3 place - Transnational lottery "EuroMillions" - Total prize fund - 190 million €, the biggest win is 190 million €
EuroMillions
EuroMillions has been launched in 2004 year. She quickly gained popularity. It is the largest game in Europe today. Big jackpot prize pool, which is growing due to the transfer of the prize fund, as well as the simplicity of the game allowed to expand the number of participating countries to nine from 3 to 2004 year. EuroMillions was originally held in Spain, UK and France, and today they are joined by Austria, Ireland, Andorra, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Portugal.
The minimum lottery jackpot is € 15 million., however, quite often it increases over € 100 million. EuroMillions has 13 prize nominations, which allows players to expect a higher probability of winning a prize. The biggest prize won so far is the jackpot in 190 million €. It was won twice: in 2014 year in Portugal and in 2012 year in Great Britain. Colin and Chris Weir at 2011 won in Great Britain 185 million. €.
2 place - USA Powerball Lottery - Total prize fund - 600 million $, the biggest win is 600 million $
Powerball
American Powerball is Mega Millions' strongest and main contender. Powerball was founded in 1988 year and today it is the most important player in this market. The initial Powerball jackpot is 40 million dollars. She has one of the largest jackpots in the world.
This amount reached more than $500 million.
The lottery has a Power play function for an additional fee, allowing to increase the received winnings several times in case of winnings. Tickets can be bought at 45 American states, while Powerball can be played by players from all over the world, purchasing through a special service. Powerball draw, as well as the presentation of prizes to participants in the lottery in nine prize nominations is carried out in Florida every Saturday and Wednesday 23:00.
In May 2013 of the Year Powerball held a draw $600 million, which became the second highest record jackpot. An 84-year-old pensioner became its sole owner, living in florida.
What lotteries are there
Today Russians are offered a choice 17 national
lotteries. They can be in circulation or instant. The easiest way to deal with
instant lottery - information about the winnings is available immediately after purchase
ticket, no rules to learn. However, the maximum gain in such
lottery is small, within a few million rubles.
Draw lotteries are popular, for participation in
who need to buy a paper coupon or e-ticket with the date of the draw and
circulation number. Winnings are determined by an automatic lottery drum or a special generator
random numbers. However, there are lotteries, where the sequence of numbers
determined by the presenter on the air.
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Draw lotteries are seriously different. In some
you can buy a ticket with ready-made numbers - you just need to choose a suitable one
set. Other lotteries provide for self-selection of the number
sequences for participation in the drawing. There are also hybrid options.
Is considered, that open field lotteries are more popular.
The ticket price varies from 50 to 200 rubles,
the largest winnings in drawn lotteries can reach a billion rubles.
This is the jackpot that the "Russian Lotto" draws in a special New Year's drawing,
this is a record amount for Russian lotteries, which no one has yet
won.
