The rule 5. Stop in time
And finally, I want to say, that even the probability 1/100 from the point of view of an individual, this is very little. If you check this probability once a month, then 100 таких проверок сделаете за 8 years. Imagine, во сколько раз ниже вероятность 1/1 000 000 or 1/100 000 000? Therefore, always bet only that amount, which you are not afraid to completely lose, and not a ruble more.
Finally, as promised, I will give an assessment of the statement from the beginning of the article. This data is for the USA, because the statement was formulated specifically for this country, besides, we have already calculated the odds for the American lottery above.
According to statistics, for 2016 год в США было совершено Crime in the US — 2016 near 17 000 убийств, we will consider this as an average figure. And also suppose, that the person is a potential target for murder, when he is already an adult, но не старый — то есть около 50 лет в течение своей жизни. Means, за эти 50 лет будет совершено около 850 000 убийств. Население США составляет United States Population 325,7 million people, то есть шансы попасть в случайную выборку размером 850 000 such:
But guess what, it's just a chance to be killed. Namely, on the way for a lottery ticket? Suppose, you go out to work every weekday, one weekend get out somewhere, and in the other you stay at home. В среднем получается 6 days a week, or about 26 дней в месяц. And once a month you buy a lottery ticket. Therefore, the numbers obtained must also be divided by 26:
And even with such a rough estimate, it is much more likely, than winning. More precisely, then in 30 000 раз вероятнее. Actually, of course, numbers will be different: a person is endangered not only on the street, some people take more risks, than others, women are killed almost four times less often, than men. But the principle is.
Хотя жить без веры в хорошие события и с постоянным ожиданием плохих, even knowing the math, Is not the best choice.
How to win the lottery: a good start is half the battle!
How to start? It all depends on whether you want to play "the old fashioned way" or use modern methods. Naturally, in order to start you need to buy a lottery ticket. This can be done either through the post offices in your city, mail or any other points of sale of lottery tickets. If you've never played, then, likely, didn't even pay attention, where are such points
We recommend that you pay attention, to small retail outlets in large supermarkets or shopping centers
If you do not want to leave the apartment to participate in the lottery, you can use any modern gadget with internet access. We bring to your attention two proven Internet resources:
- Stoloto.ru
- Thelotter.com
Stoloto provides access to all national lotteries. The site has a user-friendly interface. Collected full information about jackpots, dates of the draws, conditions. You can buy a ticket directly on the website and pay in any way convenient for you..
Thelotter is a resource, which opens access to the most popular foreign lotteries. As with Stoloto, to buy a ticket, you can pay and find all the information on the website. Then you just have to wait for the draw. By the way, it is thanks to Thelotter that you can play the lottery by the "syndicate" method. Through the Internet resource, you can easily find like-minded people.
Both sites have proven themselves from the best side and have earned many fans around the world.
Types and features of winning lotteries - how to win a lot
There are many types of lotteries: it is very easy for a beginner to get confused by this variety. The main advice to all beginners is to play better in the most popular and large-scale lotteries, best of all domestic.
- At first, in the most popular lotteries, usually, very solid jackpot;
- Secondly, in case of winning in the domestic lottery, you will not need to travel too far to get honestly earned money.
Let's warn you right away, that lotteries have no special secrets. So if you are offered some super-systems for money, wonderful strategies, you, likely, just "bred". You shouldn't spend your finances on purchasing miracle techniques, better to buy an extra ticket.
There are several types of lotteries:
1) Instant lotteries
This is the simplest type of lottery. You need to erase the closed field on the purchased ticket: you will know about the winning immediately after the process of removing the scratch layer. Some instant lotteries have a different principle: you just rip off part of the ticket, and then unfold it. Small winnings can be claimed at the point of purchase, a large "jackpot" requires contacting the organizers directly.
2) Draw lotteries
This is the most popular and demanded type of lottery. Draws are divided, in its turn, still on 2 varieties.
The first option involves self-selection of numbers, the second is a ready-made ticket, having a unique number. The most popular are those lotteries, in which the player chooses the numbers himself.
There are also local lotteries: Promotions, quiz, advertising draws.
Usually, these are one-time events, conducted by the organizers for commercial purposes.
Usually, non-cash prizes are drawn in such promotions., and goods. Experienced players advise not to neglect such events - sometimes the probability of winning in them is quite high due to the limited number of participants.
Another thing, that not everyone in the household can use a coffee grinder or clothes dryer, but, eg, a car or laptop is unlikely to be superfluous.
The rule 3. Know your chances
The probability of a jackpot in any lottery is, usually, one formula. And here is the calculation of the probability, eg, closing at least one line in the lotto is very non-trivial and would take a whole article, maybe, and not one. Therefore, in fact, the chance of getting some money in the lottery is higher due to the fact, that most lotteries have additional prizes in addition to the main one. But I will focus on the jackpot for ease of assessment..
Let's admit, we bought a lottery ticket with a random set of numbers
The same number of balls are drawn during the drawing., and if the numbers on them coincided with the numbers on the ticket (in any order, it is important!), then we won. The probability of such a win is calculated as follows:
The number of combinations without taking into account the order is called in mathematics the number of combinations, and if you know and understand the formula for calculating it, then from this article you, likely, don't learn anything new. If you are not a mathematician, then it will be easier to use the online service, for example with this. Similar services (and formula, underlying their work) offer to set two numbers:
- n - the total number of possible options for one item. In our case, the object is a ball, and there are so many balls, how many numbers are in the lottery, more on this below.
- k - number of items in one sample. In our case, how many balls the lottery draws and how many numbers are in the ticket (supposed, that these quantities are equal).
so, if we have a lottery with a draw 5 balls, but in total in the lottery 50 balls with numbers from 1 to 50, then the probability of winning in it will be equal to one to the number of combinations for k = 5 and n = 50, i.e:
Consider a more complex case - the popular American Powerball lottery, in which the jackpot value exceeded one billion dollars. According to the rules, there is a basic sample of 5 numbers (from 1 to 69), and also one additional number (from 1 to 26). Need to get everyone match 6 numbers, to win.
It's not hard to understand, that the chance of getting the first set is equal to one to the number of combinations for k = 5 and n = 69 (i.e 11 238 513), and the chance to "catch" the last ball is 1 to 26. To get everything at once, these chances need to be multiplied, because events must happen at the same time:
In other words, if 300 million people will buy tickets, then only one will win. It shows, why the jackpot is often not won at all: lottery organizers just don't print as many tickets, so that among them the winning.
The largest winnings in the Russian Federation and in the world
First, let's see, how much money did people win in the lottery in our country and abroad.
Making a big jackpot in the lottery is unlikely, but real enough. And many "lucky ones" confirm this. Having received by chance several million, they changed their lifestyle at once, having achieved a sufficiently stable financial position, which helped them live life to the fullest and not think about, where and how to make money. It is these examples of winners that push the majority to buy lottery tickets in the hope of catching their luck..
The biggest winnings in Russia
so, who are they - lottery winners?
951 thousand in 2008 year won by a resident of Togliatti. From his words, he bought lottery tickets for 23 years. During this time, he developed his own strategy for guessing numbers.. But strange as it is, the right combination came to him in a dream. After receiving the prize, he stated, what will play the lottery further.
A resident of a small village in the Kurgan region became richer by exactly one million. Luck smiled at him in January 2008 of the year. He instantly became the richest guy in the village and an enviable groom.
IN 2011 year the jackpot went to the Samara region. 27 summer dweller spending to buy everything 100 rubles became richer by whole 2,5 million. The money was spent on purchasing real estate.
4 million - this is the amount won by a married couple from the Samara region. They spent all the money on a good cause - building a church.
30 million a resident of Ufa won on New Year's Eve - 30 December 2001 of the year. At that time, it was the largest win in Russia. Purchased in total 6 tickets, one of whom became happy. Not only the whole Ufa learned about the record win, but also a country. A pile of money that suddenly fell from the sky turned the family's head. Funds began to be spent thoughtlessly: alcohol, gambling, entertainment. As a result, through 10 years since winning, the family spent almost all the money and began to live almost as modestly, as before the significant date.
35 million went to a resident of Moscow in 2009 year. A little more was spent on tickets 500 rubles. A man with this money launched a business in the village where he was from.
100 million rubles won in 2009 year resident of the suburb of St. Petersburg Albert Bagrakyan. Native to Armenia, emigrated to Russia 2001 year did not hide his name, neither appearance. Moreover, later 2 years after winning, he gave a detailed interview to the press - how much and on what he spent all his winnings.
The money went to the construction of the hotel, purchase and decoration of several apartments, purchase of premium cars (for yourself and your relatives). 2 million has been donated to charity. Near 12 million Albert lent to his friends. By the way, almost no one returned the debt to him.. Well, the rest of the money went to pay taxes.
Winning in 184 million left in February 2014 of the year for a resident of Omsk. A man spent on a happy purchase 810 rubles. How his fate developed is unknown, but he planned to leave to live in warm lands, buying a house by the sea.
The biggest lottery wins in the world
The largest winnings in Russia amount to hundreds of millions. The situation is similar in the world, only the amounts here are in dollars (euros, pounds). As a result, in absolute numbers, winning the lottery in developed countries can bring lucky people 50 -100 times more, than in our country. The explanation is quite simple - the cost of lottery tickets abroad is several times higher and the circulation of sold lotteries exceeds Russian ones by ten times., here we get phenomenal prize pools.
- 425 million single-handedly went to a retiree from California in 2014 year. Remarkably, that for almost a month grandfather did not announce his victory to the organizers of the lottery. He came for the win 1 April Fools' Day wearing a Star Wars T-shirt with the words "May Jedi Fortune Be With Me".
- $488 million. played among themselves 3 participant in 2013 r.
- $587 million. in 2012 year. The prize fund was divided 2 winner.
- 590 million went to a resident of Florida when drawing a jackpot in 2013 year. This is the largest win for one winner..
- 640 million dollars in 2012 year. The winnings were divided between 3 lucky ones.
