Agree, it’s nice to suddenly get rich at any age (especially if there were no prerequisites for this), and even more so at the age of 84! A pensioner from Missouri is incredibly lucky! No, he did not participate in a bank robbery (what kind of robberies can happen at his age), nor did he play cards or roulette. He just bought a lottery ticket. And, Mama Mia - he was lucky - his winnings amounted to 254 million dollars. The lucky man's name is James Wilson. To celebrate, the American, generous and kind by nature, divided the prize between his sons, who were in great need of money, since at that time they were unemployed.
No. 14. 2002 winnings - $314.9 million
Jack Whittaker from West Virginia gave himself a significant gift for Christmas. He became the owner big win- a cash prize of over $300 million. However, the money did not benefit the winner. Jack was robbed twice. But he himself turned out to be a criminal type: in his house the police found the body of a boy who died from a drug overdose. Jack's wife admitted that after winning the lottery, their life went awry, and it would be better if this grimace of fortune passed them by. Yes, you need to be careful with easy money. Maybe you should donate some of the money to charity?
No. 13. Winning 2005 - $340 million
One ordinary American named Steve West once decided to play the lottery "". And, lo and behold! fell on him from the sky impressive winnings- millions of dollars! The game consists of the participant having to guess several numbers. If everyone is correct, the person wins. The beauty of the story is that Steve chose the numbers in random order and hit the bull's eye!
No. 12. Winning 2000 - $363 million
The top prize on that famously warm May day has risen to $363 million. At that time, this amount became the maximum jackpot in the entire history of the lottery business in the world. Two people won - citizens from the states of Michigan and Illinois. They decided to get their winnings in one go. Having paid taxes, they received $90 million each. One of the winners had never really played the lottery at all. Once, while buying fast food, he asked the seller to take a large bill instead of the required two dollars. He didn’t have any change, so instead he had to buy as many as 98 lottery tickets! The guy’s rage knew no bounds... But this is how it all turned out!
No. 11. Biggest winnings of 2006 - $365 million
During the next draw, they gave away $365 million. There were several winners - all of them were meat processing plant workers who, for fun, decided to start their own little syndicate (pool). And on you - winnings! This is what a friendly team means!
No. 10. 2007 winnings - $390 million
In March 2007, the organizers of the famous lottery "" promised their clients a cool cash prize and they kept their word. There were more than enough people wanting to get their hands on several hundred million bucks. Packs of tickets were being bought all over the country. And on the night of March 7-8, the draw took place! From the many applicants, two winners emerged, who fairly shared the winnings with each other.
No. 9. 2014 winnings - $425 million
This California retiree named Raymond Buxton was waiting whole month to take your rightfully won winnings into your hands. Why did you have to wait so long? Raymond is just a big prankster by nature. He waited until the first of April and deliberately showed up at the lottery headquarters on April Fool's Day, wearing a T-shirt on the theme of the Star Wars movie saga with the inscription: “May Jedi luck be with me.” Buxton’s delight knew no bounds, and he spoke laconically about his victory: “Incredible!”
No. 8. 2013 winnings - $488 million
Serious win that time there were three winners from different cities. One of the tickets was purchased in Ham Lake, Minnesota, the other two were purchased in New Jersey. In Minnesota, a man named Paul White won, in New Jersey - a whole group of 16 participants and a lone player, Mario Scarnici. Each ticket generated $86 million before taxes.
No. 7. 2012 winnings - $587 million
This great win was divided into two parts: one went to Matthew Goode from Arizona, and the second to a married couple - Mark and Cindy Hill from Missouri. Each share was worth $192 million after taxes.
No. 6. Biggest winnings of 2013 - $590 million
Unique fantastic win went to one person, and what is remarkable is that it became a record single lottery jackpot on a global scale! The lucky winner was a Florida resident named Gloria McKenzie. Gloria's big jackpot exceeded half a billion greenbacks. This is real super, hyper luck!
No. 5. Biggest winnings of 2012 - $640 million
This prize was "captured" in a drawing by representatives of three cities in different states. Big win amounted to 640 million dollars - an amount that is difficult to imagine in reality. Each of the lucky ones was entitled to 213 million.
No. 4. 2017 winnings - $758 million
On August 23, 2017, one person won the jackpot in the PowerBall lottery! Massachusetts Medical Center nurse Mavis Wonchik managed to become the only winner of a dizzying prize - 758.7 million dollars!
No. 3. 2019 winnings - $768 million
And this PowerBall lottery draw took place quite recently - on March 27, 2019. In this regard, nothing is known about the winners yet.
No. 2. 2018 winnings - $1 billion 537 million
The second largest jackpot was won by the Mega Millions lottery and was equal to $1,537 million. The lucky resident of South Carolina wished to remain incognito. All we know is that the drawing took place at the end of October 2018 and no one came to claim the winnings for four months. And only at the end of February 2019, a representative of the winner (lawyer Jason Kurland) appeared at the organizers’ office and took the winnings.
No. 1. 2016 winnings - $1 billion 586 million
Three misters took the mind-blowing jackpot at once. The lucky players were residents from California, Florida and Tennessee. Everyone's enormous winnings amounted to 528 million dollars! People are lucky...
On November 5, a resident of the Voronezh region won 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 15 February, 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).
An article about the largest lottery winnings - about jackpots in the USA, Europe and Russia. The winners themselves and the circumstances of their winnings are described.
Information is current as of early 2013. As more significant winnings appear, we will make the necessary changes. In the first part we will talk about world records. The second part is the largest lottery winnings in Russia. Here we will tell you about the lottery winners Russian lotto, Gosloto, Sprotlotto and other Russian lotteries.
Many of the examples below prove that winning a fabulous amount is certainly not easy, but it is quite possible.
First, let's look at the statistics of the largest jackpots in the world. Although the vast majority of winnings came from tickets purchased directly, the number of large winnings from bets made via the Internet is growing. For more details, see the online lottery article.
The biggest win in Europe was 185 million euros and took place on July 12, 2011. The winning ticket was purchased in Scotland. Note that this was a Euromillions ticket.
The largest jackpot in Australia on November 6, 2012 was shared by four winners. The winning amount in OZ lotto was AUD 112 million.
On December 31, 2010, luck smiled on four players in the Brazilian Mega-Sena lottery, who won 195 million reais. This is the largest win to date in Latin America.
741 million pesos– that’s exactly how much the largest lottery jackpot in Asia amounted to. On November 29, 2010, it was drawn in the Philippine Grand Lotto 6/55 lottery.
Biggest winnings in the USA
It is known that the largest jackpots on the planet are played out in the USA. Below we present the largest winnings in the Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries and other American lotteries:
A man named Juan Rodriguez, living in the USA. Having immigrated from Colombia, as of 2004 he had not been very successful in achieving the American dream. Working as a parking lot security guard, he made little money and was on the verge of financial ruin. He bought a lottery ticket with his last dollar, and this ticket brought him one hundred forty-nine million dollars to the Mega Millions lottery.
However, his story of winning the lottery remained without a happy ending. Read more.
And again megamillions. In 2006, a Virginia resident bought a lottery ticket for a challenge obtained from filling up his car. This acquisition made him richer by two hundred thirty million dollars. The gas station where the winning ticket was sold was also awarded.
On January 24, 2008, James Wilson, an eighty-four-year-old retired World War II veteran from Missouri, purchased a Powerball lottery ticket. After an hour he became richer by two hundred fifty-four million dollars. How family man, he gave most of the money to his children.
Two hundred nine million- this is exactly the jackpot that a Massachusetts resident hit in 2004.
Andrew Jackson Whittaker, a resident of West Virginia, gained fame by winning the largest jackpot at that time in late 2002. And although Jack, as he is also called, was a wealthy man and was engaged in the construction business, he was incredibly surprised by such a gift of fate.
The winnings were almost 315 million. By choosing a lump sum and paying taxes, he ended up receiving approximately 114 million in cash.
However, later fate presented him with many unpleasant surprises. Read about this in the article Lucky and Unlucky.
In 2005, in Oregon, members of the same family - Bob and Francis Chaney, their daughter Caroline West and her husband Steve won about three hundred forty million dollars, becoming the owners of the second largest at that time. The couples spent a total of $40 on lottery tickets. Frances Cheney, 68, bought the tickets. After winning, she admitted that she was scared by such an incredible amount. Her husband, on the contrary, was very optimistic about the huge win. Among other things, he planned to buy a yellow Hummer.
On May 9, 200, two US residents were lucky to hit the jackpot in three hundred sixty million dollars to the Big Game lottery (this is the predecessor of mega millions - the renaming took place in 2002). Since both winners decided to receive the entire winnings, then, minus taxes, each would receive ninety million dollars. In an interview, one of them, Larry Ross, said that he was never particularly interested in lotteries. He got the winning ticket because the hot dog seller didn't have change from a hundred dollars, and Larry had to take it with lottery tickets.
The following example shows that it’s not just single people who are lucky. In Lincoln, Nebraska, eight workers at a local meatpacking plant regularly purchased Powerball tickets. In 2006, luck smiled on them. One of the biggest jackpots - three hundred sixty-five million dollars they got it. In general, playing lotteries together is a fairly common phenomenon in the world. However, there are rules here too. Please read the article lottery tips. Perhaps the information contained in it will seem banal to you, but still it will not be superfluous.
Also, if we talk about cooperative game into the lottery, then one cannot help but recall the so-called lottery syndicates. In short, a syndicate is an association of players that increases the probability of winning for each participant, but the winnings are distributed among all participants. Read more in the article lottery syndicates.
One of the biggest winnings in the mega million lottery - three hundred ninety million dollars was played on the night of March 7, 2007. It must be said that at that time it was the largest jackpot in the world, which caused a huge stir. Long queues lined up in front of sales points and terminals.
As a result, we won two tickets. One of them was purchased at a grocery store in a small town in Georgia by truck driver Ed Nighbors. The second was purchased by Helen and Harold Mesner, a resident of New Jersey.
On November 28, 2012, the third largest lottery prize to date was won - $580 million. We won 2 tickets - one from Missouri and the other from Arizona. Missouri Powerball winners are Mark and Cindy Hill. IN Lately This couple had financial difficulties. Cindy was an office manager but lost her job in 2010. Mark worked in a factory.
The couple has three adult children and a 6-year-old adopted daughter from China.
Third largest jackpot size five hundred ninety million dollars On May 18, 2013, it was drawn in the Powerball lottery. The winner, 84-year-old Gloria McKenzie from Florida, bought her ticket at a supermarket. “The man in front of me in line for tickets let me go ahead. Perhaps that’s why I got lucky,” Mackenzie said.
She found out that she had won their television broadcast, but did not immediately contact the lottery organizers to claim the prize; she first consulted with lawyers. Like many other lucky people, she chose to receive all the amounts at once, and received three hundred and ninety million dollars. On this moment this is the largest amount received by one person.
Two lucky winners, one from California and one from Georgia, shared the second-largest lottery jackpot in history - six hundred forty-eight million dollars. The MegaMillions lottery draw was held on December 17, 2013.
The lucky winner's name is Steve Tran. He often bought lottery tickets, and finally luck smiled on him. Steve is a truck driver by profession. He bought a ticket containing a winning combination - 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and a bonus number - 7 in the city of San Jose, while there on vacation with his family. It should also be noted that in the USA there is a practice when lottery organizers also reward the distribution point - in this case, the gift shop received a million dollars.
At the first place - record jackpot of $640 million. Once again, the MegaMillions lottery set a record. This happened in 2012. Won three tickets in three different cities - Red Bud, Baltimore and in one of the cities of the state.
This concludes the stories of winnings in American lotteries and now we’ll talk about our biggest winnings.
The biggest lottery win in Russia
In March 2009, a resident of Kolpino (a suburb of St. Petersburg) Albert Begrakyanwon the state lottery jackpot 6 out of 45. The winning amount was approximately one hundred million rubles. And today this is the largest jackpot in the entire history of Russian lotteries.
Albert Begrakyan with his wife and children came from Armenia to Russia in 2001. Fate was not always so favorable to him. At first he got a job as a security guard, then he opened a store, and after a while he became the head of a car service center. But Albert always believed in his luck, and therefore periodically purchased lottery tickets.
He used the received amount as follows: he invested 30 million rubles in the construction of his own hotel in the Krasnodar region, purchased several apartments in St. Petersburg, as well as cars for himself and relatives. I simply spent some of it on travel and other pleasant things.
Even at the end of 2013, this is the largest jackpot in Russia.
On June 1, 2013, in the 585th draw of Gosloto 6 out of 45, two players guessed all six numbers. The first one made a detailed bet, and won according to a receipt worth 3,780 rubles 61,518,163 rubles. He bought his ticket at a cell phone store. The second, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory, also played with an expanded bet. Using a receipt purchased for 1,260 rubles, he managed to win 60,917,821 rubles.
In May 2009, the jackpot amounted to 35 million rubles was won by Muscovite Evgeniy Sidorov. The winning combination is 27,8,31,22,4,7.
Fifty-year-old Evgeniy has been playing numerical lotteries for many years, since Soviet times. He invested the winnings in agricultural business.
In 2001, Ufa resident Nadezhda Mukhametzyanova became the owner of almost twenty nine million rubles. She hit the Bingo lottery jackpot. However, this win did not make her happy. Read about her misadventures in the article Lucky Losers.
On April 7, 2013, in the 1232nd draw of Gosloto, 5 out of 36 prizes of eighteen million eight hundred fifty thousand rubles was received by the player who purchased the ticket online.
In the 1253rd draw of Gosloto 5 out of 36, which took place on May 8, 2013, a ticket purchased in Moscow won. The winning combination consisted of the following numbers: 5,7,10,17,20. Sum - fourteen million rubles.
JSC Russian Railways, a monopolist in the railway transportation market, also organized its own lottery. To participate you must pay an additional hundred rubles. And then the train ticket will also become a lottery ticket. In the summer of 2012, a prize was drawn - 11.5 million rubles. The winner was a businessman from Stavropol. And the amount he won is the largest in the history of the Russian Railways lottery. The lucky one decided not to reveal his name.
June 2, 2013 for the first time in modern history“Sportloto 6 out of 49” one of the participants in the 23113th draw won a super prize. He guessed all 6 numbers and got 10 million rubles.
Unfortunately, the winners of the Russian Lotto lottery are not presented in this article, since the authors do not have any reliable information about them.
The history of the lottery game knows many fabulous winnings that are worth playing for. All over the world people play lotteries. For some, this is entertainment, a way to “tickle their nerves.” And even the biggest skeptics subconsciously hope to hit the jackpot. And just think, some people succeed! We offer the top 15 largest winnings won by lottery participants.
Rating of the biggest lottery winnings in the world
The hit parade of capricious Fortune's favorites brought together the biggest winnings from all over the world. The ranking starts with the smallest winnings:
- $149 million, which Juan Rodriguez won in 2004. Having migrated to the United States, he somehow made ends meet. The Mexican had great difficulty supporting a large family. Without a good education, there was no way to think about a decent job, so he was content with the meager salary of a watchman. One day, returning from a night shift, he decided not to spend the treasured dollar from his stash on beer, but to buy a lottery ticket. Did he think he was making a fateful choice? Be that as it may, the watchman won 149 million dollars! The family's joy knew no bounds!
- $209 million won by another US participant in 2004. True, the guy wanted to get all the winnings at once. According to American law, a one-time payment is subject to high taxes. Therefore, taxes ate up the lion's share of the winnings.
- $230 million won by an American who wished to remain anonymous in 2006. He purchased a lucky ticket at one of the gas stations in Virginia, where he stopped to fill up his car. After some time, he checked the lottery ticket and learned about his mind-blowing victory. The gas station owner was also happy. The lottery rules provide for the accrual of a substantial percentage of the winnings to the lottery seller.
- $254 million won by a Missouri retiree in 2008. He can safely be called the oldest player, since at the time of purchasing the lottery ticket, American James Wheels was already 84 years old. A caring father divided the winnings among his unemployed sons in order to support his offspring during a difficult period of life.
- $314 million became a nice Christmas present for Jack Whittaker. A West Virginia resident purchased a ticket in passing. Unfortunately, the win brought him a lot of trouble. Twice he became the target of thieves. Although Jack Whittaker himself turned out to be dishonest. He dabbled in drugs and a guy died from an overdose in his house. According to his wife, Jack's life went awry after winning a multi-million dollar prize. He couldn't handle the easy money.
- $340 million won by private American Steve West in 2005. According to the lottery rules, the participant had to guess several numbers. The whole paradox of the story is that Steve West chose the numbers completely at random. Who would have thought that every single number would be a winner?
- $363 million- the main prize of the world-famous Mega Million lottery of the year 2000. At that time, it was the largest jackpot in the history of the lottery business. The winners were two Americans from Michigan and Illinois. Each of them preferred to receive their winnings in a one-time payment. If they agreed to receive it in installments over 30 years, they would save on huge taxes. But even so they got very substantial money. It is noteworthy that one of them had never played the lottery and received the ticket as change. He scolded the seller for not having small money.
- $365 million in 2006 there were several winners. They turned out to be employees of a meat processing plant. One day they decided to create a collective pool. A funny idea served as fun. The members of the “syndicate” did not even plan to get rich through the lottery. As a result, the friendly team turned into a club of millionaires.
- $390 million were at stake in the Mega Million lottery in 2007. The big prize caused a real stir in the country. Lottery tickets bought up whole packs. The drawing determined the winners. There were two of them at once. The lucky ones split the winnings in half fairly.
- $425 million won by pensioner Raymond Buxton in 2014. He was an eccentric and loved to play pranks on everyone. He did the same with the lottery organizers. The Californian timed the receipt of the winnings to coincide with the first of April. He showed up at the office of the organizers of the Star Wars-themed football lottery. On the black jersey there was an inscription about the luck of the Jedi. In an interview, he spoke about his victory with a laconic phrase: “Incredible.”
- 488 million won several participants from different cities of the USA. After dividing the jackpot and paying taxes, everyone got $86 million, which is also a good amount.
- $587 million there were two winners in 2012. They were Arizona resident Matthew Goode and Missouri spouses Cindy and Mark Hill. Each lucky person instantly became $192 million richer.
- $590 million- Florida resident Gloria McKenzie hit a fabulous jackpot in 2012. The half-billion-dollar win went down in lottery history as the largest jackpot won by a single player.
- $640 million went to three Mega Millions participants at once. After dividing the winnings into three equal parts, each lucky winner became $213 million richer.
- 1 billion 586 million dollars – 2016's unbeaten record remains the biggest lottery win ever. Three Powerball players from Tennessee, California and Florida matched the winning number combination. Each winner is awarded $528 million. Incredible luck!
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The largest winnings in Russian lotteries
Russians also often win lottery games. True, the amount of the prize fund is calculated in more modest figures. To date, the record for the largest winnings belongs to a native of sunny Armenia, Albert Begrakyan, who lives in St. Petersburg.
One participant won 100 million rubles in 2009. Albert Begrakyan spent 840 rubles playing the lottery. A very significant profit!
He has lived in Russia since 2001. His wife and two daughters were very happy about the win. The lucky winner only had enough prize money for two years. Albert Begrakyan purchased real estate in St. Petersburg and Moscow and opened a hotel business.
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Lotteries are one of the most popular entertainment in the world. This is not surprising, because they allow you to get a chance to become the owner of a multi-million dollar jackpot for a small amount. The most attractive, of course, are American lotteries. They offer the biggest jackpots. The amounts reach astronomical values.
Luck brings millions
The largest jackpot ever won was the 2016 Powerball lottery prize. It amounted to $1.5 billion. Naturally, such a sum could not but cause a huge stir, so many people bought tickets in batches. Not surprisingly, there were three winners. They all managed to guess the lucky combination, and they divided the prize equally. The three winners decided to take the amount due outright rather than in payments over 30 years. Therefore, they received 327 million at a time.
Also in 2016, the largest prize received by one ticket was drawn. Its amount was more than $500 million. Mega millions participants from Indiana decided not to reveal their names out of fear for their families. At the same time, they also decided to take the money right away. Due to the peculiarities of the rules of American lotteries, they were paid about 370 million, which, however, is also a very impressive amount.
Previously, in 2013, the title of the luckiest winner was assigned to a pensioner from Florida. At the age of 84, she bought a ticket that brought her almost 600 million. But she also decided to receive the funds immediately, which is why the amount was reduced to 370 million. And in 2016, a family from New Hampshire managed to win almost 500 million. Interestingly, that part of this amount was spent by them on charity.
A little earlier, a family from New Jersey won a prize of more than 420 million. She spent the money on paying off loans and for educational purposes. In Russia, one of the biggest gains came in 2017. Then the winner from Sochi was lucky enough to purchase a ticket to Gosloto 6 out of 45. It brought the owner more than 350 million rubles. A year before this event, a resident of Novosibirsk managed to win almost the same amount.