A resident of Novosibirsk won 300 million rubles in the lottery. This was reported on the distributor's website. state lotteries in Russia "Stoloto". Such a large prize was raffled for the first time at Gosloto 4 out of 20. The winner purchased his ticket on the website for 100 rubles. After receiving the prize, the winner is obliged to pay taxes in the amount of 13 percent of the winnings and as a result will receive 261 million rubles.
AiF.ru talks about other big lottery wins in Russia.
2017 - 364 million rubles
On May 21, a resident of Sochi won 364 million rubles in Gosloto 6 out of 45. This win was recognized as a record for Russia. The ticket cost the owner 700 rubles. The winner has not yet applied for his rightful winnings.
2016 - 358 million rubles.
In March 2016, a resident of Novosibirsk won 358 million rubles in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which he made at one of the city's lottery kiosks, was worth 1,800 rubles. The 47-year-old physician applied for his winnings only a few weeks later. For the win he came with his best friend. After receiving the prize, the winner of the super prize announced that he would move to Moscow, buy big house and develop own business will also help those who need financial support.
2015 - 126 million rubles.
On May 29, 2015, a resident of the Kaliningrad region won a super prize equal to 126,925,038 rubles. The 37-year-old engineer said he would use the money to build a house and a playground. According to him, he has been fond of lotteries since childhood. Together with his grandfather, he bought tickets and dreamed of becoming famous throughout the country as a lottery winner.
In the same year, during the draw, more than 200 million rubles were divided among themselves by residents of the Murmansk region and the Stavropol Territory, who guessed six numbers out of 45. A resident of the Murmansk region won 102,293,526 rubles, while his bet was 2.8 thousand rubles. A lottery participant from the Stavropol Territory won 101,587,947 rubles, his bet was 1.8 thousand rubles.
2014 - 202 million rubles.
August 9, 2014 resident Nizhny Novgorod won 202,441,116 rubles. The winner came to draw up the winnings only a month later. He refused to comment on his incredible luck in the form of the country's largest win, citing a state of shock.
At the beginning of 2014, during the super prize drawing, a resident of Omsk received 184,513,482 rubles. Mine happy ticket he bought in one of retail outlets sales and issued a multi-circulation bet worth 810 rubles. He planned to spend the prize on the purchase big house by the water in a country with a warm climate.
2013 - 121 million rubles.
On June 1, 2013, in the 585th draw, the super prize, equal to 121,835,582 rubles, was shared by two participants at once - a resident of Perm, Valery (60,917,821 rubles), and a resident of Volgograd, Olga (61,518,163 rubles). Valery purchased his ticket during a business trip to Sochi. He planned to spend the amount of money won on the long-standing desire of the children - a big house, like the second winner. Olga also wanted to buy her own home on the Mediterranean.
2012 - 152 million rubles.
On September 18, 2012, in the 477th draw, the super prize, equal to 152,723,884 rubles, was shared by four participants. All of them made a detailed bet - marked more than 6 numbers in the playing field.
There are lottery lovers who buy tickets throughout their lives, while some do it from time to time. There are fans of poker and roulette. There are lucky people in the world who hit the jackpots.
The biggest wins in Russia
There are people who somehow miraculously managed to get big wins, some of them are from Russia. One hundred million rubles - just such a serious amount in 2009 was won by a resident of St. Petersburg in Gosloto. The surname of the winner is Albert Begrakyan.Thirty-five million were handed over to the Muscovite in the same 2009th. The lucky one turned out to be a fan of the lottery Evgeny Sidorov. But Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, who lives in Ufa, in 2001 received almost thirty million rubles, having acquired six lottery tickets before the New Year. By 2004, the winnings amounted to twenty-nine and a half million, and by 2001 - in the amount of eleven and a half million. There were many more wins, however, they were all smaller. .
The biggest win in Russian Lotto
TV game called " Russian loto» is a major television lottery. As with most of these lotteries, it all depends on the case, for someone happy, and for someone not. 
It is known that this company offers the biggest winnings, big prize fund. To date, no one has managed to get one hundred million. However, there are some very impressive wins. It is known that the largest winning was twenty-nine and a half million. The name of the lucky man was not announced by the company, it is only known that he is from the city of Yaroslavl. Since the surname is unknown, no one knows how this person disposed of such a considerable amount.
The biggest jackpots
Before today the largest was a jackpot of three hundred and ninety million dollars. It was drawn in 2007 in the USA in the Mega Millions lottery. In 2011, two residents of the United States managed to win the same lottery at once. The jackpot then amounted to three hundred and eighty million and was divided into two. 
Another American company, the organizer of the lottery, paid out a huge amount to the lucky winner who hit the jackpot. It's about the Powerball lottery. It happened in 2009, when a pensioner living in the state of South Carolina, having bought a lottery for a couple of dollars, received two hundred and sixty million. In the same lottery, the Americans hit jackpots in the amount of two hundred and eleven million and in the amount of two hundred and twelve million dollars.
In October 2010, the EuroMillions jackpot amounted to one hundred and thirteen million pounds, and the year before, a Spanish citizen received an amount equal to one hundred and twenty-six million euros.
There is another lottery - "SuperEnalotto", which twice set the record for winnings in Europe. Both of them were in 2009. In the spring, the Spaniard won one hundred and twenty-three million euros, and at the end of the summer this record was broken. An Italian from the village of Bagnone received almost one hundred and forty-eight million euros.
Big Poker Wins
Winnings in poker tournaments is not a rare occurrence. One of the biggest wins went to Jimmy Gold. The amount is twelve million dollars. Poker was played at the World Championship, which took place in 2006 in Las Vegas. Its participants at that time were almost nine thousand people. 
There is another record holder - Eric Seidel, who chose a specialization for himself - playing in tournaments. During his career he received at least fifteen million dollars. Jonathan Duhamel won nearly $9 million in 2010. Pius Heinz received almost the same amount in 2011.
Big winnings at roulette
Winning at roulette can only be counted lucky chance. You should not look at roulette as a way to earn money. It is known that in the long run everything is aimed at making money for the casino, otherwise it would not make sense for them. For every win, there are a lot of losses. 
However, big wins do happen. There are several well-known ones. Joseph Jaggers at the end of the nineteenth century won an amount close to three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. It happened in one of the Monte Carlo casinos. In the same nineteenth century, almost a million francs went to Charles Wells, also in Monte Carlo. He broke the bank.
A few months passed, and he again managed to "break the bank." Because of this, he was even suspected of fraud, but no one had any supporting evidence.
Gonzalo Garcia Pelayo in the nineties of the last century earned about two million dollars playing roulette. This amount was won by him in just two years.
Biggest lottery win
The largest total winnings in the lottery is recorded, like many records, by the Guinness Book of Records. This is an amount equal to three hundred ninety million dollars, which is equivalent to the amount of two hundred and eighty six million euros. 
It so happened that the jackpot was divided between two lucky people. It's amazing, but each of them managed to guess all seven two-digit numbers. One winner is from New Jersey, the other from Georgia. The win was recorded in 2007. It's about the Mega Millions lottery.
Thanks to such a huge win, the popularity of this lottery in the United States has gone up dramatically. In New York, more than a million lottery tickets were sold in one day.
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Probably, there is no such person who has never experienced luck by playing the lottery in his life. Having bought a ticket for a hundred rubles, everyone becomes a potential millionaire. But luck is a capricious thing, and not everyone has had a chance to win, but to win big prizes- lot of units.
Lotteries are played all over the world. In Russia, only 1-2% of the population participate in lotteries, for comparison: the share of players in France is 70% of the total population of the country, the USA - 63%. Such a small percentage of players in Russia is explained by the distrust of Russians in lotteries. But among these percentages there are also winners who hit large jackpots.
Most of the lucky ones try to remain anonymous and do not tell anyone about their winnings. And this, of course, is correct, because big money attracts many ill-wishers, as well as new and old friends, newly-made relatives. Below are the 7 biggest lottery wins in Russia.
Seventh place. A chidhood dream
On May 29, 2015, a 37-year-old resident of the Kaliningrad region won 126 million rubles in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was fond of lotteries as a child, since when he and his grandfather bought the first tickets for him, he dreamed of becoming famous winner lotteries. According to him, grandfather was very fond of lotteries, and when the drawing of prizes on TV began, everyone in the house fell silent.
The lucky one promised to use his winnings to build a playground for all the children in the area and, of course, for himself - a big house.
Sixth place. The shock of victory
184 million rubles won in the draw of 735 on February 10, 2014 of the 6 out of 45 lottery changed the life of one employee construction company from Omsk. I spent 800 rubles. He did not leave the house for three days, so he was affected by the shock of winning. The dream of the winner and the father of three children was to buy a big house by the sea in warm regions.
Fifth place. Anonymous Winner
August 2014 and the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery brought a prize of 202 million rubles to a 45-year-old resident of Nizhny Novgorod, who was shocked by the victory for a month. The victory cost him 700 rubles. In his interviews, he asked to remain anonymous, because at first he did not want to tell anyone about the win. All we know about him is that he is married and has two children.
Fourth place. One hundred rubles ticket
300 million rubles - such a win was waiting for a resident of Novosibirsk in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery on May 30, 2017. His lucky ticket cost only 100 rubles on the Stoloto website. Remarkably, the prize of more than 300 million rubles in this lottery was drawn for the first time.
Third place. Doctor not believing in his luck
On February 27, 2016, in the State Lottery 6 out of 45, the doctor from Novosibirsk was lucky, and he won a little more than 358 million rubles. The bet cost him 1800 rubles. For three weeks the winner was going to Moscow to win, all this time it seemed to him a dream. According to the doctor himself, he checked the ticket six times and could not believe his luck, only by calling the call center of the lottery organizer, he was able to verify the victory. The winner himself is not new to lotteries, he has been playing for about 2 years using his winning formula. In an interview with Stoloto, the Novosibirsk man said that he would spend part of the money on charity, as well as on developing his business and on real estate in Moscow.
Second place. Excitement around victory
On May 21, 2017, 364 million rubles were drawn in the 6 out of 45 lottery. The winner was a resident of Sochi, who spent 700 rubles on a bet in mobile application. The newly made millionaire is a worker of culture. Due to the huge excitement that arose around the win, it was customary for the family council to go for money all together, but they did not have enough money for tickets, so the winner did not take the winnings for a long time. According to her, she wanted to contribute a third of the money to the election fund. political party Communist Party.
More recently, it was considered the last big lottery win in Russia. But 2017 is rich in records.
First place. Modest retired millionaire
The largest lottery win in Russia belongs to a resident of the Voronezh region, who won a fabulous sum of 506 million rubles in the Russian Lotto lottery. So large sum was drawn on November 5, 2017 in a draw of 1204, and today is the largest lottery win in the history of Russia.
The organizers of the lottery searched for the 63-year-old winner for 2 weeks, as the lucky woman could not believe in her luck. “Russian Lotto” for the family is the best gift for the holidays,” notes the new millionaire. The Voronezh pensioner said that she would spend this money on helping her children and grandchildren, and also donate part of the money to charity.
Money can not buy happiness
Big lottery wins in Russia and abroad did not bring only happiness to everyone, there are those for whom the win turned out differently.
In 2001, unemployed spouses from Ufa became winners in the Bingo Show lottery and won 29 million rubles. However, the win did not bring happiness. Spouses for 5 years spent the entire prize. But the main misfortune was the death of one of the winners due to alcohol abuse. According to one version, everything was facilitated by new relatives and friends who appeared out of nowhere, who asked for money for their needs and soldered the spouses.
The winner of the lottery "6 out of 45" Albert Begrakyan, a resident of the Leningrad region, who won 100 million rubles, after 2 years was left with debts to the state. Albert invested in real estate, expensive cars, land for the construction of a hotel, but ended up with a debt of 4.5 million rubles to the state.
In 2006, one US citizen Abraham Shakespeare had an incident worthy of any crime drama. He had no time to win $ 30 million, as he had a lot of relatives. But the scammers are not left out. Shakespeare was approached by a lady who promised to help him manage his money properly. And she ordered: she transferred all the money to her account, and soon Shakespeare himself was found dead with two bullets in his chest.
Jack Whittaker was a prosperous businessman, family man, and philanthropist until he hit the big jackpot in 2002. Whittaker is addicted to alcohol gambling abandoned his family. Within a few years, his entire fortune was spent, and the business collapsed.
Jackpots in world lotteries
But even the largest lottery winnings in Russia cannot be compared with the main prizes in the lotteries of the world. American lotteries are big fans of lotteries, because the largest jackpots are played on American lotteries, such as Powerball and Mega Millions. So, the largest lottery winnings in the world belong to:
1. On August 24, 2017, an American won over $758 million in the Powerball lottery. This is the most big win this lottery and the lotteries of the world, which fell on one ticket. Interesting feature lotteries in that the prize can be received in installments over 29 years or taken immediately, but then the amount of the winnings will be significantly less (about 2 times).
2. On January 16, 2016, three Americans shared an all-time Powerball lottery win of $1.5 billion. The chance of winning was only 1 in 290 million.
3. In May 2014, a resident of the US state of Florida won the jackpot of the same Powerball lottery, which was 590 million US dollars.
How to win the lottery?
The question of how to win the lottery arises for all players. There is no definite way to win. Each winner has his own secret of success, but not everyone is ready to share it. Most argue that this is just luck and luck, others follow certain rules:
- They play with an expanded bet, i.e. choose more numbers than possible in regular rate. Of course, the expanded rate provides more investments, but the chance of winning increases.
- They participate regularly in lotteries and use the same combination all the time. They are waiting for the selected combination to bring the long-awaited prize.
- They play with friends, the so-called lottery syndicate. In this case, a group of people buys as many tickets of one lottery as possible, and if they win, they divide everything in half.
- Various mathematical formulas are used.
There are those who believe in happy Days, numbers, clothes, talismans. They buy tickets, choose numbers that are significant for themselves on the ticket, use various conspiracies to win.
The statistics of large lottery wins in Russia suggests that every year the number of their participants is growing, and so are the winnings. The probability of hitting the jackpot is negligible and depends on the specific lottery. For example, the opportunity to win in the Gosloto 5 out of 36 lottery is approximately 1 to 367 thousand, in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery - 1 to 8 million, in the Russian Lotto - 1 to 7 million.
If this article inspired someone to buy a ticket, remember that the winning percentage is very small, play for fun, maybe you'll get lucky.
Incredible Facts
Every week millions of participants seek to get tickets for various lotteries, which can bring a huge fortune.
Tickets for these lottos can be purchased at local stores or through Internet sites for little money. But you can win a huge number of banknotes which attracts millions of people around the world.
Who are they - lottery winners who have already hit their jackpot? How do they spend the money they win? And in general: do these amounts bring happiness?
Win by truck number
The first millionaire on our list is the 58-year-old Stephen Chica, whose winnings amounted to 1 million pounds. The lucky man bought a lottery ticket at a supermarket where he went shopping with his father in a private truck (Stephen is a truck driver).
And he just rewrote the lucky ticket number with the license plate of your truck.
Winning ticket brought 14 houses
Roy Gibney from England, city of Grimsby, won 7.5 million pounds. With this money he bought 14 houses close to hometown. In the best mansion he bought, he settled himself, enjoying his own green terraces, a casino, a jacuzzi, a lake, gym, summer houses and a lake in which he fishes.
By order of a multimillionaire, they built in his garden huge chessboard where does he play ancient game with your friends. And next to it is a pool, at the bottom of which you can see big numbers his winning number.
Winnings donated to charity
However, the lady gave the lion's share of her winnings to various funds. charities, namely for good purposes it took her 26 million pounds. Let's hope Margaret's kindness is appreciated.
The electrician won the lottery and went on a trip
In 2014 Matt Miles won the lottery at the age of 28 1 million pounds. Before that, he worked as an electrician, and after he got rich, he opened his own business with his brother. But first, Matt decided to have fun by traveling to Indonesia, Brazil and the United States.
The driver won money and spent everything on cars
And this is already Sharon Tirabassi - a single mother who lived in a small rented house and worked as a bus driver. But that's the life she had until Sharon won more 10.5 million dollars.
After the woman became a millionaire, she had a big house, several expensive cars, and she also began to wear exclusively branded clothes. In Sharon's house, parties became a frequent occurrence, she fell in love with traveling.
Unfortunately money is fast are over. Now the woman is a bus driver again and lives in a modest house. However, she managed to deposit undisclosed sums into her six children's accounts.
Winner's Greed
In 1993 Susan Mullins became the owner $4.2 million thanks to one of lottery draws. However, this case was unprecedented in that the woman did not want to withdraw the entire amount at once, but took it in parts for several years.
Susan became so accustomed to a luxurious life that her needs increased, and the money given out became sorely lacking. She borrowed large sums of money. When Susan's own $4.2 million dried up, the bank she borrowed money from sued her. for 154 million dollars!
Big scavenger win
Working as a scavenger Mike Carroll won the lotto in 2002 15 million dollars. Then Mike completely relaxed and plunged into the world of entertainment, expensive cars, dissolute life and cocaine. But, as you know, money loves an account. Wealth was enough for the lucky man exactly for 5 years.
Now Mike Carroll is back to work as a scavenger.
The real gain that ruined a man
Billy Harrpel was a preacher of one of the churches and worked in hardware store. He asked God for good luck for a long time, and apparently his prayers were answered: Billy won the loto 31 million dollars.
With this fortune, he bought up several expensive houses and cars. However, because of the money started argue relatives with him. As a result, the preacher went bankrupt and divorced his wife, after which laid hands on himself.
Divorce after winning
lottery win Denise Rossi made up 1.3 million dollars. Already at that time, Denise and her husband were in bad relationship, and after a big win, she decided to quickly get a divorce without telling her husband anything.
But the husband turned out to be "not a miss" and immediately suspected something. For two years he collected evidence that ex-wife deceived him and sued.
At Denise Rossi ex-husband judged all 1.3 million dollars.
In 2017, a resident of the city of Sochi received the largest (to date) lottery prize in our country. Do you want to know how much he was given? We will definitely tell you about it. The article will also list the biggest winnings in Russia, Interesting Facts about them and the rating of winners.
RF is famous huge amount people who consider risk a noble cause. Our compatriots are trying to catch luck by the tail different ways. Practice has shown that fortune smiles on the most risky and courageous people. In order to hit the jackpot in the lottery, courage is not necessary. And those who were born a desperate person can believe in winning. Whatever it was, but some lucky people succeeded. We bring to your attention a list of the biggest lottery winnings in Russia.
9th place. Lucky Samara
Our rating of the lucky ones is opened by Alexander Osterenko - a resident of the Samara region. He suddenly became rich by two and a half million rubles. In one of his interviews, Alexander said that in 2011 he spontaneously decided to buy lottery ticket in one of the branches of the Russian Post. Erasing protective layer, the young man was very surprised when he saw the 7-figure winnings! A little later it became known that the Samaran spent the money to purchase an apartment. And this is quite a reasonable disposal of finances.
8th line. Unknown lucky people from Russian Railways
Practice has shown that you can become a millionaire by purchasing a ticket at the Russian Railways box office. One day, an unknown railroad passenger indicated his ticket number on a lottery slip. Soon it became known that he won 11 million rubles. About a half-moon this lucky man was looked for in order to hand over a decent amount. Statistics showed that this payment is the largest lottery win in Russia under Russian Railways.
After some time, it became known about the next lucky man. This time Railway had to pay the winnings in the amount of 8 million rubles. The media did not learn anything about the owner of the previous prize. And in the second case, it became known that the finances went to the Kemerovo region. The pensioner who received the money asked not to disclose her personal data.
It remains only to dream of acquiring the same lucky ticket.
7th place. Jackpot for Hope
The next big win, 29 million rubles, went to Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova and her husband on the last day of 2001. Married couple became the winner of the Bingo Show. On the eve of the game, the couple purchased 6 tickets. At that time, the husband and wife were unemployed. Unfortunately, the biggest lottery win in Russia (for that period) did not bring the family the slightest happiness.
First, the Mukhametzyanovs bought an apartment and two cars produced by a domestic automobile plant. But, to the great regret of the relatives, the remaining amount was lowered to slot machines and alcohol. Failures seemed to haunt the family, demanding retribution. Cars in progress terrible accidents were no longer recoverable. Some time later, a fire broke out in the apartment. The fire completely destroyed the home.
Thus, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova (star of TV screens in 2001) became an ordinary impoverished woman. Five years later, she ingloriously passed away, acquiring a trophic ulcer the day before.
Having survived a lot of tragic events, Nadezhda's husband gave up his addiction. Today he lives modestly, helping his young sons.
And we continue our list of the biggest lottery wins in Russia.
6th place. Rich locksmith Eugene
This time luck smiled at the Moscow worker - Yevgeny Fedorov. In the spring of 2009, he won almost 40 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. The man recalls that at that time the rate cost 560 rubles. Thanks to luck, an ordinary locksmith in an instant acquired the status of a millionaire!
Eugene disposed of a large sum very wisely. He moved with his family to the Lipetsk region, where he was born. There he got the idea to go into business. Today the Sidorov family has its own farm. But that's not all. Eugene learned to breed carps. Now his hobby brings him income. In one of his interviews, he said that he spent the winnings not only on his own needs. For example, the road in the village has now been repaired at the expense of the lucky one. In addition, he ordered the cleaning of local ponds and cowsheds. Today, a happy businessman lives together with his family in a new and beautiful house. He recently bought a Nissan Navara car, which he had been dreaming about for several years.
In the same 2009, it became known about the next largest lottery winnings in Russia. We will talk about this further.
5th place. Enterprising Albert
In 2009, luck smiled at Albert Bekragyan, a resident of the Leningrad Region. The man won a large sum- 100 million rubles.
It is worth noting that in Gosloto 6 out of 45 this is one of the largest payments to the winner. The probability of such a win is 1 in 800 million. Albert Bekragyan used up his prize in just two years. In one of his interviews, he presented a report where he invested such a huge amount of money.
First, a man built a hotel. He invested almost half of the winnings in it, and 16 million went to buy real estate in the Northern capital. About 15 million rubles Bekragyan invested in repairs in the capital's apartment. And then he bought a premium car for himself, and also bought vehicle for his father. For sister he also bought an apartment. He gave out the next 12 million as a loan to friends and relatives, and donated the last 2 million rubles to charity.
We continue to consider the list of the biggest lottery winnings in Russia. And out northern capital moving to a large Siberian city - Omsk.
4th place. Lucky Omsk Valery
Not so long ago, namely in 2014 (February 10), a resident of the city of Omsk Valery hit the jackpot of 184 million rubles. At that time, this amount was considered the largest lottery win in Russia. The Gosloto lottery enriched the man.
Valery recalls the time when he deposited 810 rubles for a large-circulation bet. He was in no hurry to take the prize, because he could not believe the amount of the winnings. At that time, it was known that Valery was going to move from Omsk to Sochi, to buy housing for his family there.
What is the biggest lottery win in Russia? We will know about this very soon.
3rd place. Lucky from Nizhny Novgorod
As it became known, in 2014, a lucky man from Nizhny Novgorod named Mikhail became the owner of another big win. In the fall, Mikhail gained the status of a millionaire, having received two hundred million rubles. A small bet of 700 rubles helped a man become rich. Any other data about the winner of the tool mass media currently do not have.
Honorable second place. The richest Novosibirsk
March 2016 literally made a resident of Novosibirsk rich. In the Gosloto lottery, a man won almost 360 million rubles. He took part in three editions at once.
In one of the city's lottery kiosks, a Siberian made a bet worth 1,800 rubles. The 47-year-old doctor arrived for the money only a few weeks later, along with his best friend. During the award ceremony, he shared his thoughts with the organizers that he was moving to Moscow, where he would buy a huge house, and also promote his own business. Sibiryak also said that he will help those who are in great need of financial support.
Lucky of the Lucky
We have climbed to the top of the ranking of the largest lottery winnings in Russia. When and by whom was the previous record updated? In May 2017, a resident of the city of Sochi became a millionaire overnight, having won almost 365 million rubles in Gosloto, slightly ahead of Nikolai from Novosibirsk. To date, this win is recognized as the largest for our country. The man spent only 700 rubles on the ticket.
For clarity, we present you a table of Russian lucky ones.
No. p / p | Sum | Owner |
| 1. | 365 million rubles | Resident of the city of Sochi |
360 million rubles | Nikolai from Novosibirsk |
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200 million rubles | Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod |
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184 million rubles | Valery from Omsk |
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100 million rubles | Albert from St. Petersburg |
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35 million rubles | Eugene from Moscow |
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29 million rubles | Hope from Ufa |
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11 million rubles | Unknown RZD passenger |
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2.5 million rubles | Alexander from Samara |
Foreign experience
The United States of America is famous for the amounts that citizens win in lotteries. For example, 55-year-old Virginian Andrew Jackson Whittaker of Hinton won an individual winnings of $341 million! He told one of the local TV channels that he bought a ticket in a supermarket. According to the law, the winner had to receive such a large prize in installments. However, Andrew wanted to receive the amount immediately. To do this, he paid a tax and received only $ 114 million in his hands.
Thus, the amount provided the man and his family with a well-fed and cheerful life.
Finally
The article talked about the biggest lottery winnings not only in Russia, but also in America, and also presented a list of winners, told interesting facts from their lives.
