Instant lotteries
What is the difference between
The principle of instant, or a sweat lottery is, that ticket winnings are distributed at the stage of their production. They are distributed in random order., but in predetermined proportions. In Russia, the Ministry of Finance determines, how many tickets out of every million printed will be winning.
You can find out the winning amount after buying a ticket, for this you need wipe off the protective covering in the designated place. Brief rules of the game are placed on the back of the ticket, as well as on the Stoloto website.
In total, there are 10 instant lotteries, each of them corresponds to a certain percentage of the prize fund and the ticket price:
| Name | Maximum win | Prize fund | Ticket price |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Sports season" | 1 000 000 rubles | 50% | 25 rubles |
| "Russian Games" | 300 000 rubles | 50% | 30 rubles |
| "Faster, above, stronger!» | 10 000 000 rubles | 50% | 100 rubles |
| "Forward to the victory" | 3 000 000 rubles | 50% | 50 rubles |
| "Sports Festival" | 500 000 rubles | 50% | 25 rubles |
| "Funny starts" | 400 000 rubles | 50% | 20 rubles |
| "Patterns on Ice" | 1 000 000 rubles | 60% | 50 rubles |
| "Sport without borders" | 3 000 000 rubles | 60% | 30 rubles |
| "Tops of success" | 10 000 000 rubles | 79,9% | 100 rubles |
| "Go!» | 30 000 000 rubles | 80% | 100 rubles |
Each of the lotteries has several titles. for example, the "Sports Season" lottery may be sold under the names "Legends of the Roads", "Russian Lotto" or "Decisive Move". The distribution of winnings in them will be different.
Where to buy and how the winnings are processed
Instant lottery tickets can be bought both at special points of sale (lottery kiosks), and in the branches of "Russian Post" and "Rosselkhozbank". You can also buy a ticket in the Balt-Lotto network.
More difficult question - how to cash out winnings. It all depends on the amount:
- winnings before 1 000 rubles are issued right there, where the ticket was sold;
- winnings before 10 000 rubles are issued at the Stoloto lottery center in Moscow, as well as in the networks "Lottery of Moscow" and "Balt-Lotto";
- winnings more 10 000 rubles are paid only to a bank account, need to send a ticket, statement, copy of your passport and bank account details at Stoloto.
Winnings taxed. If the amount is less 15 thousand rubles, then the tax is paid by the winner, if more - the amount is deducted from the winnings immediately.
What are the odds of winning
All lotteries have clearly defined rules, including instant. As stated above, one lottery can have several names, and the odds of winning are different too.
for example, consider the "Sport without Borders" lottery. Although all tickets in it are sold by 30 rubles, and the prize fund is 60%, it is distributed differently.
So, the winning structure for tickets called "Sprint Auto" is (for every million tickets):
As we can see, here the maximum winning is 500 thousand rubles, and the chance to win it is 1:1000000. In this case, "going to zero" will turn out with a probability of 26%, or 1:3,8. Total tickets with winnings slightly more 37%.
For the same lottery, but with the name "Lemon", the structure of the winnings is different:
Here you can already win a million rubles (but again with a chance 1 to a million), but in general the chances of any win are already less – 33,8%.
In the lottery called "Magic of the Stars" the structure will be as follows:
I.e, the maximum winning amount is much less - "only" 200 thousand rubles, but the chance not to "fly through" is already greater 38%, true, all winnings are slightly lower, than in other options.
Finally, in the "Three Lemons" lottery, we see this structure of winning tickets:
You can get here already 3 million rubles as a prize (such a ticket is still 1 per million), but there are much fewer other prizes. There are fewer total winning tickets than other options - only 32%.
In this way, to accurately understand your chances of winning, you need to study the Stoloto website in advance and the corresponding resolution of the Ministry of Finance. The name of the lottery has nothing to do with the inscription on the lottery ticket itself.
FAQ - answers to the most frequently asked questions
Lottery is a complex mechanism, which includes not only organizers and participants.
Many interesting and important questions arise, related to rules, conditions and just money. We answered the most popular and important ones.
Question 1. What is the tax on winnings?
In Russia, this figure is 13%. The winner is obliged to include the prize money in the general declaration of income or receive the winnings already taking into account the tax deduction. for example, you won a million rubles. The first option is to get your hands on it, after pay tax equal 130 000. The second option is to get 870 000 already including tax deduction.
Question 2. How to increase your chances of winning?
Here it is worth turning to the theory of probability. This science gives a definite answer.. To maximize the chances of the desired outcome, need to increase the number of attempts.
The same principle applies to the lottery, only the number of "balls in a bag" is much higher. Buying more tickets increases your chance of winning, albeit slightly.
Question 3. How to choose a ticket, to win?
There is no answer to this question, otherwise everyone would be millionaires, and the organizers went around the world. It all depends on your luck, and it cannot be mathematically measured.
In my youth, I used to play instant lotteries, as the owner of a "light hand", but never received large sums. Conspiracies, psychics, fortune-tellers won't help, you will only lose your money. The above is described in detail, how probability theory works, and it is impossible to influence it by such means.
Question 4. What is the biggest win in the world?
American Powerball is considered the record holder. IN 2016 the largest jackpot in the year 1 568 000 000 dollars. However, there were three lucky ones and the amount was divided, everyone got 528 million dollars.
The largest single win also belongs to Powerball. IN 2017 year the sole owner of a jackpot in the amount of 758,7 million dollars became a resident of Massachusetts.
How to win the lottery - an entertaining video on the topic of the article:
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, that Italians are still interested in playing SuperEnalotto, 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
How to participate in American lotteries from Russia
Traveling to America to play a game is not a smart decision. Flight and hotel costs will be big, and the chance to win the top jackpot is illusory.
Reseller services are a compromise solution. They enable Russian residents to take part in sweepstakes, held in the United States. There are many similar firms, among which TheLotter is considered the most reliable.
How to use TheLotter services
More than fifty of the largest lotteries from other countries are presented on TheLotter website. PowerBall and MegaMillions are there too. To participate in them, you need to do the following steps.
- Register at TheLotter
- Find the PowerBall or MegaMillions names in the draw list
- Buy a ticket for the next draw
- Get a scanned ticket in your personal profile
- Expect Results
- Transfer the winnings to your account
The results of the draw are published on TheLotter website, they can also be viewed on the official portals PowerBall and MegaMillions. Although in Russia these two sites are blocked.
Why Choose TheLotter
There are several reasons to focus on this intermediary.. It has a number of advantages over other companies of its kind.
- Winner lists. The names of the winners are publicly available, you can talk to them and find out, how they received money through TheLotter website
- Availability of reviews. Since the opening of the site in 2002 year, there were many reviews on the network about his work, there are almost no negative responses among them.
- Scanned copies of tickets. Immediately after the purchase, copies of tickets appear in your personal profile.
Foreigners wishing to participate in the American drawing do not have many alternatives to choose the right decision. For this we will have to go to the USA and buy tickets there.. Or choose a reliable intermediary. TheLotter guarantees you will receive your winnings when you participate in PowerBall and MegaMillions lotteries.
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.
Winnings in the USA
$ 425 million
California retiree Raymond Buxton also tempted fate with the Powerball lottery. And won in the end 425 million. He declared his rights to the money two months after the announcement of the number of the lucky ticket. According to Buxton, all this time he tried to believe in his luck and endlessly rechecked the numbers. According to the rules, winnings can be obtained in different ways, the most profitable - in parts during 20 years, then the deductions will be the smallest. Raymond did not want to wait and demanded money immediately, lump sum. As a result, "everything" fell into his account 242 million, of which Buxton had to pay tax.
$ 429 million
Another pensioner, from new jersey, became the winner of the lottery with a prize fund in 429 million dollars. Verney, she is not alone, and together with their seven daughters. One of them admitted, that their family is in shock from what happened. This did not stop women from exercising sanity and demanding payments., what is called, in place. Having received 284 million, they paid off mortgages and loans, taken for education. And there must be something left for a rainy day.
$ 447 million
Ticket, who changed his life, lottery winner, held in the USA in June 2017, bought in a small store - in the "load" for beer. What brought him a win 447 million. The lucky guy refused to give his name to the press, as well as share further plans for life. By the way, lucky not for him alone: the lottery organizers decided to encourage the store, lucky ticket seller, and backed his owners with a million dollar check.
$ 487 million
New Hampshire Spouses in July 2016 of the year won nearly half a billion dollars in the Powerball lottery. Of this money 140 millions ate all kinds of tax deductions and contributions, but the received was more than enough for everything. However, the lucky ones did not become greedy and donated part of the winnings to charity projects.
$ 590 million
In May 2013 Gloria Mackenzie, Zephyrhills resident, bought a lottery ticket at the checkout of one of the supermarkets. A month later it turned out, that the ticket brought her a fantastic win in 590 million. 84-summer Gloria, judging, that it makes no sense to receive this amount in installments for many years, preferred a lump sum. As a result, I lost almost half of my money, 220 million, and still went down in history as the owner of the largest "solo" in American history (inherited by one person, not spouses) winnings. However, Mackenzie did not last long in record holders: four years later the record was broken.
$ 758,7 million
Powerball lottery draw on the night of 23 on 24 August 2017 year caused a stir among the residents of the States - the process was watched by two million people. Betting, to put it mildly, were high: there was more at stake 750 million. The chance to win was 1 to 292 millions. Massachusetts nurse Mavis Wonzik got this chance.. How exactly did she manage the incredible winnings, unknown. It is only known, that immediately after confirming her victory in the lottery, she quit.
$ 1,5 billion
The record jackpot in history was drawn in 2016 year - the amount exceeded one and a half billion (!) dollars. There were several winners, so the money was divided among three. None of the winners wanted to receive their share gradually, agreeing to seriously lose in payments. As a result, each lucky person was credited with 327 million. Which is also not bad.
$ 1,5 billion
Another one and a half billion win, but this time alone, happened in 2018 year. The jackpot was hit by a resident of South Carolina, who was silent for four whole months after the announcement of the lottery results. In February of this year, the winner's lawyer came for money, completed all paperwork and transfer of winnings to the account of his client.
Why are we afraid of random money
Alexandra Arkhipova, social anthropologist, Associate Professor at the Center for Typology and Semiotics of Folklore, Russian State University for the Humanities, Senior Researcher STEP RANEPA:
Alexandra Arkhipova. Photo: RFE/RL
- Our relationship with money is more complicated, what they used to think. We operate not only with the concept of "commodity-money-commodity", proposed by Marx, but also the rules of "moral economy" - that is, a set of ideas about how, how you should or shouldn't handle money. "Moral economics" in each culture has its own, special.
In Russia, ideas about money are largely associated with peasant communities. Our country was largely peasant, culture was changing, but some of her features have been preserved. This was superimposed on the Soviet ideology with its specific attitude to finance.. "It's a sin to think about money", "Big money - big problems" and so on.
In Soviet and post-Soviet society, survivors of total deficit, the principle of "Foster's pie" works. Anthropologist George Foster lived in Mexican villages in the 60s of the twentieth century and wondered: why are the inhabitants so poor, and any quick enrichment causes them a sharp rejection? So he put forward the theory of "limited good": money in resource-poor communities, wealth, any benefits can only be redistributed, they are not thought of as coming from outside. Imagine the pie, apple charlotte, which is equally divided. If one of the guests got an extra piece, then the other remains hungry.
Therefore, after winning the lottery, people sometimes face rejection of others.. Unexpectedly received a lot of money - it means, took someone else's share. There is also a view, that sudden enrichment is a health disaster, that you will have to pay for such luck. Hence the desire to part with the winnings as soon as possible - to spend it.
IN 2016-2017 years we have been recording interviews and conducting polls in some Russian cities. Asked residents: "Will you lift the bill, accidentally found on the street?»About half of the respondents firmly refused and motivated this by, that then something bad will happen to them. Because this money was not sent to them, and someone else, pier, you can't take someone else's.
But what to do, if we accidentally hit a piece of someone else's pie? Share this. This also manifests itself in our ideas about money.. If a young man receives his first salary, it is customary at work to "put down", set a table for colleagues, or give all the money to mom.
Sellers in the market tend to give more goods to the first buyer or sell them cheaper, fan the goods with the first bill earned of the day. Lottery winners give away a portion of the winnings, without even giving a report on this. People strive to give a piece of their good, to protect yourself from harm. Our moral economy tells us - share and maintain social balance, and then luck will return to you.
