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"I wish I hadn't won!", "Devil's Jackpot!" - oddly enough, the fate of many lottery winners was not very successful. Someone drank away, others could not cope with the pressure and became recluses, but this is the dream of millions! How often do we imagine what will happen if a huge amount of money falls on us and we are happy to fly away to paradise. What would you spend millions of rubles on?
As a rule, the winners are people who regularly buy lottery tickets, they spend no more than 1,500 rubles on one bet.

1. In Tula, the family won 3 million rubles

Natalya, the mother of the family, regularly bought tickets to the 6 out of 36 lottery, and one day one of them turned out to be lucky. She accepted the win emotionally: “I laugh, tears flow down my cheeks, I can’t really explain anything. Somehow I say that we are now millionaires.
The family lives in Tula region, therefore, the children's weddings will be played for the amount won and they will purchase separate apartments for them.

2. Stoloto regularly publish information about who won and how much, as well as stories from the winners

3. Albert Begrakyan won 100 million rubles in 2009

And, as is usually the case with people who are not accustomed to living luxuriously, he began to "litter" with money. He bought an apartment in St. Petersburg, which he had long dreamed of, the latest Lexus model at that time, the desire to stop doing small business led him to decide to build a hotel in Krasnodar Territory and bought a plot there, gave almost 10 million as a loan to acquaintances and friends, and also went on vacation with his family.
A few years later from large sum there was nothing left, moreover, Albert owed the state almost 5 million rubles, because he never paid taxes from the winnings to the end.

Today he is banned from traveling abroad. Albert believes that if fate gave him a second chance, he would have spent money wisely.

He is still invited to various shows and interviewed, it’s probably a shame to repeatedly admit that he made a mistake with the choice

4. Omsk Valery won another record amount in 2014 - almost 190 million rubles in Gosloto

This impressed the 48-year-old resident of Omsk so much that he did not leave the apartment for several days, the organizers could not contact him, whom he categorically forbade to disclose his data or publish photos. On happy ticket he spent 800 rubles.
Almost nothing is known about the winner, only that he lived all his life in Siberia and has three children. After the victory, he moved his family from a cold city closer to the south, to the sea.

5. Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod won a record amount of 202,441,116 rubles

The man came for a win only a few months later and disappeared from the radar of the media. The organizers could not find out anything about the winner.

6. Do you refuse conductors who offer to participate in the lottery while they distribute linen? But Margarita won as much as 10 million

At that time, her husband left the woman and left her with two children. Financial problems began to follow one after another. The husband sued Margarita's apartment in order to unwind and not go crazy, the woman went to her friend by train. There, along with linen, I bought a ticket.
She later checked the company's website and found that she had accidentally won a large amount of money.
“Now we will have housing, a car,” Margarita said, receiving her winnings, “ Ex-husband You can leave everything to yourself, we can handle it ourselves.”

7. Evgeny Sidorov won 35 million rubles

He lived with his family in Moscow, but after the victory he left for his native Lipetsk region, where he began to develop farming, build roads, build cowsheds. He also created a carp pond for paid fishing.

8. A record amount of 358 million rubles was won by a man from Novosibirsk

On that day, the media wrote and talked about a big win all day, but the man did not immediately understand that we are talking about him, even a little jealous of that lucky guy from the news. He left his ticket somewhere, completely forgetting about it, and when he found it, a nervous smile slipped across his face.
Of course, this is hard to believe. For the win, the Novosibirsk went with best friend, wife and two children, but did not tell them the purpose of the trip in order to stun at the time of receiving the prize.
He planned to spend the money on good deeds, and then move to Moscow, buy a house, start a business.

9. The famous story that proves that fate provides a chance to fix everything, but only a few can take it.

In 2001, the Mukhametzyanovs won a million dollars in the Bingo Show. The unemployed residents of the Ufa region were local drunkards, and in order to manage the winnings that had fallen on them, the organizers decided to assign a person to the couple who would monitor financial affairs. The Mukhametzyanovs bought apartments in the center of Ufa, one of which burned down, several expensive cars, which they managed to break in a drunken stupor.

The couple had two children, they dropped out of school and began to lead a wild life. Vodka flowed like water, and the parents had various strange acquaintances and non-existent relatives. As the neighbors of the spouses say, Nadezhda sometimes threw in her hearts that it would be better if she did not win this million, it would be easier to live ...
Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova died in 2006 in complete poverty, survived only 5 years of luxurious life ...

An article about the biggest lottery wins - about jackpots in the USA, Europe and Russia. The winners themselves and the circumstances of the winnings are described.

The information is current as of early 2013. As more significant wins become available, we will make the necessary changes. In the first part we will talk about world records. The second part is the biggest lottery winnings in Russia. Here we will talk about the winners of the lottery Russian lotto, gosloto, sprotloto and other Russian lotteries.

Many of the examples below prove that it is certainly not easy to win a fabulous amount, 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 bought directly, the number of large winnings from bets made via the Internet is growing. Read more in the online lottery article.

Most big win in Europe amounted to 185 million euros and took place on July 12, 2011. winning ticket was purchased in Scotland. Note that this was a Euromillions ticket.

The biggest jackpot in Australia on November 6, 2012 was shared by four winners. The amount won in OZ lotto was A$112 million.

On December 31, 2010, fortune 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 how much was the largest lottery jackpot in Asia. On November 29, 2010, it was drawn in the Philippine lottery Grand Lotto 6/55.

Biggest wins in the USA

It is known that the largest jackpots on the planet are played in the USA. Below we present the biggest winnings in the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries and other American lotteries:

A man named Juan Rodriguez who lives in the USA. An immigrant from Colombia, as of 2004, he has not been very successful in achieving the American dream. Working as a parking lot guard, he earned little and was on the verge of financial ruin. He bought lottery ticket for the last dollar, and this ticket brought him one hundred forty nine million dollars to the Mega Millions lottery.

However, his history of winning the lottery remained without a happy end. Read more.

And again megamillions. In 2006, a Virginian resident bought a lottery ticket for a challenge he received from filling up his car. This acquisition made him richer in two hundred thirty million dollars. The gas station where the winning ticket was sold was also awarded.

On January 24, 2008, James Wilson, an 84-year-old retired World War II veteran from Missouri, purchased a Powerball lottery ticket. As the hour passed, he became richer on two hundred fifty four million dollars. As a family man, he gave most of the money to his children.

two hundred nine million- just such a jackpot was hit by a resident of Massachusetts in 2004.

Andrew Jackson Whittaker, a resident of West Virginia, gained notoriety by winning the biggest jackpot to date in late 2002. And although Jack, as he is also called, was a wealthy man and was engaged in the construction business, he was incredibly surprised by such a gift of fate.

The gain was almost 315 million. By opting for a lump sum and paying taxes, he ended up with approximately $114 million in cash.
However, in further fate gave him a lot of unpleasant surprises. Read about it in the article lucky - losers.

In 2005 in Oregon, members of the same family - Bob and Francis Cheney, 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. In total, the couples spent $40 on lottery tickets. Tickets were bought by 68-year-old Francis Cheney. After winning, she admitted that she was frightened by such an incredible amount. Her husband, on the contrary, was very optimistic about the huge win. Among other things, he planned to purchase a yellow Hummer.

On May 9, 200, two residents of the United States 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 took place in 2002). Since both winners decided to receive the entire winnings in full, then, after taxes, each received ninety million dollars. In an interview, one of them, Larry Ross, said that he had never been particularly fond of lotteries. He had the winning ticket because the hot dog vendor didn't have change from a hundred dollars, and Larry had to take it with lottery tickets.

The following example shows that not only singles are lucky. In Lincoln, Nebraska, eight workers from the local meatpacking plant regularly purchased Powerball tickets. In 2006, luck smiled at them. One of the biggest jackpots - three hundred sixty five million dollars got it to them. In general, playing the lottery together is a fairly common phenomenon in the world. However, there are rules here too. Please see the lottery tips article. Perhaps the information given in it will seem banal to you, but still it will not be superfluous.

Also, if we talk about playing the lottery together, then one 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, however, 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 drawn on the night of March 7, 2007. I must say that at that time it was the largest jackpot in the world, which caused a huge stir. Large queues lined up in front of points of sale and terminals.

In the end, we won two tickets. One of them was purchased from grocery store a small town in the state of Georgia by truck driver Ed Nybors. The second was bought 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. Won 2 tickets - one from Missouri and the second from Arizona. The Missouri Powerball lottery 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 have three adult children and a 6-year-old adopted daughter from China.

Third largest jackpot five hundred ninety million dollars May 18, 2013 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 this is why I was lucky,” Mackenzie said.
She learned that she had won their television broadcast, but did not immediately turn to the organizers of the lottery for a prize, first consulted with lawyers. Like many other lucky ones, she chose to receive all the amounts at once, and received three hundred and ninety million dollars. On this moment this is nai large sum received by one person.

Two lucky winners - one from California, the other from Georgia - shared the second largest lottery jackpot in history - six hundred forty-eight million dollars. The Mega Millions lottery draw was held on December 17, 2013.
The name of the lucky winner is Steve Tran. He often bought lottery tickets, and finally luck smiled at him. By profession, Steve is a truck driver. A ticket containing a winning combination - 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a bonus number - 7 he bought in the city of San Jose, while on vacation there with his family. It should also be noted that in the United States there is a practice when the organizers of the lottery also reward the distribution point - 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 one of the cities in the state.

This concludes the history of winnings in the American lotteries and now let's talk about the biggest wins we have.

Biggest lottery win in Russia

In March 2009, a resident of Kolpino (a suburb of St. Petersburg) Albert Begrakyanwon the gosloto lottery jackpot 6 out of 45. The winnings amounted to approx. one hundred million rubles. And today it is the most big jackpot throughout history Russian lotteries.

Albert Begrakyan with his wife and children came from Armenia to Russia in 2001. Fate has not always been so kind to him. At first, he got a job as a security guard, then opened a store, after a while he became the head of a car service. But Albert always believed in his luck, and therefore periodically purchased lottery tickets.

He disposed of the amount received as follows: he invested 30 million rubles in the construction of his own hotel in the Krasnodar Territory, acquired several apartments in St. Petersburg, as well as cars for himself and his relatives. I just spent part of it - on travel and other pleasant little things.
Even at the end of 2013, this is the biggest jackpot in Russia.

On June 1, 2013, in the 585th draw of the State Loto 6 out of 45, two players guessed all six numbers. The first one made a detailed bet, and according to a receipt worth 3,780 rubles, he won 61 518 163 rubles. He bought his ticket at a cell phone shop. The second is a resident Krasnodar Territory- also played with a deployed bet. According to the receipt bought for 1,260 rubles, he managed to win 60 917 821 rubles.

In May 2009, a jackpot of 35 million rubles was won by Muscovite Yevgeny Sidorov. Winning combination 27,8,31,22,4,7.

Fifty-year-old Evgeny has been playing draw games for many years, since Soviet times. number lotteries. He invested the winnings in the agricultural business.

In 2001, a resident of Ufa, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, became the owner of almost twenty nine million rubles. She hit the Bingo lottery jackpot. However, this win did not become happy for her. Read about her misadventures in the article lucky - losers.

April 7, 2013 in the 1232nd draw of the state lotto 5 out of 36 prize size eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand rubles was received by a player who bought a ticket via the Internet.

In the 1253rd draw of the state lotto 5 out of 36, which took place on May 8, 2013, he won a ticket bought in Moscow. The winning combination consisted of the following numbers: 5,7,10,17,20. Sum - fourteen million rubles.

Russian Railways, a monopoly in the rail transportation market, also organized its own lottery. To participate, you need to pay an additional one hundred rubles. And then the train ticket will also become a lottery ticket. In the summer of 2012, a prize was drawn - 11.5 million rubles. The winner was a businessman from Stavropol. And the amount he won is the largest in the history of the Russian Railways lottery. Lucky chose not to reveal his name.

June 2, 2013 for the first time in recent history"Sportloto 6 out of 49" one of the participants of 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.

Who has not dreamed of getting a cash trophy without much effort? But someone, as in that anecdote, asks God to win without bothering to buy a lottery ticket, while someone takes a risk hoping for good luck and as a result becomes the owner of a large amount.

As a rule, the newly-minted rich prefer to remain anonymous, and the money is spent on the implementation own desires or to help loved ones (most often to buy cars, apartments, business promotion). Money makes some happy, others are upset that they could not sensibly use their chance.

How to spend 29 million rubles in 5 years?

As an example of the fact that big money is an obvious way to quickly get poor (the idea belongs to Veselin Georgiev), a family from Ufa can be cited. Luck smiled at the unemployed spouses of the Mukhametzyanovs.

Having made a spontaneous bet in the Bingo Show lottery in 2001, Nadezhda and Rustem became millionaires in an instant. It seemed that here it is - a chance to make life better. However, the editorial office of find out.rf sadly reports that in 5 years from 29 million, except for the purchased apartment, nothing remains. Hope fell ill and died. The tragedy was preceded by a long-term alcohol abuse.

Money "catch" invested in fish

Muscovite Yevgeny Sidorov decided to spend 35 million rubles won at Gosloto on fish farming - carp breeding. In 2009, the former locksmith went with his family to the countryside to implement his plans. The happy transformation of a locksmith into a producer of "goldfish" took place thanks to a rate of 560 rubles.

47 million - for the dreams of loved ones

The 42-year-old Voronezh resident, whose bet of 120 rubles at Stoloto made a millionaire, shared most of the winnings with relatives, spent the rest on home repairs and other household issues. The man hopes that he will be lucky again.

Instead of moving overseas - debts

In 2009, fortune on a "golden platter" brought a 36-year-old resident Leningrad region 100 million rubles. Having successfully guessed 6 numbers out of 45 in the Gosloto game, Albert Begrakyan began to change his life. I bought several apartments in St. Petersburg, expensive cars, bought a plot for the construction of a hotel.

An impressive amount - 12 million - was lent to acquaintances, who, however, were in no hurry to return what they had taken. As a result, after two years, the money won evaporated, and the debt to the state in the amount of 4.5 million rubles. for unpaid tax on the winnings remained. According to Albert, if he had another chance, he would spend the money on a trip overseas.

Housing in the Mediterranean

The super prize - 121.8 million rubles - was shared in June 2013 by Olga, a resident of Volgograd, who received 61.5 million rubles, the rest went to Valery from Perm. Both lucky people decided to spend the money to buy real estate.

Childhood dream come true

In May 2015, the fortune of a 37-year-old resident of the Kaliningrad region increased by 126.9 million rubles. A rich engineer by profession made a ticket for 800 rubles, purchased in a mobile phone salon. The winner said that since childhood he played the lottery and dreamed of becoming famous thanks to a "lucky" ticket.

To warm climes

184 million rubles - such a lottery prize went to a builder from Omsk. The winning ticket cost the 48-year-old father of three children 810 rubles. The editors of the site clarifies that a man named Valery decided to spend the acquired capital on buying a home by the sea.

Months of shock

A 45-year-old resident got rich by 202.4 million rubles in August 2014 Nizhny Novgorod Mikhail F. The father of two children received the money prize a month after the drawing, because he was in a state of shock all this time. Its owner decided not to share his plans for spending a millionth fortune with the public.

To build a business in Moscow

A resident of Novosibirsk, who took the second place in the ranking of the site in terms of the amount of the cash prize, guessed 6 numbers out of 45 in Gosloto. It happened in February 2016. The lucky man did not immediately apply for his 358 million rubles. After reading the news about the super prize, the man at first did not understand that he himself had become the hero of these messages.

He compared the number combination on his ticket with the winning one several times before making sure that fortune was on his side. A 47-year-old medic got a lucky bet from a local retail outlet, cost 1800 rubles. He took part in the lottery for two years in a row. The winner said that the money will be used to buy a house in the capital and develop the business.

Contribution to the party treasury

The "palm" for the amount of lottery winnings is held by a resident of Sochi named Hasmik. She became the lucky owner of the record prize in May 2017. A fabulous 364 million rubles was brought to her by a bet of 700 rubles, paid using a mobile application, in the Gosloto lottery. The newly-made millionaire, who worked in the field of culture, planned to contribute a third of the winnings to the election fund of one of the Russian political parties.

Biggest lottery win in Russian history

In the fall of 2017, the largest winnings in the Stoloto lottery in Russia were registered - in the amount of 506 million rubles. It is noteworthy that the winner is a 63-year-old resident Voronezh region named Natalya Petrovna - at first she did not believe in her luck, and the organizers of the draw had to look for the owner of a lot of money for two weeks. After the lucky woman nevertheless came to Moscow for a certificate, she said that she was going to give part of the money to charity.

In any case, money is a temptation, but a very pleasant and desirable one. And, probably, it is worth agreeing with the opinion of Robert Orben, who believed that the phrase “money cannot buy happiness” is most often pronounced by those who have neither happiness nor money. Often at the same time, rich people - especially the children of businessmen who inherited luxury by birthright - believe that everything is permitted to them and the law is not written. We invite you to read stories about rich young criminals.
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Urgently on the front page! The main record holder of Russian lotteries was found! The participant of the 1204th Russian Lotto draw, who won the Jackpot in the amount, came to Moscow to receive his winnings in lottery center"Stoloto".

Meet! Her name is Vlasova Natalya Petrovna. She is 63 years old. She lives in the Voronezh region. She bought a ticket that changed her whole life in one of the branches of the Russian Post. Natalia came with her daughter Ekaterina to process the winnings. Natalia's winning story is amazing. Usually she finds out the results of the draws herself. But this time she trusted her granddaughter to check the ticket. She said she didn't win the ticket. But Natalya Petrovna's instinct suggested that the ticket should still be kept. And a lottery ticket for half a billion rubles lay on the shelf for a whole week. Natalya Petrovna and her family saw the news on television that a record winner from their region was being sought, but they did not attach much importance to this.

“The second time I rechecked the ticket myself on the site. I dialed the number and saw an incredible amount. “Something incomprehensible is happening,” flashed through my head. Then we called a few more times and double-checked the information,” says the daughter of the winner, Ekaterina.

Natalya Petrovna and her daughter have not yet decided how to dispose of the winnings. The reason is that it is quite difficult to plan such a huge amount in an instant. However, in an interview, the women confidently said that part of the winnings would be donated to charity. Natalya Petrovna wished all lottery participants to believe in their luck.

We sincerely congratulate Natalia on this phenomenal win and wish good luck always be with her. And you, Dear friends we want to be among our millionaires as soon as possible. Buy Russian Lotto tickets and let the new 100 million Jackpot be yours.

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 had a chance to win, but to win big prizes- lot of units.

Lotteries are 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. A chidhood dream

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

The lucky one 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. I spent 800 rubles. 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 big house by the sea in warm regions.

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. All we know 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. Doctor not believing in his luck

On February 27, 2016, in the State Lottery 6 out of 45, the 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 man said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on developing 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 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 together for money, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner for a long time did not take the win. According to her, she wanted to contribute a third of the money to the election fund of the political party Communist Party.

More recently, it was considered the last big lottery win in Russia. But 2017 is rich in records.

First place. Modest retired millionaire

Most big win in the lottery in Russia belongs to a resident of the Voronezh region, who won a fabulous amount of 506 million rubles in the lottery " Russian loto". 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 organizers of the lottery searched for the 63-year-old winner for 2 weeks, as the lucky woman could not believe in her luck. "Russian Lotto" for the family is 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.

Money can not buy happiness

Big lottery wins in Russia and abroad did not bring only happiness to everyone, there are those for whom the win 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, everything was facilitated by new relatives and friends who appeared out of nowhere, who asked for money for their needs and soldered the spouses.

The winner of the lottery "6 out of 45" Albert Begrakyan, a resident of the Leningrad region, 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 and a half 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 hit the big jackpot in 2002. Whittaker is addicted to alcohol gambling abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent, and the business collapsed.

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 largest lottery winnings in 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. Interesting feature lotteries in that the prize can be received in installments over 29 years or taken immediately, but then the amount of the winnings 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 resident of Florida USA won the jackpot of the same Powerball lotteries, which amounted to 590 million US dollars.

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 argue that this is 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 rate provides for more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
• They 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.
• They play with friends, the so-called lottery syndicate. In this case, a group of people buys as much as possible more tickets one lottery, and if they win, they divide everything in half.
• Various mathematical formulas are used.

There are those who believe in happy Days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets, choose numbers that are significant for themselves on the ticket, use various conspiracies to win.

The statistics of large lottery wins in Russia suggests that every year the number of their 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 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 get lucky.