Jackpot c “Golden horseshoe”
Real lottery winners in Russia sometimes share their stories in great detail. Evgenia and Dmitry, residents of the city of Svetlograd, Stavropol Territory, won a jackpot of 3,5 million rubles in the lottery “Golden horseshoe” – coincided 5 digits.
The family got the ticket as a gift – Evgenia's parents gave her “lottery” on 8 Martha. When she saw, that crossed out all five announced first digits, I could not immediately believe in what happened – cried and laughed at the same time. Until, until the money was transferred to their account, Svetlograd lottery winners in Russia did not believe, that this is a real win. Evgenia shares, that she also was not rightfully the owner of the entire amount – 13% goes to the state treasury as income tax.
Family of Dmitry and Eugenia – large, and at the time of winning their financial situation was not the best – credits, debts, since recently bought a new house. Therefore, part of the won amount was spent on paying off debts.. The family also bought an apartment in Stavropol, changed my car to a more comfortable one. The win also encouraged Eugene and Dmitry to start their own business: Svetlograd lottery winners in Russia opened their own print shop, small pet shop.
Talking about fame after a monetary victory, Evgenia shares, that they wrote to her for a long time on the page in “Classmates” strangers from all over the country – asked about the reality of winning. In a small hometown, news also spread quickly: someone came up on the street with congratulations, someone asked to borrow money. Many rushed to buy lottery tickets.
The winner says, that winning her at first motivated her to buy new “lotteries”, but since large sums were no longer drawn, she gave up this venture.