Which lottery is better

Lottery types: how to choose the best option

According to the drawing methods, all lotteries are divided into 2 type:

• Draw lottery. Prize or cash pool is created, it is distributed among all lucky players. The draw is carried out at a specific time, on a predetermined day. The date of the event is usually known before purchasing the ticket. Russian law requires the use of only one type of equipment, which reveals winning combinations of symbols or numbers. This is done to protect against fraud..
• Instant lottery. It is also called a drumless. Information about, whether the participant is entitled to a prize, are applied to tickets at the time of their printing. Buying a lottery gives you a chance to immediately find out, is she winning. To do this, erase the protective paint layer from the card., where the character sets are located. Their combination determines the amount of the win, if it is due to the player.

The lottery allows you to test your fortune and gain wealth in exchange for a purely symbolic amount of money, spent on buying a ticket. But in order to confidently decide which lottery to win, you need to keep a few points in mind.:

• Drawn lotteries usually have a solid prize pool. They sometimes allow you to choose combinations of characters or numbers yourself., who are able to bring victory. Players, who follow statistics or know certain methods to increase the chance of a successful outcome, get priority. But you have to wait for the date of the draw.
• Instant lotteries provide a higher chance of winning a prize. But the winnings are much less. For impatient people, a significant advantage is the fact, that the results are known at the same hour, when the ticket was bought.

What are the odds of winning the lottery?

Based on the data that, what are involved in the game 90 barrels, and each ticket has two fields, in each of which 6 term, you can try to calculate the chances of winning in each round.

First tour

In the first round of the Russian Lotto wins a ticket, in which they match before everyone 5 numbers of any horizontal line.

Usually the first round ends at 6-7 running, in addition, most often from 1,5 million to 3 million tickets. So in the 1st round they win 1-5 man. In this way, the probability of winning already on the fifth move is approximately 1 chance of more than 7 million, i.e, about 0,00014%

Winning on turn 7 is more likely, but the chances of gaining from this still do not become tangible - approximately 1 chance out 350 thousand (about 0,0003%).

Second round

Second round ticket wins, in which they match before everyone 15 numbers of any of the two fields.

Winning immediately on the 15th move seems to be an even more difficult task, it's about 4,37-15%. In this way, the probability of winning the jackpot is quite small.

Usually the second round ends by move 40, at this moment the probability of winning in the Russian lotto grows to approximately 0,0002%.

Third round of the game

Third round wins a ticket, in which all numbers coincide before all.

The probability of winning already on move 41 is 4,69-13%.

The third round most often ends closer to the 63rd move, by this time, the probability of hitting the jackpot increases to about 0,0001%.

Follow-up tours

In other rounds, the chance to win grows pretty quickly. On move 86, about every fifth ticket wins, if there is an 87th move in the game - 1 ticket from 3,4, i.e, the probability of winning rises to about 29%, that is, by this time it is already possible to win at least something.

In this way, the probability of fraud in the "Russian Lotto" tends to zero, as the prize fund is reliably protected by the laws of mathematics.

What lottery to really win - what the statistics say

We looked at this issue from the perspective of probability theory. But you need to understand, that it works with a very large sample, about a million outcomes.

No other company has had such a large number of draws yet., therefore, lotteries are more interesting to consider from a statistical point of view.

The slogan

Under the brand name "Gosloto" 4 state lotteries, we will consider the most popular - "5 out of 36". Held daily 5 draws, and the total number of copies exceeded 8100.

The statistics are quite interesting:

1. Number of participants. Participates in each drawing from 10000 to 20000 tickets. At the same time, the largest number of participants falls on the evening draws.
2. Drawn amounts. If we talk about circulations, in which there is no jackpot, then payouts range from 300 000 to 800 000 thousand rubles.
3. Jackpot. The super prize is drawn on average every hundredth draw. That is, every 20 days another millionaire appears.

Russian lotto

One of the most popular and oldest lotteries in Russia. Draws are held once a week on Sundays.

The site provides the following statistics:

1. Number of participants. In the regular draw, from 2 500 000 to 3 500 000 tickets. In special, when remains 2 barrel, from 7 000 000. The first of January 2018 the record was set: in the drawing took over 45 000 000 participants.
2. Drawn amounts. On a typical day, played out 100 000 000 — 120 000 000 rubles. For special editions, the amount is doubled. The record belongs to the January edition - 2 125 000 150 rubles.
3. Not dropped barrels. Most often numbers remain in the bag 83, 76, 78, 70, 37.

Winning chance. This indicator depends on the missing numbers. There are no official statistics on the site. But by simple mathematical calculations, the following result will be obtained: 4 barrel - 20%, 3 — 30%, 2 — 40%.

Housing lottery

The name speaks for itself. All big prizes are real estate (country houses, cottages, apartments). The rules are exactly the same, as in "Russian Lotto". Only a lottery drum is used instead of a bag of barrels. Draw takes place once a week on Sunday.

The statistics for the draws are as follows:

1. Number of participants. It is lower, than in the more popular "Russian Lotto". For the standard - up to a million, for special draws - up to 2,5 million.
2. Drawn amounts. In the standard draw, the draw is up to 80 million rubles. The record belongs to the January special edition, during which more 310 000 000 rubles.
3. Non-falling balls. Balls numbered are the least likely to take part in the game. 18, 72, 11, 70, 37.

Golden Key

In the past, one of the most popular representatives, and the main competitor of "Russian Lotto". AT 2015 ceased to exist, for unknown reasons. We wanted to compare the statistics of the "Golden Key" with existing counterparts, but there is no information.

The only thing, what we managed to find was a loud mention of, that during its existence it was played 2000 prizes worth more than 1 million each.

Sportloto

Sportloto is the oldest representative on this list. Draws are held every 15 minutes. Sportloto does not boast of large amounts paid. The maximum possible amount is 10 000 000 rubles. Biggest win, found by me in the archive - 63 000 rubles.