Top 3 biggest winnings in the history of international lotteries
- The biggest jackpot in the world was drawn by the main rival of MegaMillions, famous American Powerball lottery in January 2016 of the year. As a result of the accumulation of the prize fund over several draws, its amount very soon exceeded one and a half billion dollars and reached $1,58 billion! How did Powerball reach such a significant amount so quickly?? This happened for several reasons.: primarily due to the starting mark of the jackpot in $40 million, increasing by tens of millions with each drawing, in which the main prize-winner is not registered; no limits on the jackpot amount, signifying, what, if no one guesses the winning combination, it can grow indefinitely; direct dependence of the jackpot amount on the number of tickets to the circulation - the higher the sales volume, the more willing the organizers are to add millions to the total prize pool. For this reason, even in the interval between draws, the jackpot can suddenly grow even more.. This happened with the May Powerball., when in just a day the prize amount is $390 million. took off to $450 million.
- Несмотря на практически нереальные шансы сорвать джек-пот лотереи MegaMillions по статистическим данным MUSL (1 to 175,711,538), when its amount reached $656 million. in March 2012 g., setting a world record, more than one managed to get millions, and three lucky people from different states at once! A fateful combination of 5 main numbers and an additional mega ball have been registered in the tickets of Illionis players, Kansas and Maryland. Согласно правилам MegaMillions, like most lotteries, the winner is given 180 days, в течение которых он может заявить свои права на выигрыш и получить сумму с помощью аннуитета, implying equal annual payments for 25 years old, или единовременной выплаты. Несмотря на потерю около 50% in case of choosing the latter, победители и обладатели крупнейшего выигрыша в лотерею предпочли «синицу в руках», becoming richer by $105 million each!
- The third place in the ranking of the largest jackpots in the world went to the pan-European EuroMillions lottery (EuroMillions). В июле 2011 Spouses Colin and Christine Weir from Scotland hit the biggest jackpot in Europe in the amount of £ 161.5 million., automatically being included in the list of the richest people in the United Kingdom, beating many local celebrities, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Elton John. Unlike younger compatriots who have won EuroMillions, who spent millions of pounds on drugs and parties, lucky couple bought luxury real estate, opened a charitable foundation and became a sponsor of talented athletes, including a 15-year-old racer and participant in the Eurocup, Gregor Ramsey.
Hopefully, this information will help you make the right choice among the many world lotteries and will be useful on the way to possible winnings.
