lottery ticket and cross out those numbers. The next day she purchased another lottery ticket with the same numbers.As you probably already guessed, the elderly woman won an incredible amount of money. Each lottery ticket brought her $8 million.
Richard Lustig
The lottery is a game of luck and chance. However, Richard Lustig from Florida (USA) does not think so. He claims to have developed an entire system for winning the lottery; and it sounds completely crazy. However, Lustig can back up his claims. Specifically, he won the lottery seven times between 1993 and 2010. total amount winnings amount to $1,052,205.58 (tax excluded). The first two times, Lustig won travel packages worth $8,560.66. His biggest win was $842,152.91. He received this money in January 2002.Lustig then wrote a book called "Learn How to Increase Your Chances of Winning the Lottery."
Seguro Ndabene
Almost all specialists financial planning agree that investing in lottery tickets is a bad plan. If you have a financial advisor who thinks the same way, fire him immediately and buy Richard Lustig's book. Why share your millions with someone, right?And although even common sense suggests that the lottery is not the best best investment money, Seguro Ndabene, who lives in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada, completely disagrees. He bought hundreds of dollars worth of lottery tickets every week, and eventually his expenses paid off. In 2004, Ndabene won a million dollars in a provincial lottery. Two years later, luck brought him another 100 thousand dollars. In 2008, he was lucky to win twice: once - 50 thousand dollars, the other - a million.
In January 2009, Ndabene hit the $17 million jackpot. After that, the lottery organizers became seriously interested in him, since it was his fifth major jackpot in the last few years. Also, a man suddenly appeared who claimed that the ticket was bought for the whole group, and Ndabene decided to take it for himself. The case reached the court. The judge who tried it said Ndabene had done nothing wrong and was the sole holder of the ticket. After this, the lottery organizers paid the man his honestly won 17 million dollars.
Joan Ginther
Joan Ginther is considered the luckiest woman in the world. She has won multimillion-dollar sums four times. instant lottery. The first time she won $5.4 million (in 1993). Ten years later, she won two million dollars. In 2005, Joan won another three million dollars. In the spring of 2008, her luck brought her 10 million dollars.You ask, “What are the odds of winning over $20 million in the lottery by buying just four tickets?” According to statistics, one in eighteen septillion is 18,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (as many as 24 zeros).
Given this, some people have speculated that Ginther, who has a PhD in statistics from Stanford University, committed fraud. The woman purchased all four winning lottery tickets in Bishop, Texas, where she grew up but no longer lived very for a long time. Ginther traveled from Las Vegas to Bishop specifically to purchase lottery tickets. She has never given an interview, so no one knows why she got so lucky.
110 Powerball winners
On March 31, 2005, 110 people who entered the Powerball lottery claimed to have won either $100,000 or $500,000 after matching five of the six winning numbers. The difference was that some people also played a bonus game, which increased their winnings several times. All of them chose the numbers 22, 28, 32, 33 and 3. The lottery organizers initially thought it was a scam.The odds of a person winning the Powerball jackpot were 1 in 2,939,677. And the fact that 110 people were winners of the lottery at once seemed incredible. But the most surprising thing was that all people chose the same sixth number. The results of the investigation showed that all people found winning numbers in fortune cookies, which were produced by the same company.
Frayn Selak
Croatian music teacher Frain Selak is one of the luckiest or unluckiest people on the planet, depending on how you interpret the story that happened to him.In 1962, he was one of the passengers on a train that derailed into a lake. As a result of the tragedy, 17 people died. But Selak survived. The next year he was on a plane whose door opened in the sky. Selak was pulled out by a stream of air. This incident claimed the lives of 19 passengers. Selak miraculously survived landing on a haystack.
Three years later, Selak was riding a bus that was involved in an accident. Four people died. The music teacher remained unharmed. Four years later, Selak's car caught fire. The man managed to run out of it before it exploded. This happened again three years later.
In 1995, Selak was hit by a bus, but survived. A year later, he avoided a head-on collision, but had to drive his car along the edge of a cliff. Selak jumped out of the car before it hit a tree. It saved his life.
In 2003, luck finally smiled on Selak. He won one million dollars in the lottery. He gave most of the money to relatives and friends, and spent the rest on himself.
Believe me, there are such huge winnings in the lottery that the numbers just don’t fit in your mind. Another question is whether the data on winnings is true, whether fake persons received them, whether they received them at all, etc.
Such stories are needed, at a minimum, so that people continue to buy lottery tickets, feeding the founders of the business.
Today we will talk about the biggest lottery winnings.
Just recently I heard on TV that the Russian family (mother and adult daughter) won 500 million rubles in the lottery, they were photographed for the media, smiling (we are talking about the November 2017 win, Voronezh). And evil commentators echoed - “they are stupid, they will be found and robbed, it’s clear that they are from the village,” “ ex-husband Now he finds out about the situation that has befallen his head and will supposedly come to restore the family, new relatives will appear.”
But I had other thoughts: “well, a person can’t win 500 million rubles in our country... and he can’t win abroad either... especially a billion dollars. And if we got such a prize, it would probably be “dummy people”, but they look too simple to be dummies.”
Do you believe that a person on the street who buys a random lottery ticket can win huge sums of money, hit the jackpot, as they say?
We see many stories on TV where mere mortals win lotteries; neighbors give interviews, confirming that these same “Petya and Vasya, Masha and Sasha” from the first floor, always unemployed and cheerful, won a couple of million rubles. And no one expected it, but it got lucky. Usually, no one tells us, the audience, where the newly-made millionaires spent their money, or they provide meager information... However, few details are known about several families, especially those that squandered great wealth for nothing. For example, about the family of Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova.
But this is all on the screen, but have you personally had examples when your neighbors “hit the Jackpot”?? I have no. Except that I myself have won several thousand rubles in competitions a couple of times, but this is not a lottery. Among my friends, including those who actively buy lottery tickets, there is not a single one who has won. I don’t know whether it’s true or fiction that it’s possible to win, but a person, especially a Russian, will always hope for chance and luck more than anything else.
Let's talk about the largest lottery winnings among Russians.
Yuri Ivanov from Tolyatti won about 1 million rubles. As the hero says, he has been buying tickets regularly for 23 years, and he dreamed of the winning ticket numbers in a dream. Well, this story is quite capable of cheering up those who have spent several salaries on lottery tickets and half their lives waiting for a prize - wait, perhaps there is still more to come!
A resident of the village of Vargashi, Kurgan region, won 1 million rubles, and became the luckiest villager who hit the jackpot in lotteries, because before that, residents of the outback had not received more than 200 thousand rubles.
Alexander Osterenko from Samara region won 2.5 million rubles in 2011.
A Russian Railways passenger once won 11 million rubles on a passenger ticket, they searched for him for two weeks. Yes, according to the media, this is possible - winning a multimillion-dollar sum just by buying a Russian Railways ticket. A little later, another lucky person from Russian Railways won 8 million rubles.
On December 30, 2001, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, with her husband and children, won 29 million rubles in the Bingo Show. At the same time, as sources say, the spouses bought two apartments and two cars with the winnings, but they spent a lot of money on drinking and slot machines. The cars broke down after accidents, the apartment burned down in a fire, the wife died a few years later from a trophic ulcer, and the husband lives unsociable in the second apartment with his sons.
In 2009, Moscow resident Evgeny Sidorov won 35 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. The man spent his winnings very wisely: he left with his family for his homeland, Lipetsk region, organized his own farm and carp breeding production.
100 million rubles went to Albert Begrakyan from St. Petersburg in 2009 (“Gosloto 6 out of 45”), Of these, the lucky one built a hotel for 16.5 million rubles, bought real estate, a car, and helped his relatives.
In 2015, a resident of Kaliningrad won 126.9 million rubles in the mobile phone lottery.
In 2014 (“Gosloto 6 out of 45”) Omsk resident Valery T won 184 million rubles. His lottery bet was 810 rubles.
In the same 2014, a certain Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod won 200 million rubles.
In 2016, a resident of Novosibirsk hit the jackpot in the Gosloto lottery with as much as 358 million rubles, The lucky guy kept his name secret.
At the end of autumn 2017, a pensioner from Voronezh won 506 million rubles in the Stoloto lottery(although earlier they said it was a man). And this is the most big win to the lottery in Russia. People comment on this event in different ways, and that now the grandmother will have to hide, otherwise, out of stupidity, she appeared on TV, that they will be persecuted, and others write:
“Don’t worry, no one will hide anywhere, because there was no woman from Voronezh who won 500 million rubles. This lottery is promoting itself so that fools1 buy tickets more actively. Do you really think that an ordinary person can win 500 million rubles?”
“They found a grandmother from a remote Siberian village, gave her 50 thousand or whatever she needed, called her by a different name and now, buy our tickets to NG, what kind of PR they did for themselves throughout the country, how they will increase sales2.
“Yes, there is no 500 million. And this grandmother was paid 20 thousand. For this number on TV. Now she sits in the village of Glukharevo and no one will find her....”
There were several for certain known cases, When big wins(26 million rubles) were not given to the Russians, for example, one person has been trying to get his winnings released for several years to no avail.
And now about the biggest lottery winnings in the world.
In 2000, the American received $363 million.
In 2002, a West Virginian ripped off D jackpot of $314.9 million.
Colombian Juan Rodriguez, who worked as a watchman, won $149 million in 2004.
In 2004, a US citizen won $209 million.
In 2005, the American won $340 million.
In 2006, the American won $230 million.
In 2006, again in America, the winnings were $365 million.
In 2008, an 84-year-old Missouri retiree won $254 million.
In 2007, Mega Millions gave away $390 million.
In 2013, three US residents won $488 million, the prize was divided among three.
In 2014, a California retiree hit a $425 million jackpot.
In 2012, two US residents won $587 million each, the prize was divided in half.
A Florda resident won $590 million in 2013. At that time, such a jackpot became a record.
In 2012, Mega Millions gave away as much as $640 million!! The prize was shared by two lucky winners.
Well, now this is an unrealistic amount!! And to be honest, I don’t believe that it went to ordinary people.
In 2016, the world's largest winnings occurred in the Powerball lottery - $1 billion 586 million, which went to three lucky ones, half a billion dollars each.
So far the records for the world and for Russia are as follows: in Russia the biggest win was 500 million, in the world 1.5 billion dollars for three.
In Russia, only 1% of the population plays lotteries, while for example in France, the USA, 65-70% of the population plays.
Is it true. That's how long I don't go to the post office - half the line is buying lottery tickets. I can’t imagine how things are going in France then, if there are 70 times more lottery fans there than here.
One of the problems with quick wins is that they are ephemeral. Gifts of fate, “freebies” disappear as quickly as they appear. And the millions that have fallen on our heads sometimes bring more troubles than joy. For example, a person who did not know the value of earning money does not know how to behave with it, he begins to spend everything chaotically or is afraid of it. Families break up, people become greedy and evil. But of course, good examples There is. When people used their winnings in a profitable business, but for this it was necessary that the person initially had business experience and knew how to earn money. And everyone who lived by drinking and partying - they spent it all on them...
« A person has a material threshold: the amount of money that he is used to managing. It is installed subconsciously. As a rule, income increases gradually: the salary is increased - the psyche has adapted to the increase. And when a huge sum falls from the sky, it is too much work for the body. A person simply does not know how to manage that kind of money. Doesn't know what to do with them. It becomes a burden rather than a joy.
Plus they start to announce distant relatives and old acquaintances. This is additional stress. And here mechanisms that are not subject to consciousness come into play. You're just trying your best to get rid of money. That is why such winnings often simply go down the drain. Or even worse - they get drunk very quickly. This makes it easier. It is almost impossible to cope with such stress on your own. It’s better to seek help from professional psychologists.”
Of course, I would like to say - someone is lucky, I wish it were like that, at least a couple of million just like that!!! But as the sage said, it is better to teach a person to fish than to give it to him... Those who do not know how to catch will eat and be hungry again, and those who know how to catch will always be full.
Excerpt from an old man's dialogue Soviet film, when a Sportloto ticket cost 60 kopecks and the maximum winnings were 20 thousand rubles:
“Win or win, what difference does it make? Not in this case! And the fact is that for 60 kopecks I have hope of winning 10 or 20 thousand rubles!!!”
Lotteries are incredibly popular today and there are reasons for this. Firstly, this is the easiest way to get easy money. Secondly, minimal risk, since the ticket price is insignificant or varies within reason. Thirdly, everyone wants to check how much they are the favorite of fortune. There are a huge number of organizations that organize games of this kind. It’s easy to get lost in their diversity, because everyone prefers lotteries that they can actually win.
The TOP 10 includes the best lottery games that do not guarantee, but increase the chances of monetary success.
Spanish game La Primitiva(“La Primitiva”) opens the top ten most successful lotteries. The history of La Primitiva begins in 1736, when the first draw took place. The organizer has an excellent reputation and has never been caught in fraud. All winnings have been regularly paid to the winners for several centuries. Not only a citizen of Spain, but also any inhabitant of the planet can become a participant in the gambling event. To do this, it will be enough to purchase a ticket online. Only persons over 18 years of age are allowed to participate, otherwise winnings will be forfeited. The minimum jackpot amount is $1.5 million. During the entire existence of La Primitiva, the most successful lucky ones became owners of 24 million euros (2005); 2.5 million euros (2008) and 4.53 million euros (2009). Before purchasing a ticket online, you need to be sure of the reputation of the intermediaries, since you can encounter scammers on the Internet. In order to become the owner of the main prize - the jackpot, you need to match 6 numbers out of 49 on your ticket. To receive other prizes, it will be enough if 3, 4 or 5 numbers match.
(“Megabucks”) is one of the popular American lotteries, which is famous for its frequent winnings. Statistics say that every 50th participant becomes a winner in every draw. The most large sum The jackpot that was recorded was $30 million and was won in 2004. In order to become the winner of the game and rip off Grand Prize, you will need to guess 6 numbers out of 48. You can try your luck with Megabucks three times a week. The event takes place with the mandatory participation of a commission that controls the drawing. The winners of the draw can receive 60% of the winning amount immediately, the rest will go to pay taxes. The second option involves receiving the winnings in parts over 26 years, but without losing 40%.
Mega Millions(“Mega Millions”) is one of state lotteries USA and the most reliable. Mega Millions in 2012 became the record holder among other lotteries in the entire history of its existence. gambling. This happened thanks to the jackpot, which amounted to 656 million dollars. In order to become the owner of a tidy sum, a participant must guess 5 numbers out of fifty on one game card and 1 number out of 46 on the second. The winners of the secondary prizes are those who were able to guess 5, 4 and 3 numbers. Mega Millions holds twice-weekly draws and anyone can participate.
Powerball is the most popular American gambling game. The chance of winning secondary prizes is 1 in 38, meaning every 38 participants win the lottery. As for the main prize, the jackpot, the chances of success drop significantly and amount to 1 in 292,201,330. Minimum size « big jackpot» – 40 million dollars. The largest prize fund was won in 2013 and amounted to $590 million.
" - one of the popular Russian lotteries. Of course, it cannot boast of such fantastic cash prizes as in American lotteries, but still people win here quite often and good money. The maximum jackpot in Bingo was 30 million rubles. In addition to cash prizes, real estate and cars are raffled off here. The super prize here can be won by the one who matches all 15 numbers on the playing field before others. The game is played once a week on Sundays with the participation of the circulation commission.
"is one of the youngest gambling organizers. It represents two draw lotteries: “6 out of 49” and “KENO-Sportloto”. The first is held once a week, the second - every day, at midnight. In “Sportloto 6 out of 49”, a participant who correctly identifies all 6 numbers can become the lucky owner of several million. Consolation prizes in this game are waiting for players who were able to identify only 3 numbers out of 49. The principle of the second lottery is to guess as many as possible large quantity correct numbers in the bet. The biggest win here is 10 million rubles.
A lottery company can bring a significant amount of money to the holder of a train ticket. To do this, it is recommended to purchase a special sticker along with your train ticket. After this, you automatically become a participant in the next draw. The largest win recorded here was about 12 million rubles. The super prize goes to the lottery participant who has all the numbers game combination coincided with the numbers on the train ticket. All information about the draws carried out is necessarily published on the company’s website.
"is one of the most popular and favorite games of Russians. In each drawing, its participants have a chance to receive a cash prize, real estate or a car. The winner of the main prize of several million can be the one who matches the first five balls from the lottery machine in the playing field. Participants who finish one horizontal line with numbers first will also receive a big win.
» be one of the three most popular lotteries in Russia with a good reputation. Those wishing to participate in the game must purchase a ticket for a symbolic sum of 50 rubles and wait for the drawing. In addition to cash prizes, real estate is also up for grabs. The largest jackpot that was won here was 29 million rubles.
"is a well-deserved leader among existing Russian lotteries. It is here that the most recorded big wins throughout the history of the existence of licensed gambling in Russia. The most impressive jackpots that participants managed to win amount to 100 million rubles (2009); 35 million rubles (2009) and 60 million rubles (2013). Gosloto is considered the largest organizer lottery games by the number of prizes and participants in the Russian Federation.
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 largest lottery winnings 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.
The biggest win in Europe was 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. As a 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 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. I must say that at that time it was the most big 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. IN Lately This couple had financial difficulties. 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 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 Territory, 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 railway ticket will also become a lottery. 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.
In 2017, a resident of the city of Sochi received the largest (to date) lottery winnings in our country. Do you want to know how much money was given to him? We will definitely tell you about this. The article will also list the largest winnings in Russia, Interesting Facts about them and the rating of the winners.
The Russian Federation is famous for the huge number of people who consider risk noble cause. Our compatriots are trying to catch luck by the tail different ways. Practice has shown that fortune smiles on the most risky and courageous people. In order to hit the jackpot in the lottery, you don’t need to have courage. And those who were born desperate can believe in winning. Be that as it may, some lucky ones succeeded. We present to your attention a list of the biggest lottery winnings in Russia.
9th place. Lucky Samaritan
Our ranking of lucky people opens with Alexander Osterenko, a resident of the Samara region. He suddenly became rich by two and a half million rubles. In one of his interviews, Alexander said that in 2011 he spontaneously decided to buy a lottery ticket at one of the Russian Post branches. Erasing protective layer, the young man was very surprised when he saw the 7-figure winning amount! A little later it became known that the Samarian spent the money to purchase an apartment. And this is a completely reasonable use of finances.
8th line. Unknown lucky ones from Russian Railways
Experience has shown that you can become a millionaire by purchasing a ticket at the Russian Railways ticket office. One day, an unknown railroad passenger indicated his ticket number on a lottery form. It soon became known that he had won 11 million rubles. They were looking for this lucky guy for about half a month to give him a decent amount. Statistics have shown that this payment is the largest winnings in a lottery in Russia under Russian Railways.
After some time, another lucky winner became known. This time Railway had to pay winnings in the amount of 8 million rubles. The media never learned anything about the copyright holder of the previous prize. And in the second case, it became known that the finances went to the Kemerovo region. The pensioner who received the money asked not to disclose her personal information.
One can only dream of purchasing the same lucky ticket.
7th place. Jackpot for Nadezhda
The next big win, 29 million rubles, went to Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova and her husband on the last day of 2001. Married couple became the winner of the Bingo Show. On the eve of the game, the couple purchased 6 tickets. At that time, the husband and wife were unemployed. Unfortunately, the largest lottery win in Russia (at that time) did not bring the family the slightest happiness.
First, the Mukhametzyanovs bought an apartment and two cars produced by a domestic automobile plant. But, to the great regret of the relatives, the remaining amount was spent on slot machines and alcohol. Failures seemed to haunt the family, demanding retribution. Cars in progress terrible accidents could no longer be restored. Some time later, a fire broke out in the apartment. The fire completely destroyed the home.
Thus, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova (TV star of 2001) became an ordinary beggar woman. Five years later, she ingloriously passed away, having acquired a trophic ulcer the day before.
Having experienced a lot of tragic events, Nadezhda’s husband gave up his addiction. Today he lives modestly, helping his young sons.
And we continue our list of the largest lottery winnings in Russia.
6th place. Rich locksmith Evgeniy
This time, luck smiled on a Moscow worker - Evgeniy Fedorov. In the spring of 2009, he won almost 40 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. The man recalls that at that time the bet cost 560 rubles. Thanks to luck, an ordinary locksmith instantly became a millionaire!
Evgeniy managed the large sum very wisely. He moved with his family to the Lipetsk region, where he was born. There he got the idea to start a business. Today the Sidorov family has its own farm. But that's not all. Evgeniy learned how to breed carp. Now his hobby brings him income. In one of his interviews, he said that he spent the winnings not only for his own needs. For example, a road in a village has now been repaired at the expense of a lucky person. In addition, he ordered the cleaning of local ponds and cowsheds. Today, a happy businessman lives amicably with his family in a new and beautiful house. He recently bought a Nissan Navara, which he had been dreaming about for several years.
Also in 2009, it became known about the next largest lottery winnings in Russia. We will talk about this further.
5th place. Enterprising Albert
In 2009, luck smiled on Albert Bekragyan, a resident Leningrad region. The man won a large sum- 100 million rubles.
It is worth noting that in Gosloto 6 out of 45 this is one of the largest payments to the winner. The probability of such a win is 1 in 800 million. Albert Bekragyan used up his prize in just two years. In one of his interviews, he presented a report where he invested such a huge amount of money.
First the man built a hotel. He invested almost half of his winnings in it, and 16 million went to purchase real estate in the Northern capital. Bekragyan invested about 15 million rubles in renovations in an apartment in the capital. And then he bought a premium car for himself, and also acquired vehicle for his father. For sister he also bought an apartment. He gave out the next 12 million as a loan to friends and relatives, and donated the last 2 million rubles to charity.
We continue to look at the list of the biggest lottery winnings in Russia. And from the Northern capital we move to a large Siberian city - Omsk.
4th place. Lucky Omsk Valery
Not so long ago, namely in 2014 (February 10), a resident of the city of Omsk Valery hit the jackpot of 184 million rubles. At that time, this amount was considered the largest lottery win in Russia. The Gosloto lottery enriched the man.
Valery remembers the time when he deposited 810 rubles for a multi-circulation bet. He was in no hurry to take the prize, because he could not believe the amount of winnings. At that time, it was known that Valery was going to move from Omsk to Sochi and buy housing there for his family.
What is the biggest lottery win in Russia? We will find out about this very soon.
3rd place. Lucky guy from Nizhny Novgorod
As it became known, in 2014 the lucky one from Nizhny Novgorod named Mikhail became the owner of another big win. In the fall, Mikhail gained the status of a millionaire, receiving two hundred million rubles. A small bet of 700 rubles helped a man become rich. The media currently do not have any other information about the winner.
Honorable second place. The richest Novosibirsk resident
March 2016 literally made a resident of Novosibirsk rich. A man won almost 360 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. He took part in three circulations at once.
At one of the city lottery kiosks, a Siberian placed a bet worth 1,800 rubles. The 47-year-old doctor arrived for the money only a few weeks later along with his best friend. During the prize presentation ceremony, he shared the idea with the organizers that he was moving to Moscow, where he would buy a huge house and also start promoting his own business. The Sibiryak also said that he would help those who really need financial support.
Lucky of the lucky ones
We have reached the top of the ranking of the largest lottery winnings in Russia. When and by whom was the previous record updated? In May 2017, a resident of Sochi became a millionaire overnight, winning almost 365 million rubles in Gosloto, slightly ahead of Novosibirsk resident Nikolai. To date, this win is recognized as the largest for our country. The man spent only 700 rubles on the ticket.
For clarity, we present to you a table of Russian lucky winners.
No. | Sum | Holder |
| 1. | 365 million rubles | Resident of Sochi |
360 million rubles | Nikolay from Novosibirsk |
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200 million rubles | Mikhail from N. Novgorod |
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184 million rubles | Valery from Omsk |
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100 million rubles | Albert from St. Petersburg |
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35 million rubles | Evgeniy from Moscow |
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29 million rubles | Nadezhda from Ufa |
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11 million rubles | Unidentified Russian Railways passenger |
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2.5 million rubles | Alexander from Samara |
Foreign experience
The United States of America is famous for the amounts its citizens win in lotteries. For example, 55-year-old Virginia resident Andrew Jackson Whittaker of Hinton won an individual winnings of $341 million! He told one of the local TV channels that he bought a ticket in a supermarket. According to the law, the winner had to receive such a large win in parts. However, Andrew wanted to receive the amount immediately. To do this, he paid the tax and received only $114 million.
Thus, the amount provided the man and his family with a well-fed and cheerful life.
Finally
The article talked about the largest lottery winnings not only in Russia, but also in America, and also presented a list of winners and told interesting facts from their lives.
