Is it worth playing the lottery?
Huge amounts of money are raffled daily, photos of happy millionaires and owners of new apartments regularly appear on the network. The feeling is created, that everyone, except you, already received my cherished million.
Is it worth playing, to get rich? Definitely not. That is, regular participation in drawings does not guarantee wealth.
Stories meet, in which the farmer John from Texas for ten years every day bought lottery tickets. And in the eleventh year wins 100 million dollars. And it is true, such stories exist. Only no one talks about the same farmers, who win nothing, but just spend a lot of money.
The organizer will always make a profit, no matter, what amounts were raffled. true, no one hides this fact. Consider the results of the "Russian Lotto" lottery from January 1: 2 a billion rubles in winnings seems like a huge amount.
But let's look at the number of tickets sold (more 42,5 million) and the cost (100 rubles). By multiplying, we get, that more than 4 billion.
Other types
During the Soviet era, about 70% of the population played sport lotto. The first program took place in 1974 year. The winning of the draw was 5000 rub. Then it was a lot of money. The number of tickets sold has reached 10 million. units. - a record number in the history of the Soviet lottery. When interest began to fall, decided to give a bonus along with the super prize, t. is. the ability to skip the line to buy a car.
What are the statistics of winnings in the Golden Horseshoe? The probability of winning is about 33%. Since at the end of the game there are only three kegs left in the bag. The amount of prizes is calculated before the drawing and is 50% of the cost of tickets sold in the last draw. Draws are held every week. In this case, the jackpot amount in the amount of 3 million. rub. guaranteed in the Golden Horseshoe lottery. Winning statistics confirm this fact. That is, regardless of the number of tickets sold, the amount of the super prize does not decrease.
What are the statistics of lottery winnings 6 of 36? The probability of winning is 1 of 1,9 million. Much depends on the number of tickets purchased. The cost of one lottery - 50 rub. Jackpot size approx 3 million. rub. Winning statistics 6 of 36 depending on the number of matched digits:
| Numbers | Probability | Winnings |
| 2 numbers from 6 | 1 to 4,47 | 100 rub. |
| 3 numbers from 6 | 1 to 23,99 | 300 rub. |
| 4 numbers from 6 | 1 to 298,51 | 2000 rub. |
| 5 numbers from 6 | 1 to 10821,07 | 20000 rub. |
| 6 numbers from 6 | 1 to 1947792 | Super prize |
