What were the biggest winnings in the world
There have been cases of unexpected wins in history and expected for years. It is difficult to calculate your own success rate. To win, you need to at least buy a ticket, and then fate will decide.
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The biggest lottery wins in the world:
- Absolute Winning Record - Powerball Jackpot (USA) – 1 billion 586,4 million dollars. Residents can take part in the drawing 44 states of America. The cash prize goes to the one, who will guess the numbers correctly 5 white balls and 1 red. The results of the famous print run have been announced 13 january 2016 of the year. Jackpot winners immediately became 3 lucky from the states of Florida, Tennessee and California. Each of them received 528 000 000 dollars, not counting taxes.
Jackpot 1 billion 586,4 million dollars
- One year later, 23 August 2017 year, the same PowerBall raffled off a huge amount of 758 700 000 dollars. 20 drawn in a row no one was able to get the jackpot of the game, because of what accumulated an impressive amount. During 21 circulation, when the chances of winning became negligible and amounted to 1:292 millions, the lucky one was found. It was America's biggest lottery win, received by one person. The winner is Mavis Wonzik, a Massachusetts healthcare professional, who later left her career at the clinic.
Powerball Winner
- The third place in the ranking of colossal wins was shared immediately 3 winner, having received a prize in 656 000 000 dollars. It was the American Mega Millions lottery, conducted 21 Martha 2012 of the year. Its essence lies in the right choice 5 numbers from 75 and 1 additional number from 15. Each lucky one got his hands on 218 000 000 dollars. Two of them wished to remain anonymous. The third, Merle Butler, failed to escape due to local rules of the drawing. This was the largest US Mega Millions win.
- In May 2013 of the year, the largest prize for that date was drawn at the Powerball 590 500 000 dollars. Got it from Florida, retired teacher Gloria Mackenzie. She herself chose a ticket in a supermarket in the small town of Zephyrhills and did not even guess the number, since they have already been entered in the field. The intrigue about the winner lasted for a long time, however, according to local regulations, the name of the lucky one was announced. In her arms the woman received 370 800 000 dollars including taxes.
- A year earlier, In November 2012 of the year, the jackpot has been drawn 587 000 000 dollars. It was the largest prize in Powerball history at the time., which has accumulated over 16 previous editions. Jackpot goes to two winners. A Missouri couple and an Arizona resident. Each of the lucky ones received 293 000 000 dollars excluding taxes. In addition, additional draws were held in the drawing, as a result of which 8 people got 2 000 000 dollars, a 58 - by 1 000 000 dollars.
- A large sum in 536 000 000 dollars received by a couple from Indiana, took part in the game Mega Millions. The winners wish to remain anonymous.
Mega Millions Lottery
- Jackpot c 533 000 000 dollars was raffled 30 Martha 2018 of the year. A 47-year-old man from Florida managed to get it. He later told the press, what bought everything 2 ticket, one of whom turned out to be happy.
- The amount of money was invested in charity 487 000 000 dollars excluding taxes, won by a couple from New Hampshire at the Powerball. The couple wished to remain incognito.
- An interesting incident in the history of Powerball happened, when in August 2013 r. played out 448 million dollars. This amount was divided immediately 3 happy ticket, but the winners turned out 18 man. 1 the ticket was filled out by a group of employees from one office, so they had to share a third of the winnings in 149 000 000 dollars for all participants.
- Prize in 447 800 000 dollars received by the player, who bought a PowerBall ticket in a small store, selling alcohol. The lucky one wished to receive the entire amount at once, so he got into his hands 279 100 000 dollars. The organizers took care of the sellers of this store., by writing them a check for a million dollars.
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After that, the winner can take all the money at once, for what additional fee is deducted, or receive it in equal payments during 29 years.
Big wins in other countries
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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 largest in the history of 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 In March, brothers James and Bob Stoklas from Pennsylvania, USA won Powerball more than 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 bunch of Dublin friends shared the EuroMillions jackpot by 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.
The most memorable stories in Russia and other countries
The story of a citizen from Kazakhstan, who didn't take the million dollar prize, bypassed all the news headlines. Man bought DDF brand lottery while in Dubai. And I haven’t come for the win yet.
In France, a man dropped a ticket, which turned out to be winning. He had to prove his rights in court. But the judge ruled, what should he pay 7,5% win the lady, who picked up the ticket. And the prize was 163 million euros.
IN 2019 year in our country there were similar incidents too. Winners of the "Russian Lotto", who were supposed to 500 million, did not contact the founders of the drawing. One of them lives in Petersburg, another winner – in the Sverdlovsk region. No one knows, Why did it happen. Experts believe, that usually in such situations the winners are away or have lost their tickets. In the second case, they may not even be aware of, that they are entitled to a prize.
Another curious story happened with an Irish guy, who participated in the EuroMillions lottery. He got a prize in 500 thousand euros. And he almost threw away the ticket, because he counted, that the jackpot goes to a citizen of England.
As for Russia, then in the summer 2019 of the year in the lottery "Rapido 2.0" an amazing case was discovered. A resident of the city of Ufa won a substantial amount of money: near 6,5 million. But the amount remained with the organizers: no one came for her.
According to "Stoloto", this year in Russia there is a record holder for unclaimed winnings. One winner, about which nothing is known, did not take 10 million rubles. And the total amount of money, not demanded by players, is about 2,8 million.
American resident Richard Biar bought a ticket on behalf of his wife and won a prize in 250 one thousand dollars. A feature of the situation is the fact, that the winner is seriously ill, he has liver cancer. But he managed to collect funds. And I decided to have a good rest on them.
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.
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.
False
IN 2009 in the UK National Lottery for a long time (from March to September) nobody came for one of the winnings. The amount is not the largest, but worthy - £ 2 255 485. Finally, предполагаемый победитель все же явился – 51-летний Эдди Путман предъявил билет и получил деньги. Sam Putman, true, was not a law-abiding citizen, he had previously been convicted of violence and fraud. But, in this case, the police did not have any evidence against him. Maybe he just played the lottery and won, the same happens too?
But, the story was continued in 2015, when Jyle Nibs, Camelot Group employee (lottery organizer) committed suicide. Nibs worked in the fraud prevention department. AND, as an employee of this level, knew perfectly the inner kitchen and the weak points of the system.
Shortly before his death, Putman accused Nibs of blackmail (якобы тот требовал с него 400 000 pounds) and damage to the BMW car. Therefore, Jyle Nibs was under police surveillance, and his suicide was the beginning of the investigation.
It turned out, that these two were in cahoots. Nibs, as a lottery employee knew perfectly well about the existence of unclaimed winnings and the possibility of getting it. And Putman just acted as the ticket holder.
As one of the Camelot Group employees said on this occasion, “You cannot manage the lottery, but you can fake a ticket. And nothing prevents you from doing it again "
Police do not disclose, how exactly the ticket was forged, perhaps, it was printed by Nibs himself (it seems like he could do it), maybe, Putman was also engaged in forgery - all, what was required for this was to buy a ticket there, where the real one was designed and "modify" it a little
Эдвард Путман во время суда в 2012
The partners agreed to split the jackpot in half. But Putman just threw Nibs, taking all the money for myself. The latter was furious - such a perfect fraud scheme and such a shameful result. And you won't go to the police, then you must reveal your role in this story.
It's hard to say now, what exactly triggered Nibs' suicide. There is a version, that the security service was digging under it and the fraud scheme was about to be revealed. And he didn't want to go to jail at all. Generally, with the help of his death, Nibs decided to get his former companion. He left many messages and letters to friends, where the fraud scheme was revealed. Police, investigating, happily grabbed the materials provided and, looks like Putman will sit down again soon.
This is not the only case, when the unclaimed winnings are fraudulent. The most famous happened in the USA, and this story began as usual
Failed
This jackpot is a little bit out of the total unclaimed winnings. Strictly speaking - he didn't even exist. It has one thing in common with the rest of the examples - the alleged winner was unknown..
21 May 2010 of the year, in the Corner Store (St. John's, Canada) one of the buyers has issued a ticket for the next Lotto Max Atlantic lottery draw. The seller made a mistake when placing a bid, as a result of which the cost of the ticket was $ 27 instead $ 12. The buyer did not want to pay more and demanded to cancel the ticket
The most interesting thing happened later. In the night draw, the same numbers fell, which were marked in the wrong ticket. Since no one else has marked them, the buyer could become the sole owner of the jackpot in the amount of $ 30 million. If I hadn't canceled the ticket ... (a source)
Representative Atlantic Lottery Corp. in St. John's, said, that the incident is unusual - “this was great news for us. As far as we know, such a big win, on canceled ticket, has never happened before "
maybe, the buyer who refused to pay found out more, that was one step away from the jackpot - St. John's is a small town, and this news was actively discussed there. But no one ever confessed to this oversight, the jackpot remained intact. AND, afterwards, already got someone else
