Many Russians who want to check their luck once or twice get lottery tickets. Indeed, sometimes luck is knocking at the doors of some players, and a fabulous amount of money falls like snow on your head. Reliable facts about major winnings speak for themselves and make people believe in fateful luck. However, lovers of games should not be so enticed, because the chances of winning are not so high. Among the few who were lucky, there are reasonable people who could manage finances skillfully. Another gift of fortune did not bring happiness and even selected the little that already was.
We present to the attention of curious people the biggest winnings in the lottery in Russia.
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Yuri Ivanov from Togliatti 952 thousand rubles
In 2008, a resident of Togliatti Yuri Ivanov unexpectedly almost became a millionaire. It happened on the eve of Baptism, when a man played in the next lottery. According to the owner of the amount of 952 thousand rubles, he saw the winning numbers in a dream. Yuri for 23 years, waiting for the fortune knock on his window. Throughout these years, the player has thought through different strategies for winning and now the day has come when the lucky guy could guess all the numbers. Ivanov did not say what he would spend on the money he won, but assured him that he would use it reasonably. To play in the lottery Togliatti is going on and on, as he is confident that he will be able to win even more money. Well, we wish him luck.
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Uralets from Vargashi village of Kurgan region 1 million rubles
Uralets from Vargashi village of Kurgan region did not expect that on Christmas Eve would be a millionaire. It happened on January 6, 2008.It was on that day that the resident decided to play the lottery and broke the jackpot of 1 million rubles. In an instant the man became the richest in the village. By the way, this is the biggest prize in the lottery in such a remote area from the Russian capital. Prior to that, the villagers could not win more than 200 thousand. The owner of the million preferred his name not to divulge, respectively, and about how the money was spent, too, nothing is known.
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Alexander Osterenko from the Samara region 2,5 million rubles
In 2011, a resident of the Samara region Alexander Osterenko suddenly became a millionaire, having won the sum of 2.5 million rubles. The thought of buying a lottery ticket in the mail came to the young man spontaneously. When Alexander began to remove the protective layer, he was very surprised to see the printed amount. Osterenko ordered the money intelligently, buying an apartment for himself.
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Unknown train passenger 11 million rubles
As practice shows, a millionaire can become just buying a ticket to the company RZD.So unknown train passenger , indicating in the lottery ticket the number of his railway ticket, became a happy owner of 11 million rubles. The winner of the lottery was looking for about two weeks to hand a cash prize. This is the biggest win in the lottery of Russian Railways in Russia. However, a little later in RZhD was also won a considerable sum - 8 million rubles. If nothing is known about the first lucky person, then about the second owner of millions there are some data: the money went to the pensioner to the Kemerovo region, which asked not to disclose any information about it to the media. One can only say with full confidence that these passengers have purchased happy tickets in the literal sense.
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Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova 29 million rubles
Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova together with her husband in 2001 on December 30 became the owner of 29 million rubles, having broken the jackpot in "Bingo-show".Good luck brought one of the six tickets purchased by the family on the eve of the game. Such a fabulous amount unemployed spouses did not even dream. Alas, one of the biggest winnings in the lottery did not bring happiness. The money was spent on the purchase of housing and the purchase of two cars of the domestic car industry, but most of the amount of the spouse managed to lower to the slot machines and booze. Purchased cars were broken during the accident, the apartment was burnt in the fire. Soon the millionaire who appeared on the television screens turned into a beggar. Five years later, Hope died, earning a trophic ulcer. After that the husband of the deceased quit drinking and is now keeping a reclusive way of life with his remaining sons.
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Moskvich Yevgeny Sidorov 35 million rubles
In the spring of 2009 Muscovite Eugene Sidorov won 35 million rubles in the Gosloto lottery. The rate cost the man 560 rubles. A typical locksmith became a millionaire in a moment. The man decided to use his winnings very sensibly: together with his family he went to his native land, to the Lipetsk region, where he decided to do business. Now Eugene own farm, in addition to this millionaire cares for carp. The man has not only won a win for his needs: in his native village Sidorov repaired the road, and also cleared the local barns and ponds. The newly-minted businessman lives happily with his family in the new house and drives a Nissan Navara car, the purchase of which he has long dreamed of.
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Albert Begrakyan 100 million rubles
In 2009 , a resident of Leningrad region , smiled fortune to Albert Behrakyan, and he became the owner of a large sum of money - 100 million rubles. This is one of the biggest winnings in the lottery "Gosloto 6 of 45", where the probability of winning is 1 to 8 million. The millionaire spent all his finances literally in two years. Albert gave a full report on what was wasted such a large amount. About half of the money the man invested in the construction of the hotel, about 16 million was spent on the acquisition of real estate in St. Petersburg, about the same amount spent on the repair of the purchased apartment in St. Petersburg. The rest was spent on purchasing a premium car for yourself, buying a car for your father. Also, a generous millionaire purchased an apartment for his sister, distributed about 12 million to his friends in debt, and donated about 2 million to charity.
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Valery T. from Omsk 184 million rubles
Valery T. from Omsk broke the jackpot in 184 million rubles on February 10, 2014.This is one of the biggest winnings in the lottery for all time. Valeria was happy with the lottery "Gosloto 6 of 45", when he made a large-circulation bet for 810 rubles. For the receipt of the prize, the winner was not in a hurry, as he was dumbfounded by the sum of the announced winnings. It is known that after the broken jackpot the inhabitant of Omsk was going to move from his native city to the edges warmer and buy there housing for himself and his family.
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Michael from Nizhny Novgorod 200 million rubles
The biggest prize in the lottery went to Mikhail from Nizhny Novgorod .Lucky broke a big jackpot in the amount of 200 million rubles, in the autumn of 2014.The rate of only 700 rubles helped the man overnight become a millionaire. Any specific data about the lucky beggar could not be found out.
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Novosibirsk resident 358 million rubles
Novosibirsk resident became the owner of the biggest prize in Russia in the whole history. Lucky won 358 million rubles in the lottery Gosloto on February 28, 2016.The winner chose to remain incognito.