Funny winnings or shrewd relatives
Granddad, when his grandson was 2 of the year, made a bet, that little Harry Wilson will one day play for the Wales national team. Has passed 14 years, before in 2013, midfielder and captain of the Liverpool youth team, made his debut for the national team of his country. 50 pounds grandpa turned into 125 thousand.
Similar rate, again, per player for the Wales national team, but already in rugby, was made by Shane Williams' father. Even before the first call of the son to the location of the national team, father made a bet of 50 pounds for that, that his son will not just play for the national team, and will become her best scorer. Surprisingly, but the elder Williams was right and won 25 thousand. pounds.
Fatal errors
Some winners have lost everything, what once won. At the same time, the lives of some "lucky ones" turned into a living hell..
- American Evelyn Adams from New Jersey won the lottery twice in 1985 and 1986 year in total 5,4 million dollars. Convinced of your luck, the woman decided to try her luck and lost all the winnings in the casino.
- Englishman Michael Carroll in 2002 won 15 million dollars and spent them on drugs in a short time, expensive cars and parties. Bankrupt, the young man continued to work as a garbage man.
- Jeffrey Damper - American, raised in poverty. IN 2004 year, winning 20 million dollars, the guy began to generously endow his relatives and friends, покупать им дорогие машины и оплачивать отдых на знаменитых курортах. Счастливчик купил большую квартиру Виктории сестре жены и её парню, but such a gift was not enough for the young couple. They kidnapped the newly minted millionaire and shot him.
- Jose Antonia Cua-Tok, illegal immigrant from Guatemala, in 2010 bought a winning lottery ticket, which brought 750 one thousand dollars. Out of fear, that he could be deported, the man thought, that it would be nice to ask someone to take the money, eg,the boss, who as a result assigned the amount to himself. Lucky for Jose, the court ordered him to return the funds, having received as evidence a video recording from a security camera about the ticket purchase process.
- Супружеская пара Джоанн и Джозеф Зэгми выбросила выигрышный билет вместе с пакетом после приезда из супермаркета. But this story with a happy ending, because the winners remembered the ticket in time and became the owners 1 million dollars.
10. PowerBall Lottery - 315 USD million, 2013 year
Money is not a guarantee of happiness and success, especially "easy" money. And this story is a vivid proof of that.. On Christmas Eve, American Jack Whittaker made an incredible amount - 315 million US dollars. But after that, his life and the life of his entire family went awry.. It all started with, that Jack was robbed several times. But this is nothing, compared to that, that the corpse of a little boy was found in his house, deceased from drug overdose. The winner himself turned out to be a cruel criminal. At the trial, his wife confessed, what if not for this lottery, their life would have turned out differently.
Winnings 2016 of the year
14 In October, a street cleaner from Brussels won the European EuroMillions lottery 168 million euros, what was the biggest win in the history of the kingdom.
15 October, a resident of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg won the maximum prize in the international lottery Eurojackpot in the amount of 90 million euros. Eurojackpot lottery popular among residents 17 European countries. To hit the jackpot, players need to guess five numbers from 50 and two more additional numbers out of ten.
12 August, an Estonian resident won a record amount in the country's history during the Eurojackpot international lottery - 1,155 million euros. According to the state company Eesti Loto, this win is the biggest ever lotteries in Estonia.
29 July, a resident of German Hesse won the Eurojackpot lottery 84,8 million euros. The lucky man managed to guess all the winning numbers
8 May Powerball winner ticket with jackpot in 429,6 million dollars was bought in the US state of New Jersey. The probability of winning is 1 of 292,2 million.
26 March, a resident of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia won the Eurojackpot lottery 76,8 million euros.
5 March brothers James and Bob Stoklas from the American state of Pennsylvania won the Powerball lottery more 291 million dollars. However, the winnings were not quite evenly distributed.: lottery ticket brought to James 291,4 million, and Bob won 7 dollars.
27 February resident of Novosibirsk, participant of "Gosloto" 6 out of 45 ", became the owner of a record in the history of lotteries in Russia, the super prize "Gosloto" 358 million 358 thousand 466 rubles. He took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which the winner made in one of the city's lottery kiosks, cost 1800 rubles. The record fell on the 1885th circulation.
15 February, UK national operator Camelot confirmed, that the United Kingdom filed won almost 25 million pounds sterling in the largest European lottery Euromillions.
12 February, a group of friends from Dublin shared European lottery jackpot EuroMillions in size 132 million euros with a French resident. The winners received 66 million euros.
13 January, the American Powerball lottery raffled off the world's largest jackpot. The winning amount was 1,6 billion dollars. It was won by three tickets, the owners of which divided the winnings among themselves. Chances of winning each ticket, participating in the drawing, were 1 on 292 million. Florida couple is one of three winners. We are talking about 70-year-old Maureen Smith and 55-year-old David Kaltschmidt. They agreed with the organizers of the lottery about a lump sum payment in 327 million dollars. John and Liza Robertson from Tennessee took a similar strategy. Another winning ticket was sold in California, but who bought it, unknown.
Russian quadrillions
The Russian Lotto lottery has existed for 25 years in Russia. It is similar to Italian in total number of rooms (and there and there them 90), but completely different from it in the possibility of winning the main category: currently * likely to hit the jackpot (that is, fill in 15 numbers from 15, and on 15 running) makes up fantastic 1:45 795 673 964 460 800 or one chance at 45 quadrillion (if we talk about the ticket, where are two playing fields, then the chance is 1:22 897 836 982 230 400 or one to 22,9 quadrillion). There are simply no events of this order in our life..
Even if we compare this figure with examples of other complex lotteries, it turns out, what to pick up a jack in the "Russian Lotto":
- in 76 million times harder than Powerball or Megamillions
- in 36 million times harder than SuperEnalotto
However, these figures do not reflect the essence, this is just the result of dividing the probabilities in different lotteries. In fact, you can say differently: if the jackpot is won regularly in American lotteries (several times a year) due to the large number of participants, and in Italy a little less often (due to fewer participants and a more complex formula), then in Russia the jackpot, according to the current rules, you can't win at all! It's mathematically impossible.
The main prize of the lottery "Russian Lotto", recently exceeded a billion, can only get someone if the organizers decide to give it away, by temporarily changing the rules of the jackpot drawing or - in the second round, as it happened on the New Year.
It's hard to call the game a lottery, with an interesting approach like Russian Lotto. Moreover, the cost of participation in it (now it 100 rubles, i.e 1,4 euros), more expensive than SuperEnalotto (1 euros), and the winnings of at least the second prize category are absolutely ridiculous:
- 1 million rubles, if you translate them into euros, it's only € 14-15 thousand
- in terms of circulation, in which (regularly!) second category win is funny 200-300 thousand rubles, then in euros it is respectively, € 3-4 thousand.
When comparing these indicators (we have a more expensive bet and it is impossible to win the jackpot in principle) the conclusion suggests itself, what the Italians play SuperEnalotto still interesting, despite, that this lottery is the most difficult in the world.
Topics, who does not live in Italy, can participate in the SuperEnalotto lottery using TheLotter help
For Russians, the opportunity to participate in foreign lotteries is limited by prohibitions on transfers abroad for transactions containing a code indicating gambling (MCC 7995). However, if you wish, you can send money by regular bank transfer, eg, through Sberbank (commission 1% from 15 000 rubles. Or, minimum - 150 rubles for one transfer)
As for the "Russian Lotto", then with such rules for drawing a jackpot a lottery it is difficult to call it. This is an unfair gamble, outshines the participants with marketing gimmicks and an incredible jackpot, the decision on the drawing of which is made exclusively by the operator, only then, when he wants it
In Russia
Residents of Russia love lottery draws no less than Americans. They are divided into two types:
- circulation;
- unclean.
The largest amounts are drawn in the drawn versions, when the rally is held after, how is the sales stage finished?. According to the law, they are all supervised by the state. The creation of such a business by individuals is prohibited., as they cannot provide guarantees.
Find out, what is the biggest lottery win for a resident of the Russian Federation.
Nikolay Miroshnichenko from Yekaterinburg and Sergey Dorogov from St. Petersburg (1billion. rubles)
"Stoloto" lottery brought a gift to two men at the same time. On the eve of a new 2019 the year the jackpot was drawn in 1 billion rubles, it was shared by two lucky ones.
First - driver Nikolay Miroshnichenko from Yekaterinburg. He spoke about the family's tradition of buying tickets on New Year's holidays and waiting for a miracle.. Circulation 1264 did not look, because they just forgot.
N. Miroshnichenko and his wife came for the prize
The second lucky was a locksmith from St. Petersburg Sergey Dorogov. He came to Moscow for the prize with his wife, cloakroom attendant. TO 31 December they purchased immediately 10 tickets and dreamed of winning a house. Now they can make dreams come true.
Natalia Vlasova from Voronezh (506 million. rubles)
In the end 2017 on the eve of the New Year holidays, the country was shocked by the news that, that Russian Lotto played the jackpot, and it was won by a resident of the Voronezh region. The woman could not be found for a long time, and then people reached out to her asking for help with money.
Natalia Vlasova from the Voronezh region
Natalia Vlasova - retired, before, how she got the chance to become a millionaire, she was engaged in trade, to bring additional income to the family. Income tax will be deducted from the total amount, everything else will be transferred in several amounts.
Hasmik Reufovna from Sochi (365 million. rubles)
A resident of Sochi bought a lottery ticket "Gosloto" 6 out of 45 "and 21 May 2017 year, fate gave her a gift in the form of three hundred million. Wherein, organizers said, that a woman can receive a prize at the main office in Moscow. She had to collect money for a trip to the capital, because the family lives in poverty.
Hasmik Reufovna - cultural worker. Amazing, that along with the news about the huge amount of winnings, it was said that, that she wants to donate part of the amount to the KPRF fund.
In Russia
The fact of the incredible success of a businessman from Russia does not disappear from public attention (Moscow), bet on the winner of the Australian open tennis tournament in 2010 year. With the constant advantage of other tennis players in the starting matches for some time, this person decides to double the original stake, reaching an unprecedented record in winnings of several tens of millions of rubles.
Moskvich from bet on 50 managed to beat the bookmaker 141 million. The guy chose the outcomes 15 matches. The maximum possible winnings were 1,5 million. rubles, but the guy is so lucky, that he won the jackpot and hit the jackpot 139,5 million. Generally, and it turns out just 141 million. rubles.
If we calculate the total odds, you get about three million - one of the largest odds in history. The stake was mainly football matches of various leagues, several NHL games, where the outcome for one of them was a draw. How lucky you need to be, to predict a draw in hockey ...
