Chances to win in lotteries

 

Statistics joke that the probability of being hit by a car along the way for a lottery ticket is higher than the probability of winning this lottery. Indeed, it is very difficult to guess the necessary number of necessary numbers for maximum gain, but the mathematical probability remains.

To get the main prize you need to guess the specified number of numbers from the playing field. For example, for Gosloto “5 out of 36”, you need to guess six numbers out of 45. The probability of winning the jackpot is very attractive - the odds are 1 to 376,992. Next comes the Gosloto “6 out of 45” lottery, in which the odds are 1 in 8 million combinations.

In Gosloto “7 out of 49”, the odds for a jackpot are 1 in 85,900,584. The odds of winning a super prize in Gosloto “4 out of 20” are 1 in 23,474,025. In Sportloto “6 out of 49” who came from the Soviet Union, the probability of breaking the jackpot is 1 to 13 983 816. 스포츠토토 To get the jackpot in the Housing Lottery, you need real luck, here the chances are 1 to 381 billion.

Today, the largest win in Russian history on the account of a resident of the village of Panino, Voronezh Region, in November 2017, she won the Russian Lotto jackpot in the amount of 506 million rubles. On January 1, 2019, Russian Lotto won a billion rubles - each driver from Yekaterinburg and a locksmith from St. Petersburg each received 500 million rubles.

How to get a win

Receipt depends on the amount of winnings. For little money, you can contact the point of sale or get money for a wallet on the Internet. Big winnings are given to winners in Moscow at the Stoloto lottery center. According to the Law on Lotteries, payments must begin no later than 30 days after the drawing, six months are allotted for receiving the jackpot.

Depends on the type of lottery that you have selected. Let us explain with the example of Stoloto. If you bought a lottery ticket, then the results can be found on the website or in the Stoloto mobile application. With non-random (they are also called instant) lotteries, everything is simpler - you will know about the win immediately after the purchase, for this it is enough to erase the protective coating from the ticket.

From January 1, 2018, the tax on winnings is paid in a new way. Its size has not changed - winnings are taxed 13%. However, the payment procedure has changed. If the winnings exceed or equal to the amount of 15 thousand rubles, the tax will be automatically withheld upon payment, the organizers are responsible for this procedure.

If the winning amount is less than 15 thousand rubles, then the lottery participant must independently apply to the tax authority at the place of residence and submit a declaration. For non-residents of the Russian Federation, the tax rate on winnings is 30%.