The most winning lottery ticket in Russia

How to buy and check a lottery

There are different options for buying Sportloto draw coupons for players' choice:

• On the Stoloto website.
• At ground points of Gosloto partner networks.
• By downloading the application to your phone or tablet.

To buy online, a prerequisite is to register a user on the Stoloto website. The procedure is short, you need to provide reliable personal information and agree to the terms of the service offer. The function is available only to adult citizens of Russia and other post-Soviet states.

You can also purchase circulation coupons for cash. Gosloto partner networks are selling:

• Stoloto office and branches.
• Supermarkets "Verny", "Pyaterochka", "Bristol", "Fragrant World" and "Crossroads".
• Points of acceptance of bets of the bookmaker's office "Baltbet".
• Communication stores "Rostelecom", Beeline, "Megaphone", "Tele 2", "Messenger".
• Russian Post offices.
• Petrol stations "Lukoil".
• Press kiosks.
• Lottery machines.

Sportloto ticket sales points

Owners of mobile devices with the Android or iOS operating system can play the Sportloto lottery, by downloading the application from the official website for free. It will take no more than five minutes to install the program, and in return, users will be able to buy tickets for any draw, wherever they are at any given moment. The main condition is the presence of an Internet connection. Compared to the mobile version of the site, the application loads much faster and saves traffic.

Sportsloto draw tickets can be checked in the same way. The site has a special section, where you need to select a specific draw and register the game coupon number. When checking the results at ground points, you must show the ticket to the operator, and he will check the ticket in a matter of moments.

Winnings 2013 of the year

4 November it became known, that the record win in the Czech Republic in the Sportka game, analogue of the Russian lottery "Sportloto", made up 400 million Czech crowns (order 21 million dollars).

1 October, a resident of the American state of Maryland won the lottery 189 million dollars.

19 September a winning ticket to the major American Powerball lottery worth 399,4 million dollars sold at a gas station in the American state of South Carolina.

25 August media reported, what the Swiss won 93,6 million euros in the popular European lottery EuroMillions. This is the biggest win for Switzerland.

8 August, the organizers of the American Powerball lottery announced, that three tickets with lucky numbers were sold in the states of New Jersey and Minnesota, the winners will split the jackpot by 448 million dollars.

5 June Powerball lottery organizers announced the woman's name, won almost 600 million dollars in may. She was 84-year-old Gloria Mackenzie from Florida. She bought a lottery ticket at a Zephyrhills supermarket in Florida, where all live 13 thousands of people. She had the option to choose annual payments or a lump sum. Choosing the second, Mackenzie received only 370,8 million dollars instead 590,5 million, which were the nominal winnings. Mackenzie won the largest win in US history, received by one person.

1 June in the 585th draw of "Gosloto" 6 out of 45 "the accumulated super prize, equal 121 a million 835 thousands 582 rubles, shared by two participants - a resident of Perm Valery (60 million 917 thousand 821 ruble) and a resident of Volgograd Olga (61 million 518 thousand 163 ruble).

28 May a UK resident won more than 81 million pounds (nearly 95 million euros). The anonymous winner immediately became the 908th richest Briton.

26 April media reported, that 44-year-old Pedro Quesada, a resident of the American state of New Jersey, won 221 million dollar Powerball lottery ticket. After paying all the necessary taxes, Qezada had about 152 million dollars.

6 April, two residents of Belgium won for two 26,5 million euros in the European EuroMillions lottery.

The ways, how to win

Many people are interested in, are there any real ways to increase the chance of success and win the lottery. Some are seriously involved in calculating mathematical probabilities, trying to find out, which lotteries to play more winning. Others, because of my superstition, use prayers and conspiracies, try to find in their natal chart even the slightest hint of success.

• Experts advise to rely less on the choice of rooms for significant dates.
  According to statistics, most often people use numbers from 1 to 31 in tickets, since they can be tied to a specific day in the month. The whole truth is, that such combinations of numbers turn out to be the most popular, and this creates a lot of competition.
• All numerical sequences are equally likely. It is advisable to adhere to the chosen strategy constantly, using the same combination of numbers every time, thus increasing the probability of one day hitting the point.
• You can play with a large company, having previously agreed to be honest. Several friends buy a large number of tickets together, thereby increasing the likelihood of a successful hit.
• Participation in the distribution draw gives you the opportunity to receive large amounts of money for the same funds. The fact, that the chance of winning in specific draws is small and it happens like this, that the jackpot has not been won for months. In this regard, the organizers decide to hold a distribution circulation, that is, the accumulated amount will be distributed among the participants, whichever, how many numbers each of them guessed.