How to buy a ticket
You can buy a Stoloto ticket right from your home. An internet connection and an electronic device are enough for this. (PC, tablet or smartphone).
To buy a lottery ticket online, it will take very little time. The purchase takes place in several stages.
Step 1. Create a personal account
To get started, you need to register in your personal account on the official website of the company.
On the left side of the page there is a button "Registration". By clicking on it, you are taken to the registration form.
In the form field, you just need to enter your mobile phone number and email address
It is important to include your contact details, to receive all the latest information about the draws, as well as your winning tickets. You will need E-mail in case of password recovery of your personal account, if you forget it or your personal page gets hacked.
To register an account, you need to create a password, with at least six characters (this includes letters, numbers and other icons).
When, if a friend invited you, friend or relative, do not forget to tick the appropriate box and indicate the phone number of the inviter.
After filling in all the points, study the terms of the agreement and accept them.
More details: What is Stoloto's personal account and how to create an account
Step 3. Choose a lottery and buy a ticket
- Click on the top left button of the site. All lotteries are listed on the main page, participating in the prize drawing. There is also information, how much is the ticket "Stoloto.
- Choose your favorite lottery and click on its name. In front of you are the valid tickets of the draw. In the draw lottery, you can choose your own presented coupons or select them by the presence of the numbers you like. In cases with a fast lottery, you are given a playing field, on which you "cross out" a certain number of numbers.
- On the right side of the page, the Shopping Cart contains all the tickets you have selected. You can pay for them in a way that suits you best.: using a plastic card, e-wallet or mobile phone. The Stoloto company offers bonuses for each purchased lottery coupon, which can be used to purchase subsequent tickets.
Useful:
- How to fill out a Stoloto lottery ticket
- How to check a Stoloto ticket for a win
- What a real Stoloto lottery ticket looks like
As you can see, it is quite easy to buy a lottery ticket online on the Stoloto website. However, if you still have some difficulties, online consultant is in touch with you around the clock, which will help in solving problems.
Carrying out the lottery Russian Lotto-Express
Daily from Monday to Friday at 20:30 Moscow time, the Russian Lotto-Express lottery is broadcast live on the Stoloto website. In the "Drawings Archive" section, everyone can see the record of previous draws - for this it is not necessary to pass authorization or register on the service.
The drawing itself is held in the studio of the lottery center of the Stoloto company. The referee commission closely monitors the progress of the draws. Under the supervision of the jury, balls with numbers from 1 to 90. After each number dropped, the balls remaining in the drum are thoroughly mixed. As soon as the system indicates, what is the player, in the ticket which all thirty cells are crossed out, the game stops.
What you need to win?
Lotto-Express lottery rules provide for three stages of the game. The number of winners increases with each new move, but the main triumphant will be one, in some cases - 2-3 player.
To win in the first round you need, so that the player is the first to cross out one horizontal line of any of the sectors. This usually happens already on the 5th move., less often - on the 6th.
The second round lasts until then, until all agree on the coupon 15 numbers of one gambling field. On average, this is enough 40-42 balls, although at times the game of the 2nd stage lasts a couple of steps more.
The player becomes the winner of the third stage, lucky to cross out everything 30 numbers on your ticket. He becomes the owner of an impressive amount of reward and forever inscribes his own name in the list of winners of the Russian Lotto-Express lottery.
The winning tickets of the first two stages take part in the third round on equal terms with the rest. Coupons, who brought winnings in the third round, can no longer participate in subsequent additional draws.
To win a super prize of at least 3 million rubles needed, so that the first 15 numbers with numbers of one playing field of the ticket. That is, when for the opening 15 moves three lines of one sector are crossed out, the player is guaranteed to become a millionaire.
Where to buy lotteries?
We buy lottery tickets through the Stoloto mobile application or on the official website. This is the largest lottery store, or as they call themselves - online supermarket, there are all lotteries, which exist in Russia: "Gosloto", "Sportloto", "Russian Lotto" and . .
By law, it seems like all lotteries in Russia are held under state control. I think, its useful to note, that to buy any lottery you need to register and indicate your phone number. This is a prerequisite.
Of course, you can buy lotteries in different outlets, there are a lot of them, but nevertheless it is more convenient on the internet. Although everyone has their own troubles. Who and grandmother's at the lottery booth is a pleasure to walk. The people there too always crowd. I saw it myself a couple of times.
You can pay for tickets by credit card, it is possible to pay for a Yandex.Money ticket, QIWI Wallet, bonuses and promo codes. Plus winnings are transferred to the Stoloto wallet, you can also buy tickets with this wallet.
Once, true, there was a jamb in the "Stoloto" application, could not pay for the ticket about 20 minutes, fortunately, I managed to get the required circulation, but the sediment remained. Technical support works well, answer quickly and to the point.
Powerball Lottery («PowerBall»)
Online ticket sales: NOT carried out.
How to buy tickets: in the states, lottery tickets can be purchased as American citizens, and citizens of other countries legally staying in the country (eg, tourists). Online ticket sales via the Internet are NOT available! But there are legal ways to play online outside the US.
Ticket price (one position): $2.
Minimum jackpot: $40 000 000.
Current jackpot (clickable banner):
Maximum jackpot: not limited and accumulates from circulation to circulation.
Max Jackpot Drawn: 1 billion 586 million 400 one thousand dollars, shared by three members in January 2016 of the year.
Jackpot payout: it is possible to either receive the full amount of the jackpot (the first payment occurs immediately after formal procedures, the rest – increasing payments during 29 years), or immediately receive in cash about half of the amount. Most winners choose the second payout option.
Probability of winning the jackpot: 1 to 292 201 338.
Probability of winning any prize: 1 to 24,87.
Drawing: held twice a week, wednesday and saturday.
Powerball Lottery Rules («PowerBall»):
From a drum with 69 white balls are drawn at random exactly 5 balls. From another drum with 26 balls fall 1 ball, which is called Powerball. To get the minimum win, you need to guess at least the PowerBall number, by filling out a special lottery ticket, to get the jackpot you need to guess everything 6 dropped balls. If the guesses are all 6 balls will be several people, then the jackpot will be divided equally between them. When buying tickets through the terminal, you can select the "Quick Pick" option mentioned at the very beginning of the text and then the ticket will be filled in randomly.
Players can multiply their winnings for an additional fee, using the special "PowerPlay" function (the ball with the "PowerPlay" number is drawn randomly before the start of the lottery). If the Powerball jackpot exceeds 150 million dollars, then it is possible to increase the winnings up to 5 times inclusive. If the jackpot is less than the above amount, then a tenfold increase in the amount of winning is possible. But the "PowerPlay" option does not apply to the jackpot itself.
Approximate paytable Powerball (the probability of winning is shown in brackets):
- $4 – guessed only PowerBall (1 to 38,32);
- $4 – guessed 1 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 91,98);
- $7 – guessed 2 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 701,33);
- $7 – guessed 3 ball and not guessed by PowerBall (1 to 579,76);
- $100 – guessed 3 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 14 494,11);
- $100 – guessed 4 ball and not guessed by PowerBall (1 to 36 525,17);
- $50 000 – guessed 4 ball and guessed powerball (1 to 913 129,18);
- $1 000 000 – guessed 5 balls and NOT guessed PowerBall (1 to 11 688 053,52). When, if you have used the "PowerPlay" function, then the payoff will be, regardless of the coefficient $2 000 000;
- Jackpot – guessed 5 balls and guessed powerball (1 to 292 201 338).
The rules of the game have changed several times.. So, since the game was renamed to Powerball, the minimum jackpot has been 2 million dollars, and the game was played in the format 5/45 + 1/45, ie. dropped out 5 balls from 45 and the PowerBall fell out of the range from 1 to 45. In May 1997 year, the minimum jackpot increased by 5 times and made 10 million dollars, and the lottery format changed to 5/49 + 1/42. In June 1998 the jackpot record was set – $161 496 959. In July 2001 PowerPlay option added, and already in August of the same year, the jackpot took a new peak – $165 803 324,51. A year later, the format changed to 5/53 + 1/42, and in August 2015 the minimum jackpot was 15 million dollars, and the format became 5/55 + 1/42. And just a month and a half later, a new record jackpot was drawn in the amount of 340 million dollars.
