The seven biggest lottery wins. Interesting facts
Editor's responseJanuary 29, 2000 waitress Cynthia Jay won 35 million dollars on a slot machine One-armed bandit" Who managed to break Cynthia's record and under what circumstances lucky tickets are purchased - says AiF.ru.
1165 years of waitressing
Cynthia worked as a waitress. She decided to stop by the casino after her work shift. She was not going to play big - the girl had only 27 dollars in her pocket. Despite this, she took the risk of playing “The One-Armed Bandit.”
Losing dollar after dollar, the girl was already thinking about leaving, when suddenly a loud sound was heard, notifying the entire casino that the jackpot had been won.
The slot machine on which Cynthia played was part of the unified Megabucks system. Interest was paid into it from the money lost on many other slot machines, which in total amounted to a jackpot of $34,959,458. Thus, Cynthia Jay became the owner of the largest winnings at that time in slot machines in the world. In order to earn that amount as a waitress, she would have to work 1,165 years.
Unfortunately, the girl did not enjoy the unexpected wealth for long. Just a few months after winning, she was seriously injured in a car accident and ended up in a wheelchair. In an interview, Cynthia said that she would trade all her money for the opportunity to walk and work as a waitress as before.
74th birthday gift
May 27, 2002 elderly American Johanna Hoindl decided to celebrate her 74th birthday in Las Vegas. After visiting several casinos, she went to play a slot machine at the Baileys Hotel. There she won the $22.6 million jackpot the first time. The winnings have been accumulating since that same waitress Cynthia played on “The One-Armed Bandit.”
With the money she won, Yohana decided to travel around Europe and also renovate her home.
Waiting for the match
A 25-year-old programmer from Los Angeles managed to break Cynthia's record in March 2003. For security reasons, he wished to keep his name and other personal information confidential.
The young man did not know what to do with himself before the start of the basketball match, and decided to throw a couple of coins into the slot machine. At first, the lucky guy mistook his luck for a glitch in the program and intended to leave with nothing. However, casino workers stopped him and explained that he had actually won about $40 million.
$90 million for the love of a hot dog
Winning the lottery far exceeds the slot machine jackpot. Most often, several people win lotteries at once, and they divide the money they win into equal parts among themselves. This happened with the biggest win in the world. Two US residents won $363 million in the Big Game lottery in May 2000. According to one of the lucky ones Larry Ross, he had never played the lottery before. He had to buy a lucky ticket in order to exchange money for a hot dog.
However, after paying all taxes, each person was left with “only” $90 million.
"Lucky" ticket
The record holder for individual winnings was American Andrew Jackson Whittaker is a 55-year-old construction firm director from Hinton, West Virginia. He got the most big win in a world that did not have to be divided between participants - $314 million.
Andrew purchased his lucky ticket in a regular supermarket in December 2002. According to US law, such a large winning must be paid in installments. But Whittaker wanted to get everything at once and ended up overpaying taxes. He received about $114 million in his hands - quite enough for a comfortable life.
Andrew didn't skimp on his money. He left $500,000 to the woman who sold him the winning ticket. Several churches were built with his donations. The American even founded his own charitable foundation, to which he contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars every month.
But he, like Cynthia, suffered misfortunes. Part of the winnings was stolen, which was not the worst thing. Andrew's 17-year-old granddaughter died in 2004, and he lost his daughter in 2009. Now the winner of the biggest prize is lonely and unhappy. He blames the “lucky” lottery ticket for everything.
The biggest win in Russia
In our country the most a large amount A native of Armenia won the lottery in 2009 Albert Begrakyan, living in St. Petersburg.
He got the jackpot of the All-Russian State Lottery: 100 million rubles. The winning ticket cost the lucky winner 840 rubles.
Albert came to Russia in 2001 with his wife and two daughters. He played the lottery regularly. The money he won lasted only two years.
Russia is a country of risk-takers, those who are not averse to trying their luck once or twice in a wide variety of ways. It’s not for nothing that the phrase “he who doesn’t take risks, doesn’t drink champagne” has taken root among people. And sometimes, fortune really smiles on the brave and desperate. To participate in the lottery, of course, you don’t need to have great courage, but you need to be a desperate enough person to believe in winning. But these people succeeded! 🙂
WuzzUp presents to your attention the 10 luckiest people in Russia who managed to win a fortune in the lottery.
10. Yuri Ivanov from Tolyatti - 952 thousand rubles
In 2008, Togliatti resident Yuri Ivanov unexpectedly practically became a millionaire. This happened on the eve of Epiphany, when the man was playing another lottery. According to the owner of the amount of 952 thousand rubles, he saw the winning numbers in a dream. Yuri waited for 23 years for fortune to knock on his window. Over all these years, the player thought through different strategies for winning, and then the day came when the lucky one was able to guess all the numbers. Ivanov did not say what he would spend the winnings on, but assured that he would use it wisely. The Togliatti resident plans to continue playing the lottery, as he is confident that he will be able to win an even larger amount. Well, let's wish him good luck.
9. Uralets from the village of Vargashi, Kurgan region - 1 million rubles
A Ural resident from the village of Vargashi, Kurgan region, never expected to become a millionaire on Christmas Eve. This happened on January 6, 2008. It was on that day that a resident of the village decided to play the lottery and hit the jackpot of 1 million rubles. In an instant, the man became the richest in the village. By the way, this is the biggest lottery win in such a remote area from Russian capital. Before this, villagers managed to win no more than 200 thousand. The owner of the million chose not to disclose his name, and accordingly, nothing is known about how the money was spent.
8. Alexander Osterenko from the Samara region - 2.5 million rubles
In 2011, a resident Samara region Alexander Osterenko unexpectedly became a millionaire, winning the amount of 2.5 million rubles. The idea came to buy a lottery ticket at the post office young man spontaneously. When Alexander began to remove the protective layer, he was very surprised to see the printed amount. Osterenko used the money wisely, buying an apartment for himself.
7. Unknown train passenger - 11 million rubles
As practice shows, you can become a millionaire simply by buying a Russian Railways ticket. So an unknown train passenger, having indicated his train ticket number on a lottery ticket, became the lucky owner of 11 million rubles. The lottery winner was sought for about two weeks to be awarded a cash prize. This is the biggest win in the Russian Railways lottery in Russia. True, a little later a considerable amount was also won from Russian Railways - 8 million rubles. If nothing is known about the first lucky winner, then there is some information about the second owner of millions: the money went to a pensioner in the Kemerovo region, who asked not to disclose any information about her to the media. We can only say with complete confidence that these passengers purchased lucky tickets in the literal sense.
6. Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova - 29 million rubles
Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova, together with her husband, in 2001, on December 30, became the owner of 29 million rubles, hitting the jackpot in the Bingo Show. One of the six tickets the family purchased on the eve of the game brought good luck. Unemployed spouses never even dreamed of such a fabulous sum. Alas, one of the most big wins did not bring happiness to the lottery. The money was spent on the purchase of housing and the purchase of two cars from the domestic automobile industry, but most of The couple managed to spend the sums on slot machines and booze. The purchased cars were destroyed in an accident, and the apartment burned down in a fire. Soon the millionaire who appeared on television turned into a beggar. Five years later, Nadezhda died, having developed a trophic ulcer. After this, the deceased’s husband stopped drinking and now leads a reclusive life with his remaining sons.
5. Muscovite Evgeny Sidorov - 35 million rubles
In the spring of 2009, Muscovite Evgeny Sidorov won 35 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. The bet cost the man 560 rubles. An ordinary mechanic became a millionaire in an instant. The man decided to use his winnings very wisely: together with his family, he went to his homeland, the Lipetsk region, where he decided to start a business. Now Evgeniy has his own farm; in addition, the millionaire is engaged in breeding carp. The man spent the winnings not only on his own needs: in his native village, Sidorov repaired the road, and also cleaned the local cowsheds and ponds. The newly minted businessman lives happily with his family in his new home and drives the Nissan Navara that he has dreamed of buying for so long.
4. Albert Begrakyan - 100 million rubles
In 2009, fortune smiled on Albert Begrakyan, a resident of the Leningrad region, and he became the owner of a large sum of money - 100 million rubles. This is one of the biggest wins in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery, where the probability of winning is 1 in 8 million. The millionaire spent all his finances in just two years. Albert provided a full report on how such money was spent large sum. The man invested about half of the money he received in the construction of a hotel, about 16 million was spent on purchasing real estate in St. Petersburg, and about the same amount was spent on renovating the acquired St. Petersburg apartment. The rest of the amount was spent on purchasing a premium car for myself and buying a car for my father. The generous millionaire also bought an apartment for his sister, loaned out about 12 million to friends and donated about 2 million to charity.
3. Valery T. from Omsk - 184 million rubles
Valery T. from Omsk hit the jackpot of 184 million rubles on February 10, 2014. This is one of the biggest lottery wins of all time. Valery was made happy by the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery when he made a multi-draw bet in the amount of 810 rubles. The winner was in no hurry to receive the prize, as he was stunned by the announced amount of winnings. It is known that after hitting the jackpot, a resident of Omsk was planning to move from hometown to warmer regions and buy housing there for yourself and your family.
2. Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod - 200 million rubles
The biggest lottery win went to Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod. The lucky guy hit a big jackpot of 200 million rubles in the fall of 2014. A bet of only 700 rubles helped the man become a millionaire overnight. It was never possible to find out any specific information about the lucky one.
1. Resident of Novosibirsk - 358 million rubles
A resident of Novosibirsk became the owner of the largest winnings in Russia in history. The lucky one won 358 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery on February 28, 2016. The winner chose to remain incognito.
November 5 resident Voronezh region 506 million rubles in the lottery, this is the largest win in the entire history of Russia, the Stoloto lottery operator company reported on Sunday.
On November 2, a resident of the American state of North Carolina, Kimberly Morris, won more than a million dollars on one day. The woman was offered to receive the entire amount in the form of payments of 50 thousand dollars over 20 years, or take 600 thousand immediately. Morris chose a lump sum payment and after deducting all taxes, she took home almost 420 thousand.
On August 24, a winning ticket for the American Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $758.7 million in Massachusetts, the exact location was not announced.
On April 11, a family from the French city of Dijon entered the EuroMillions lottery, receiving 83.4 million euros with a lottery ticket price of 2.5 euros. The lucky ones' chances of winning such a prize were 1 in 116 million.
On October 15, a resident of Baden-Württemberg Eurojackpot maximum prize of 90 million euros. The Eurojackpot lottery is popular among residents of 17 European countries. To win the jackpot, players need to match five numbers out of 50 and two additional numbers out of ten.
On August 12, a resident of Estonia won 1.155 million euros during the Eurojackpot international lottery draw. According to the state company Eesti Loto, this win is the largest in the history of lotteries in Estonia.
On July 29, a resident of Hesse, Germany won 84.8 million euros in the Eurojackpot lottery. The lucky winner managed to guess all the winning numbers
On May 8, the winning ticket in the Powerball lottery with a jackpot of $429.6 million in the US state of New Jersey. Odds of winning: 1 in 292.2 million.
March 5, brothers James and Bob Stoklas from the American state of Pennsylvania. However, the winnings were not distributed quite evenly: the lottery ticket brought James 291.4 million, and Bob won $7.
On February 27, a resident of Novosibirsk, a participant in “Gosloto “6 out of 45”, “Gosloto” worth 358 million 358 thousand 466 rubles. He took part in three draws. His lucky bet, which the winner made at one of the lottery kiosks in the city, cost 1800 rubles. The record came in the 1885th edition.
On February 15, UK lottery operator Camelot confirmed that the UK had filed almost £25 million in Europe's largest lottery Euromillions.
On February 12, a group of friends from Dublin won the European EuroMillions lottery in the amount of 132 million euros with a resident of France. The winners received 66 million euros.
On September 19, a winning ticket for the major American lottery Powerball worth $399.4 million was played at a gas station in the US state of South Carolina.
On August 25, media reported that a resident of Switzerland contributed 93.6 million euros to the popular European lottery EuroMillions. This is the biggest win for Switzerland.
On August 8, the organizers of the American lottery Powerball announced that three tickets with lucky numbers were sold in the states of New Jersey and Minnesota, in the amount of $448 million.
On June 5, the organizers of the Powerball lottery in May. She became 84-year-old Gloria McKenzie from Florida. She bought a lottery ticket at a supermarket in Zephyrhills, Florida, where only 13 thousand people live. She had the option of choosing annual payments or a lump sum payment. By choosing the latter, Mackenzie received only $370.8 million instead of the $590.5 million that was her nominal winnings. Mackenzie became the owner of the largest win in US history by one person.
On June 1, in the 585th draw of “Gosloto “6 out of 45””, the accumulated super prize equal to 121 million 835 thousand 582 rubles was shared by two participants - a resident of Perm Valery (60 million 917 thousand 821 rubles) and a resident of Volgograd Olga (61 million 518 thousand 163 ruble).
On May 28, a UK resident won more than 81 million pounds (almost 95 million euros) in the pan-European EuroMillions lottery. The anonymous winner immediately became 908th on the list of the richest Britons.
On April 26, media reported that a resident of the American state of New Jersey, 44-year-old Pedro Quezada, received a Powerball lottery ticket. After paying all the necessary taxes, Quezada was left with about $152 million.
On April 6, two residents of Belgium shared 26.5 million euros in the European lottery EuroMillions.
On November 29, the organizers of the American Powerball lottery reported that two US residents who bought winning tickets amounted to $580 million.
On November 14, a French resident won one of 169.8 million euros in the pan-European Euro Millions lottery.
On November 6, Australia's biggest jackpot was shared by four winners. The OZ lotto winnings totaled AUD 112 million.
On September 18, in the 477th draw of Gosloto “6 out of 45”, the accumulated super prize for detailed bets, equal to 152 million 723 thousand 884 rubles, was divided among four participants.
On August 11, a UK resident won the pan-European lottery Euromillions, which amounted to £148 million (€190 million).
On March 31, one of the largest Mega Millions jackpots was $656 million, shared by three people from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri.
On March 7, 81-year-old resident of the American state of Rhode Island, Louise White, played the popular US $210 million Powerball lottery. The night before the drawing, she put the winning ticket in the Bible and slept with it.
On February 29, a resident of the Croatian city of Dubrovnik in 13.4 million kuna (about 2.3 million dollars) after 30 years of weekly purchases lottery tickets and marked the same numbers in them.
On February 15, local media reported that a resident of the Chinese province of Sichuan won almost $42 million in the lottery. The Chinese Fuli Caipiao lottery center reported that a resident of Chengdu, the administrative center of Sichuan Province, won 200 million yuan ($41.3 million) in the Bicolor Ball lottery. The lucky winner of the prize had to pay a tax of 50 million yuan ($7.9 million), and he voluntarily donated another 10 million yuan ($1.6 million) to charity.
On January 27, a lottery prize of 4.872 million euros was drawn. The lucky one guessed a combination of seven numbers and an additional number. Payment for the ticket was made in the city of Maribor.
The material was prepared based on open sources
TASS DOSSIER. November 5, 2017 official website of the Russian distribution company state lotteries"Stoloto" reported that a resident of the Voronezh region won the 1204th lottery draw. Russian lotto"506 million rubles. This is the largest jackpot in the history of lotteries in the Russian Federation. The lottery organizer is the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, the operator is State Sports Lotteries JSC.
The previous Russian record was set on May 21, 2017. Then the organizers of the Stoloto lottery reported that the prize was 364 million 685 thousand 787 rubles. went to a resident of Sochi ( Krasnodar region). According to the Tax Code of the Russian Federation, the winner had to pay 13% of this amount to the treasury. Thus, the winner of the winnings received 317 million 277 thousand rubles. The lucky ticket was purchased for 700 rubles. The prize was drawn in the Gosloto 6 out of 45 lottery, which is also organized by the Russian Ministry of Sports.
In third place is the winning of a doctor from Novosibirsk. On February 29, 2016, he won 358 million 358 thousand rubles in Gosloto 6 out of 45. (after taxes - 311.7 million rubles). According to the winner, he regularly participated in this lottery for two years. The lucky bet cost him 1 thousand 800 rubles.
Fourth place goes to another resident of Novosibirsk. On May 30, 2017, he won a super prize of 300 million rubles in Gosloto 4 out of 20. (after taxes - 261 million rubles), played for the first time in the history of this lottery. He purchased his ticket on the lottery website for only 100 rubles.
In fifth place is the winnings of a resident of Nizhny Novgorod, who in August 2014 took the jackpot in the amount of 202 million 441 thousand rubles. in "Gosloto 6 out of 45". After deducting taxes, he should have had 175.7 million rubles left in his hands.
The biggest jackpot in the world
On January 13, 2016, the organizers of the popular Powerball lottery in the United States announced that three winning tickets for a jackpot of $1 billion 586.4 million. This is the most big jackpot in the world in the history of lotteries, but not the largest single winnings taking into account taxes. The winners were two married couples from Munford, Tennessee, and Chino Hills, California, as well as a retiree from Melbourne Beach, Florida.
According to Powerball rules, the winner can receive the jackpot in installments over 29 years or become its owner immediately. In the latter case, the winning amount becomes approximately half as much, without taking into account taxes, which vary from state to state. Thus, if all three winners decided to take the winnings in their hands at once, each of them would receive $327.4 million, and taking into account taxes, only about 40-50% of this amount.
Before the Powerball draw in January 2016, the largest jackpot was won in the Spanish Christmas Lottery (Sorteo Extraordinario de Navidad) - it amounted to €720 million with a total prize pool of more than €2.5 billion. However, then the jackpot was divided between 180 winners.
Largest single lottery win
At the same time, the January 2016 record is not absolute in terms of the amount of winnings for an individual winner. The largest win in US history on a single ticket was $758.8 million. This amount was won in the Powerball lottery on August 23, 2017 by 53-year-old Mavis Wonczyk from Chicopee (Massachusetts).
In May 2013, a resident of Zephyrhills, Florida, USA, became the only winner of the $590.5 million Powerball lottery jackpot. She chose a lump sum prize, receiving $370.9 million before taxes.
Including taxes, the biggest single win (£148.7 million or €190 million) was won in the EuroMillions lottery in August 2012 by Adrian and Gillian Bayford from Haverhill in Suffolk, UK. A resident of the Portuguese city of Castelo Branco won the same amount in euros in October 2014, but in accordance with the law adopted in 2013, he had to pay 20% of taxes on this amount, i.e. he received only €152 million.
Most people dream of getting rich. They want to get a large fortune just like that, without spending much effort. And for some people, these dreams come true - they win big prizes in the lottery. There are few such people, but their winnings are often amazing. Now you can try your luck in international and foreign lotteries by purchasing a lotto ticket online. The largest the lottery can be "crazy" prize fund, and the winnings amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. We invite you to familiarize yourself with our rating top 5 "biggest lotteries in the world."
5th place - Transnational lottery "Eurojackpot" - Total prize fund - 90 million €, largest win - 90 million €
Eurojackpot is the most dynamically developing and young game in Europe. The lottery was founded in 2012, it instantly became transnational, where the main players were players from Europe.
More than a dozen EU countries participate in the Eurojackpot lottery, including
- Denmark,
- Finland,
- Estonia,
- Hungary,
- Germany,
- Italy,
- Iceland
- Lithuania,
- Latvia,
- Spain,
- Sweden,
- Slovenia,
- Norway,
- Netherlands,
- Croatia
- and the Czech Republic.
There are a total of twelve prize levels in the lottery.
The minimum jackpot is €10 million, and its maximum growth can reach up to €90 million.
Compared to other games, EuroJackpot is designed in such a way that the main prize finds its winner much more often. As a result, the lottery jackpot does not accumulate to the same level as EuroMillions, because it is won more often. The largest Eurojackpot jackpot was won on May 15, 2015, with the winner from the Czech Republic receiving €90 million. In September 2014, the winner from Finland managed to win €61,170,752.
4th place - Lottery in Italy “SuperEnaloto” - Total prize fund - 177.8 million €, largest win - 177.8 million €
SuperEnaloto is the main one national lottery Italy. The game has been around since December 1997. Draws are held on Saturdays, Thursdays and Tuesdays at 20:00, and the jackpots of this lottery are among the largest in the world. SuperEnalotto also holds the record for the longest period of growth in the prize pool, it lasted 8 months.
The SuperEnalotto prize pool can easily increase to infinity
during an unlimited number of draws, allowing it to accumulate huge sums and players to win millions of euros. The game is also very attractive for players, because winnings are not taxed, and winners have the right to claim their winnings in annual payments or in a lump sum.
At one of the Venice festivals, SuperEnaloto tickets were purchased by Madonna and George Clooney, the former even won 120 thousand €. And the largest lottery jackpot in October 2010 reached 177.8 million €, which is equal to 247 million dollars. It became the second largest jackpot in Europe.
3rd place - Transnational lottery "EuroMillions" - Total prize fund - 190 million €, largest win - 190 million €
The EuroMillions game was launched in 2004. She quickly gained popularity. Today it is biggest game in Europe. The large jackpot prize fund, which is growing due to the transfer of the prize fund, as well as the simplicity of the game, have made it possible to expand the number of participating countries to nine from 3 in 2004. EuroMillions was originally held in Spain, the UK and France, and has now been joined by Austria, Ireland, Andorra, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Portugal.
Winning EuroMillions could buy you everything - a piece of diamond-studded jewelry.
The minimum lottery jackpot is €15 million, but quite often it increases to over €100 million. EuroMillions has 13 prize categories, which allows players to count on a higher probability of receiving a prize. The largest prize won on at the moment is a jackpot of 190 million €. It has been won twice: in 2014 in Portugal and in 2012 in the UK. Colin and Chris Weir won €185 million in the UK in 2011.
2nd place - Lottery in the USA "Powerball" - Total prize fund - $600 million, largest win - $600 million
The American game Powerball is the strongest and main competitor to Mega Millions. The Powerball game was founded in 1988 and today it is the most important player in this market. The initial Powerball jackpot is $40 million. It has one of the largest jackpots in the world.
This amount has reached more than $500 million several times.
The lottery has a “Power play” function for an additional fee, which allows you to increase your winnings several times if you win. Tickets can be purchased at 45 American states, while players from all over the world can play Powerball by purchasing through a special service. Powerball drawing, as well as the presentation of prizes to lottery participants in nine prize categories, is carried out in Florida every Saturday and Wednesday at 23:00.
In May 2013, the Powerball game held a $600 million draw, which became the second-largest jackpot on record. Its sole owner was an 84-year-old retiree living in Florida.
1st place - US Lottery "Mega Millions" - Total prize fund - $1.5 billion, largest winnings - $656 million
Mega Millions is one of largest lotteries in the USA, it was founded in 1996. Today, the number of departments and states in which tickets are distributed is 45, giving Mega Millions almost universal coverage in the United States. The initial jackpots for this lottery are $15 million.
They even reached one and a half billion dollars several times.
The final win in this game, thanks to the presence of an additional win multiplier called Megaplier, can be increased up to five times.
Mega Millions players are offered to win in nine different categories, with drawings taking place every week on Fridays and Tuesdays at 11:00 p.m. This game has gone down in history forever, changing the idea of jackpots, because in March 2012 the amount of the main winnings reached $656 million. This jackpot became the largest in the history of lotteries!
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