Reasons for the popularity of lotteries
Australian psychologist Ryan Anderson specializes in player psychology. He considers, that the lottery craze is like a trap. Non-refundable expenses stimulate buying tickets again and again. Man, spent time and money on lotteries, hopes to win back, return lost.
Lotteries are like a trap
Another reason is the effect of seemingly close gain. If the player has not guessed only one or two numbers, he can't hold back and buy a ticket again. He wants to try his luck again. And do it until a successful outcome.
Anderson says, that some people buy lotteries solely for entertainment. It's not so much money that motivates them., how much thrill. When the winners are announced, the level of adrenaline and serotonin in many of them increases. And this leads to pleasant experiences for adrenaline-dependent people..
Some gamblers have an illusion about pranks: it seems to them, that the winnings are available to them. And more realistic, than, eg, good earnings. The news about the draws only informs about the victories, and this becomes a source of hope for the best. The psychologist complains about the bias in informing the population: nobody publishes data about, how many ticket buyers were the losers. All articles on this topic apply only to winners.
Increased risk and tough times of crisis – another reason for the passion for lotteries. When businesses close, staff cut, the overall financial situation is getting worse. In such situations, some people think, that winning the lottery will solve all their problems. They find it more realistic., than improving the situation through self-reliance.
Unclaimed winnings in Russia
About winnings, for which no one came, I can not hear anything. On the one hand, the lottery market itself in Russia is small, на фоне той же Америки просто микроскопический. On the other hand, most of the unclaimed winnings are amounts, not exceeding 200 rubles.
maybe, you will be surprised, but there are a lot of them in total. Согласно последнему отчету АО «Государственные спортивные лотереи» невостребованными числятся 512 million rubles. В одной только в лотерее «Русское лото» таких выигрышей — 289 385 620 rubles
Paragraph 7 annual financial statement - the amount of unclaimed winnings
In fairness it is worth clarifying, that the amount here is not for one year, but for two and a half. In Russia, a lottery winner can receive a prize within 3 years, if during this period he does not pick it up, то деньги перечисляются в государственный бюджет.
18 millions are still waiting for the winner?
Nevertheless, in a similar report of the State Housing Lottery, there was also a fairly large unclaimed win. А именно — в 179 тираже кто-то не забрал главный приз. If we compare two runs in a row, по основным параметрам таким как — № тиража / number of unclaimed tickets / sum
- № 178 — 25 060 tickets - 1 514 100 rubles
- № 179 — 26 350 tickets - 19 725 350 rubles
заметно серьезное отличие по сумме. With almost equal number of unclaimed tickets. IN 179 in circulation, someone just won good money - 18 110 695 rubles.
As usual, про победителя ничего не известно, declared only, that he is from Ufa. Вот что писали в свое время на Столото:
"In the 179th draw of the Housing Lottery, which was broadcast 30 April, there was a real sensation! The largest super prize in the history of this lottery was drawn in the amount of 17 900 695 rubles! <…> Also add, what will he get extra 210 thousand rubles for winning the first round. Participant's total winnings, which the, by the way, bought my ticket in Ufa, will be 18 110 695 rubles! With which we congratulate him. How to claim a win? It is enough to come to the central office "
At least until July 2017 (when the report was published) that is more than a year, the winner of this draw did not collect his winnings. But, for some reason no one is looking for him. Do not want to search? Or, the winner took his money after the report was published?
In the history of Stoloto, there were examples when the winners, for inexplicable reasons, did not take their winnings for a long time. for example, a certain resident of the Amur region won 94 382 263 ruble in September 2015, but took them only in January 2016. Almost five months have passed! I got busy with business, could not get out, or just temporarily the money was not needed? The answer is unknown, Alas
At all, lottery organizer in Russia for some reason does not want to show its big winners (apparently, not interested in such advertising), so were all these millionaires in principle, whether they received their money - we do not know for certain, все они известны только со слов пресс-службы Столото. Although there are almost two dozen of these lucky ones on the list, none of them showed themselves in any way after the received prize.
