In 2017, a resident of the city of Sochi received the largest (by far) lottery win in our country. Want to know how much they gave him? We will tell you about it. The article will also list the largest winnings in Russia, interesting facts about them and the rating of winners.
The Russian Federation is famous for a huge number of people who consider risk a noble cause. Our compatriots are trying to catch luck by the tail in many ways. Practice has shown that fortune smiles on the most risky and courageous people. In order to hit the jackpot in the lottery, courage to possess is not necessary. And those who were born a desperate person can believe in the gain. Anyway, but some lucky ones succeeded. We present to your attention a list of the biggest lottery winnings in Russia.
9th place. Lucky Samara
Our rating of the lucky is opened by Alexander Osterenko - a resident of the Samara region. He suddenly made a fortune of two and a half million rubles. In one of his interviews, Alexander said that in 2011 he spontaneously decided to buy a lottery ticket at one of the branches of the Russian Post. Erasing the protective layer, the young man was very much surprised when he saw a 7-digit win amount! A little later it became known that the Samaritan spent money on the purchase of an apartment. And this is a very reasonable financial management.
8th line. Unknown lucky from Russian Railways
Practice has shown that you can become a millionaire by purchasing a ticket at the box office of Russian Railways. Once an unknown passenger of the railway indicated his ticket number in the lottery form. Soon it became known that he won 11 million rubles. About a crescent moon, they were looking for this lucky one to hand a decent amount. Statistics have shown that this payout is the largest lottery win in Russia under Russian Railways.
After some time, it became known about the next lucky one. This time the Railroad was supposed to pay a prize of 8 million rubles. The media did not know anything about the copyright holder of the previous prize. And in the second case, it became known that 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 buying the same happy ticket.
7th place. Jackpot for Hope
The next major gain, 29 million rubles, went to the last day of 2001, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova and her husband. The couple won the Bingo Show. On the eve of the game, the couple purchased 6 tickets. At that time, husband and wife were unemployed. Unfortunately, the largest lottery win in Russia (at that time) did not bring the slightest happiness to the family.
First, the Mukhametzyanov bought an apartment and two cars produced by a domestic automobile plant. But, to the great regret of the relatives, the remaining amount was spent on slot machines and alcohol. Failures seemed to haunt the family, demanding retribution. Cars during the terrible accident were no longer subject to recovery. After some time, a fire occurred in the apartment. The fire destroyed the housing completely.
Thus, Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova (star of television screens in 2001), became an ordinary poor woman. Five years later, she ingloriously passed away, having acquired a trophic ulcer on the eve.
Having survived a lot of tragic events, the husband of Nadezhda quit addiction. Today he lives modestly, helping his young sons.
And we continue our list of the largest lottery winnings in Russia.
6th place. Rich locksmith Eugene
This time, luck smiled at the Moscow worker - Evgeny 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 acquired the status of a millionaire in an instant!
Eugene ordered a large amount very reasonably. He moved with his family to the Lipetsk region, where he was born. There, the idea occurred to him to do business. Today, the Sidorov family has its own farm. But that is not all. Eugene learned to breed carps. Now his hobby brings him income. In one of his interviews, he said that the winnings were spent not only on his own needs. For example, in the village the road is now repaired at the expense of the lucky one. In addition, he ordered the cleaning of local ponds and cowsheds. Today, a happy businessman lives in unison with his family in a new and beautiful house. He recently bought a car Nissan Navara, which he dreamed of for several years.
In the same 2009, it became known about the next largest lottery win in Russia. We will talk about this later.
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 of 45” is one of the largest payments to the winner. The probability of such a win is 1 in 800 million. Albert Bekraghyan spent 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, the man built a hotel. He invested almost half of the gain in it, and 16 million was spent on the purchase of real estate in the Northern capital. Bekragyan invested about 15 million rubles in repairs in the capital's apartment. And then he bought a premium car for himself, and also purchased a vehicle for his father. He also bought an apartment for his sister. He gave the next 12 million to friends and relatives, donated the last 2 million rubles to charity.
We continue to consider the list of the largest lottery winnings in Russia. And from the Northern capital we are 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 a jackpot of 184 million rubles. At that time, this amount was considered the largest lottery win in Russia. Enriched the man with the Gosloto lottery.
Valery recalls the time when he contributed 810 rubles for a long-run rate. He was in no hurry to pick up the prize, because he could not believe the amount of the win. 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 learn about this very soon.
3rd place. Lucky from Nizhny Novgorod
As it became known, in 2014, a lucky person from Nizhny Novgorod named Mikhail became the owner of another major win. In the fall, Mikhail gained the status of a millionaire, having received two hundred million rubles. Becoming a rich man helped a small rate of 700 rubles. To date, the media do not have any other information about the winner.
Honorable second place. The richest siberian
March 2016 literally made rich a resident of Novosibirsk. In the Gosloto lottery, the man won almost 360 million rubles. He took part in three runs at once.
In one of the city lottery kiosks, the Siberian made a bet worth 1800 rubles. For money, the 47-year-old doctor arrived only a few weeks later 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 would also promote his own business. Sibiryak also said that he would help those who really need financial support.
Lucky of the lucky
We have come to the top of the rating of the largest lottery winnings in Russia. When and by whom was the previous record updated? In May 2017, a resident of Sochi became a millionaire overnight, winning nearly 365 million rubles at Gosloto, slightly ahead of Novosibirsk Nikolai. To date, this gain is recognized as the largest for our country. The man spent only 700 rubles on a ticket.
For clarity, we present you a table of Russian lucky ones.
No. p / p | Amount | The owner |
| 1. | 365 million rubles | Resident of Sochi |
2. | 360 million rubles | Nikolay from Novosibirsk |
3. | 200 million rubles | Mikhail from N. Novgorod |
4. | 184 million rubles | Valery from Omsk |
5. | 100 million rubles | Albert from St. Petersburg |
6. | 35 million rubles | Eugene from Moscow |
7. | 29 million rubles | Hope from Ufa |
8. | 11 million rubles | Unknown passenger of Russian Railways |
9. | 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, a 55-year-old resident of Virginia, Andrew Jackson Whittaker from Hinton, won an individual win of $ 341 million! He told one of the local television channels that he had bought a ticket at a supermarket. Under the law, such a big win, the winner was supposed to receive in parts. However, Andrew wanted to get the amount right away. To do this, he paid the tax and received in his hands only 114 million dollars.
Thus, the amount provided the man and his family a well-fed and cheerful life.
Finally
The article talked about the biggest lottery winnings not only in Russia but also in America, as well as a list of winners, interesting facts from their life were told.