The largest lottery win in Russia
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In March 2009 year resident of Kolpino (suburb of St. Petersburg) Albert Begrakyan won the gosloto lottery jackpot 6 of 45. The winning amount was about one hundred million rubles. And today it is the largest jackpot in the history of Russian lotteries..
Albert Begrakyan with his wife and children came from Armenia to Russia in 2001 year. Fate was not always as favorable to him.. He first got a job as a security guard, then opened a store, after a while he became the head of a car service. But Albert always believed in his luck, and therefore periodically purchased lottery tickets.
He disposed of the received amount as follows: 30 invested million rubles in the construction of his own hotel in the Krasnodar Territory, bought several apartments in St. Petersburg, as well as cars for yourself and your relatives. I just spent some of it - on travel and other pleasant things. 2013 this is the biggest jackpot in Russia.
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1 june 2013 in the 585th draw of the state lot 6 of 45 two players match all six numbers. The first one made an expanded bet, and according to the receipt cost 3 780 won rubles 61 518 163 ruble. He bought his ticket at a cellular parlor. The second is a resident of the Krasnodar Territory – also played open bet. By receipt, bought for 1 260 he managed to win 60 917 821 ruble.
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In May 2009 year jackpot of 35 million rubles was won by Muscovite Evgeny Sidorov. Winning combination 27,8,31,22,4,7.
Fifty-year-old Eugene for many years, since Soviet times, he has played numerical draw lotteries. He invested the winnings in an agricultural business.
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AT 2001 year a resident of Ufa Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova became the owner of almost twenty-nine million rubles. She hit the Bingo jackpot. However, this win was not happy for her.. Read about her misadventures in the article the lucky ones are the losers..
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7 April 2013 year in the 1232nd draw of the state lot 5 of 36 a prize of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand rubles was received by the player, who bought a ticket online.
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In the 1253rd edition of the gosloto 5 of 36, which took place 8 May 2013 of the year, won a ticket, bought in Moscow. The winning combination consisted of the following numbers: 5,7,10,17,20. Amount - fourteen million rubles.
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JSC "Russian Railways" – monopolist in the rail transportation market, also organized its own lottery. To participate, you need to pay an additional one hundred rubles. And then the train ticket will become a lottery ticket too. Summer 2012 a prize was drawn – 11,5 million rubles. The winner was a businessman from Stavropol. And the amount, which he won, is the largest in the history of the Russian Railways lottery. The lucky man decided not to reveal his name.
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2 june 2013 year for the first time in the modern history of Sportloto 6 of 49 "one of the participants of the 23113rd draw won the super prize. He guessed everything 6 numbers and got 10 million rubles. Unfortunately, Russian Lotto lottery winners are not represented in this article, since the authors do not have any reliable information about them.
Winnings 2016 of the year
14 October, a street cleaner from Brussels won the European EuroMillions lottery 168 million euros, what was the biggest win in the history of the kingdom.
15 October, a resident of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg won the maximum prize in the international lottery Eurojackpot in the amount of 90 million euros. Eurojackpot lottery popular among residents 17 European countries. To hit the jackpot, players need to guess five numbers from 50 and two more additional numbers out of ten.
12 August, an Estonian resident won a record amount in the country's history during the Eurojackpot international lottery - 1,155 million euros. According to the state company Eesti Loto, this win is the largest in the history of lotteries in Estonia.
29 July, a resident of German Hesse won the Eurojackpot lottery 84,8 million euros. The lucky man managed to guess all the winning numbers
8 May Powerball Jackpot Winning Ticket 429,6 million dollars was bought in the US state of New Jersey. The probability of winning is 1 of 292,2 million.
26 March, a resident of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia won the Eurojackpot lottery 76,8 million euros.
5 In March, brothers James and Bob Stoklas from Pennsylvania, USA won Powerball more than 291 million dollars. However, the winnings were not quite evenly distributed.: lottery ticket brought to James 291,4 million, and Bob won 7 dollars.
27 February resident of Novosibirsk, participant of "Gosloto" 6 out of 45 ", became the owner of a record in the history of lotteries in Russia, the Gosloto super prize in 358 million 358 thousand 466 rubles. He took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which the winner made in one of the city's lottery kiosks, cost 1800 rubles. The record fell on the 1885th circulation.
15 february national operator of UK lotteries Camelot confirmed, that the United Kingdom's filed won almost 25 million pounds sterling in the largest European lottery Euromillions.
12 February a bunch of Dublin friends shared the EuroMillions jackpot by 132 million euros with a French resident. The winners received 66 million euros.
13 января американская лотерея Powerball разыграла самый большой джек-пот в мире. The winning amount was 1,6 billion dollars. He was won by three tickets, the owners of which divided the winnings among themselves. Chances of winning each ticket, participating in the drawing, were 1 on 292 million. Florida couple is one of three winners. We are talking about 70-year-old Maureen Smith and 55-year-old David Kaltschmidt. They agreed with the organizers of the lottery on a lump sum payment in 327 million dollars. John and Lisa Robertson from Tennessee have chosen a similar strategy.. Another winning ticket was sold in California, but who bought it, unknown.
"We didn't feel like millionaires"
- Lotteries let you live your dreams. My father buys these tickets all his life. And never checks right away, is there a win. I ask: "Dad, why do you need that? There is no sense ... "And he told me: “I walk and think: can, I won. And so good ", - says Maxim Nikityuk from Omsk.
His father has never had any luck. And to Maxim himself in 2015 a ticket bought by accident brought a million rubles.
- It was an accident. Walking with a newborn son, wife in store, and we are waiting for her at the lottery kiosk. I buy a ticket for the first time in my life - just in my pocket 50 rubles lying around. And then I forget about him, - recalls Artem in a conversation with the correspondent of "Pravmir".
A week later, Nikityuki found a ticket in a baby carriage. Checked, before throwing away. And there the win is an apartment. Keys are not given to anyone after the lottery. According to the rules, the winner receives the par value of the property. In Maxim's case, it was a million rubles.. He and his wife confess, that the news shocked them.
Maxim believed in the reality of what was happening already in Moscow - he wrote a statement, gave the ticket for verification and began to wait. A month later, the promised money was transferred to his bank card - the entire amount at once.
- The loved ones were very happy for us. But I think, there were those, who hated me after winning. I felt it, - recalls the winner.
Maxim Nikityuk. Photo from the site chel.kp.ru
Previously, the Nikityuk family did not have such big money. Maxim and Natasha got married a year ago, raised a son. He worked in the ventilation and heating systems workshop, where he serves to this day. Saving up for housing - saving from wages, sold the car to Maxim and Natasha a room in a hostel. Hoping to buy a one-room apartment in Omsk.
- We didn't feel like millionaires. Did not make it. Immediately invested almost the entire amount in the purchase of an apartment. Thanks to the win, there was enough for a three-room. The remaining money was spent on repairs. is he, by the way, still going on. We live, as everybody: home-work-home. Moreover, taking care of his son - he already goes to kindergarten, makes us happy.
The lottery became a salvation from the future mortgage. Maxim and Natalia thought about her, planning to buy a small apartment. Hoped, that with the help of a mortgage loan they will improve living conditions, when their boy grows up and needs a separate room.
Maxim Nikityuk was presented with lottery tickets after winning. But he was not so lucky anymore. For about three months, he and his wife exchanged small amounts for new tickets., and then they stopped.
- You can't think: once bought a ticket, you will definitely win. Too many participants, and even more - digital combinations. Much more chance, what's lucky in love. My wife and I were very lucky! - Maxim laughs.
$107 million
Brian McCarthy – man, who rarely plays the lottery, managed to hit the jackpot in size $107 million. This prize was brought to him 5 tickets, which he bought from one of the local ATMs. Such a major victory burst into his life very unexpectedly.. When Brian went to the ATM to withdraw cash, he wanted to play one of the famous lotteries in America Mega Millions. At the same ATM, he bought as many as five tickets. One ticket was lucky, he brought him the prize. Brian didn't want to pick the numbers himself, but relied on a random number generator.
The young man was able to pick up the money he won there., where did I buy the lottery. When he came, he deliberately kept silent about, what does, where does he work. However, later it turned out, that he is the son of the owner of a large hotel chain Marriott. In this way, son was able to replenish, the already considerable state of the family for a "modest" amount. Brian decided to take his winnings in one payout (without stretching payments for many years). Sure, in this case he had to pay heavy taxes. He immediately bought a new car and decided to take up tourism..
At the time, Mega Millions was run using the formula, where it was necessary to indicate 5 balls from 56 and 1 of 46. This lottery is in great demand in America, everyone plays it. At the same time, the jackpots in it are truly huge. They start with 12 million dollars, the cost of the ticket is extremely symbolic and amounts to $1.
Winning combination: 12/17/30/35/47 and MB 26
