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The rule 3. Know your chances

The probability of a jackpot in any lottery is, usually, one formula. And here is the calculation of the probability, eg, closing at least one line in the lotto is very non-trivial and would take a whole article, maybe, and not one. Therefore, in fact, the chance of getting some money in the lottery is higher due to the fact, that most lotteries have additional prizes in addition to the main one. But I will focus on the jackpot for ease of assessment..

Let's admit, we bought a lottery ticket with a random set of numbers

The same number of balls are drawn during the drawing., and if the numbers on them coincided with the numbers on the ticket (in any order, it is important!), then we won. The probability of such a win is calculated as follows:

The number of combinations without taking into account the order is called in mathematics the number of combinations, and if you know and understand the formula for calculating it, then from this article you, likely, don't learn anything new. If you are not a mathematician, then it will be easier to use the online service, for example with this. Similar services (and formula, underlying their work) offer to set two numbers:

• n - the total number of possible options for one item. In our case, the object is a ball, and there are so many balls, how many numbers are in the lottery, more on this below.
• k - number of items in one sample. In our case, how many balls the lottery draws and how many numbers are in the ticket (supposed, that these quantities are equal).

so, if we have a lottery with a draw 5 balls, but in total in the lottery 50 balls with numbers from 1 to 50, then the probability of winning in it will be equal to one to the number of combinations for k = 5 and n = 50, i.e:

Consider a more complex case - the popular American Powerball lottery, in which the value the jackpot prize exceeded a billion dollars. According to the rules, there is a basic sample of 5 numbers (from 1 to 69), and also one additional number (from 1 to 26). Need to get everyone match 6 numbers, to win.

It's not hard to understand, that the chance of getting the first set is equal to one to the number of combinations for k = 5 and n = 69 (i.e 11 238 513), and the chance to "catch" the last ball is 1 to 26. To get everything at once, these chances need to be multiplied, because events must happen at the same time:

In other words, if 300 million people will buy tickets, then only one will win. It shows, why the jackpot is often not won at all: lottery organizers just don't print as many tickets, so that among them the winning.

What a punishment for the traviata lottery

Participation in illegal lotteries involves more than foul play and deception, but also penalties:

• Conducting unauthorized draws - organizers from 800000 rubles, the participants (individuals) from 4000 rubles;
• Provision of premises for holding lotteries - administrative responsibility and a fine from 200000 rubles.

Now you know, what lottery can you really win. Buying a ticket from a pioneer in the person of Sportloto 6 of 49 ", or a lottery of a new formation, eg "First National Lottery", can end up in decent wins. The main thing is to get lucky

Absolutely every citizen of our country, never mind, he spent on her purchase 10 rubles or several thousand, can win!

Video experiment: trying to win different lotteries

In this video, Evgeny Dorofeev will conduct an experiment, which will buy 100 different lottery tickets and will tell, which one turned out to be more winning:

Cash Draws: how it all began

For the preparation of sports battles, started looking for additional funds:

• Sportloto 6 of 49. The first money lottery of the Soviet Union. By the rules of the game, 50% proceeds went to pay out winnings, a 50% the state kept. Behind every number, and in total participated in the drawing 49 balls, a certain sport was fixed. So common passion, turned into a humane mission;
• Sportloto 5 of 36. Having studied the world practice of lotteries, a new drawing format appears in the country - Sportloto 5 of 36. If you compare the circulation of the new game with your "big brother", we can state the following pattern: the size of the main prize is more modest, but win small amounts, but for this you need to guess everything 3 figures, could have been more often;
• Sprint. Instant lottery. Tearing the spine of control, you could find out the result right on the spot. This lottery enjoyed particular success among Soviet citizens.;
• Sports forecast. After the first draw of Sportloto, and it happened in autumn 1970 of the year, passed 17 years. An analogue of foreign bookmakers appears in the country - Sportprognosis. From the list of featured matches, the sports fan had to guess the outcome - the victory of the first team, draw, or the triumph of the visiting team.

The country's leadership was stunned by the financial success. The excitement of a Soviet person broke all records - not only the Olympics-80 was funded for the funds received, but also built many modern sports complexes.

Money generator - what's inside

The lottery is a clearly structured business based on the desire of people to get rich quick and on simple mathematical statistics. The lottery organizers form the prize fund from cash receipts from sold tickets. Moreover, this amount is never equal to the proceeds from the sale.. A certain part, usually half goes directly to operating expenses (maintenance of current activities, ticket printing, Spread, employee salaries, advertising and other) and of course in the pocket of the organizers, in the form of net profit.

Получается только часть денег идет на розыгрыш. And if only half. In some lotteries, the share of cash prizes drawn is only 35-40% from all funds collected for the circulation. The result is an initially unprofitable prospect for the participants. This is called negative expectation.. When the invested amounts are obviously more than the total prize pool. This is what almost all gambling is based on.. A striking example is casino roulette. But it's more profitable to play in the casino, how to buy lottery tickets.

The only benefit is the cumulative jackpot, which can proceed to the next rally, gradually increasing in size. As a result, it can significantly exceed the amount of tickets sold in circulation..

Types of lotteries

From all the variety of possibilities presented, an ordinary person can blow a roof. There is 2 simple advice:

1. Play only domestic lotteries, so as not to travel to another country to receive a win.
2. Select only the most popular draws. At first, is to talk about the honesty of the organizers. Secondly, they usually have a very solid prize pool.

All lotteries can be conventionally divided into 2 categories:

Instant

The most simple. The result can be seen immediately after buying a ticket. Winning information (or not to win) already indicated on the ticket. Just wipe off the protective layer. Small prizes, usually before 3 — 5 thousands can be received immediately without leaving the checkout - at the place of purchase. За крупными нужно обращаться к организаторам. There is only one drawback - it is the possibility of manipulating the prize fund by the organizer, namely big wins. Winning tickets may simply not go on sale or get smaller.

There is another nuance. Organizers, releasing tickets on sale, they cannot exactly determine in advance what percentage of the circulation will be sold: 100, 50 or all 20%. And prize tickets for a certain amount must be printed in advance. There is of course certain data, based on past sales statistics. But so it doesn't turn out like this, that the prize fund in circulation was 10 million, and tickets were sold only for 2 million and purchased winning tickets were 3 million, organizers insure, reducing the number and amount of winning tickets to a very modest figure.

The advantage is a fairly high probability of getting lucky tickets. And although the size of such winnings is very small (usually 5-10 times the ticket price), there are a lot of them.

Circulation

More popular than instant. They, in turn, are divided into 2 kind. Some already have a set of numbers applied. Others give the participant the right to choose the combinations of numbers he likes.. And although the probability of winning is the same in both cases, the second is preferred by avid joke lovers, when you can influence the results yourself (or so they think).

Types of lotteries in Russia and abroad

The lottery world is something big, constantly changing and yet almost the most stable, what is in any country. To some extent, lotteries can be compared to slot machines. The same hundreds of thousands of people, millions, spent on winning and fabulous prize money. In Russia, there used to be a lot of different types of lotteries and their organizers. How honest, and scammers. That is why now the main lottery is the state, and all the rest will require special permission.

Abroad, as well as in Russia, there are many different lotteries, but there are much more prizes. But still, it is recommended to play domestic lotteries. Despite, that they usually win 2-3 times less, at the same cost, they make it much easier to get a prize, fewer problems with taxes and almost no pitfalls.

In order not to get lost in the variety of different types, all lotteries can be divided into two large groups: instant and circulation.

Instant lotteries are good for, that almost immediately after the purchase you will know, won or not, and you can take your money right from that, who sells lottery tickets. But if you hit the real jackpot, then you will need to contact the organizer for a prize, but after a few days you will be able to collect your winnings. Instant lotteries are not very popular with the general public due to small prizes, and therefore if you want to win large sums, then you need to take a closer look at another type of lotteries - draw.

Draw lotteries can be further subdivided into 2 subspecies:

• Lottery, in which the participants independently choose the winning combination;
• Lottery, in which a name card with random numbers is issued.

The first option is popular, although the second is also common in the west.

In addition to these two main types, there are various quizzes and lotteries from large companies and advertising brands.. They are not already compiled for profit., and to advertise your products. You can get non-cash prizes in them, and various gifts from the organizing company. Experienced lottery players advise not to neglect such events., and use them to the maximum.

Due to the limited number of participants in such promotions, the probability of winning the lottery is much higher. Of course, money is always nicer than any household items, but an expensive smartphone is unlikely to be superfluous in the house, laptop or even a car.

Online lottery for money

There is another classification: offline and online lotteries. With offline lotteries, everything is very clear - these are standard lotteries, where do you buy a ticket from official suppliers and partners of the lottery company. Choose the numbers and calmly wait for the official announcement of the win, and then you figure it out on your own, what do you do with this win. It's all simple, understandable and already stable.

But in Europe and America, the direction of online lotteries is now very popular.. Just think about it: in a few clicks you can buy a lottery ticket from any country, select numbers, if necessary, and after that get your prize, за вычетом всех налогов и прочих государственных пошлин.

Online lotteries are an extremely easy way to obtain and pay taxes on lottery tickets. The system will take care of that, to notify you of the win, transfer money to the supplier of lottery tickets and transfer the winnings, taking care of all tax payments to the player's account.

Online lotteries are the future of the lottery world. Soon you won't need anything, except e-wallet, currency accounts and patience for, to buy lottery tickets from other countries and receive winnings directly to your trading account. But despite the fact, that in Europe online lotteries are gaining the trust of many players with might and main, then in Russia now it is still quite dangerous to use these products due to the risk of fraud.