4 out of 20 that can be won. How to win the lottery: secrets, the best domestic and foreign lotteries with the maximum jackpot. How to play Gosloto - where to buy a ticket

Is it possible to win the lottery and how to do it? Which lotteries are more profitable to play? As life practice shows, winning the lottery is an event that can happen to any person.

Good day, dear readers of the business magazine HeatherBober.ru. Alexander Berezhnov and Vitaly Tsyganok are with you.

Having won some local lotteries and “smart casinos” ourselves, we generalized the topic of winning the lottery, talked with friends who regularly make good money in this business and presented our vision of this issue.

You don't have to have it to win higher education, being the son of rich parents or graduating from school with a gold medal. To win, you only need luck and faith in your own luck. It is faith that makes a person buy a lottery ticket.

Some lucky people need to buy a lottery ticket only once to win, others buy lotteries regularly (sometimes for several years in a row) until they finally receive a reward for patience and perseverance.

These questions are of interest to many - not only avid players and gambling enthusiasts - read our article about working methods and profitable technologies for playing the lottery, as well as about the largest winnings in history.

1. Is it possible to win the lottery and what should you know to do so?

Skeptics believe that only lottery organizers are the winners; optimists believe that Sportloto, Gosloto and other popular lotteries - real way achieve true financial well-being.

Let’s say right away that it is, of course, possible to win the lottery, and everyone who plays has a chance of winning the jackpot. Probability theory and mathematics with basic statistics allow for the possibility of winning any lottery ticket at any time.

However, in game theory, there is also such a thing as distance, and it is distance that is the main obstacle on the path of ordinary players to the desired wealth. In other words, a fair amount of time may pass from the moment you expect to win until you actually win. You can play the lottery for a day, a month, a year, ten years - and the probability of winning will always be approximately the same.

In this article we will try not to touch on the “mystical” aspect of the game, but it should still be mentioned.

There are players who believe in spells for good luck, in a series of victories, in happy Days and numbers, rabbit's feet and rituals. Many films, books and television shows are devoted to examples of incredible luck. However, in reality, everything is more prosaic: when playing the lottery, we are dealing with mathematical theory games and nothing more.

Of course, faith in own strength and healthy optimism - conditions that work more likely to be a plus than a minus. A person who believes in luck is more likely to be right than a hopeless pessimist.

Nowadays they have become very popular online lotteries, which are almost no different from the “paper” and offline lotteries we are used to.

EuroMillions is a Friday lottery game played by players across Europe. The game features players from nine countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.

The prize consists of bets placed in each of these nine countries and main win starts from 15 million euros. If the jackpot is not won within a week, the prize will roll over to the next week.

The largest recorded winnings per person was 115 million euros, and the largest big jackpot– 183 million euros. These huge jackpots have made EuroMillions one of the most successful and exciting lotteries in the entire world.

5. Examples of people with the biggest winnings in lottery history

Examples of people who received the largest and big winnings to the lottery, a great many. If there are jackpots, then there are people who win them periodically.

Meet the biggest winnings in the history of world and domestic lotteries.

Among domestic lotteries, the podium is occupied by Albert Begrakyan, who hit the Gosloto jackpot in the amount of 100 million rubles in 2009.

The lucky guy bought lottery tickets regularly. Before winning, Albert worked as a security guard in a store.

The luckiest “foreign” lottery players to date are the Messners from New Jersey and Georgia truck driver Ed Nabors.

It was these people who equally divided the $390 million jackpot of the Mega Millions lottery in 2007.

In Europe, the largest win is 185 million euros in the EuroMillions lottery: another one received the prize in 2011 married couple(Kristen and Colin).

The largest guaranteed super prize, increased prize pool, 21 winning categories and good chances of winning. This is all about the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery. Are you ready to buy your first ticket? Great. But first, read the rules of the game.

How is the lottery carried out?

“Gosloto “4 out of 20” is held in real time. This means that information about purchased tickets is instantly sent to the lottery combination database, where the parameters of all bets made are stored - from their cost to the place and time of registration. Based on the circulation results, it allows you to quickly determine the quantity winning bets and the amount of winnings in each category. And let us remind you that there are 21 categories.

Where to buy Gosloto “4 out of 20” tickets?

You will find tickets:
- on the website stoloto.ru;
- at lottery kiosks in the city.

How to play Gosloto 4 out of 20?

In Gosloto “4 out of 20”, to place a bet, you need to select numbers in two fields at once.
Each field contains 20 numbers ranging from 1 to 20.
The minimum lottery combination consists of four numbers in the first field and four numbers in the second. This bet will cost you 100 rubles.
One ticket can participate in several draws at once (maximum - 20). Mark the required number of draws at the bottom of the coupon.
You can choose the automatic method of playing - in this case, the computer will randomly select a combination of numbers.

For the first edition you can purchase pre-filled New Year's tickets, in which 4 of the 20 numbers in each field are already marked. Each of these tickets participates in New Year's draws with a total prize fund of more than 1 billion rubles! Ask for them at all retail outlets!

What is an expanded rate?

By marking more than 4 numbers in any of the fields, you place an expanded bet. It's important to remember: the more numbers you mark, the more lottery combinations you get - which increases both your chances of winning and possible amount winning.
Possible combinations of detailed bets in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery at the link.

What is closing a sale?

You can buy tickets for the 1st drawing of the lottery until 09:00 (Moscow time) on December 31, 2016. Tickets purchased after sales close are automatically transferred to the next edition.
When all tickets for a drawing are sold, the prize fund for the drawing is calculated. Then comes the drawing.

How are the draws done?

Starting from January 1, 2017, draws will take place 3 times a day.
After calculating the size of the prize fund, a drawing takes place: lottery equipment “Generator random numbers"(RNG) produces a winning combination consisting of 4 numbers (from 1 to 20) for the first field and 4 numbers (from 1 to 20) for the second field.
In accordance with Article 18 Federal Law“About lotteries” for the drawing of the prize fund of each draw, the lottery operator creates a draw commission.

In function circulation commission includes:
- holding a draw for the prize pool of the lottery;
- confirmation of the results of the drawing by signing the protocol of the drawing commission and official table results of the circulation.
The drawings are broadcast on the website stoloto.ru.

How is the prize fund distributed in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 game?

The lottery has an increased prize fund - 67% of revenue - and 21 winning categories.

After determining the winning combination, the results are calculated. Bets in which at least 2 numbers match in one of the fields win. If you matched 4 numbers in the first field and 4 numbers in the second, you won a super prize.
First, winnings for 2 + 1 and 1 + 2 guessed numbers are distributed. The winners in this category receive 100 rubles.

The guaranteed super prize of the lottery is 300,000,000 rubles. The super prize is cumulative: if in the current draw no one matches four numbers in the first field and four in the second, the accumulated amount goes to the next draw.

The winnings for an expanded bet are determined as follows: the number of combinations of 4 + 4 numbers that can be made from the bet is calculated, after which the winnings for each combination are calculated and the total winnings are summed up.

How to find out the result of the draw and check the ticket?

You can find out the results of the Gosloto “4 out of 20” draws and check your ticket at lottery distribution points, on the website stoloto.ru, or by calling +7 499 27-027-27.

How to get your winnings?

Payments of winnings begin after summing up the results of the draw.
You can withdraw winnings up to 100,000 rubles to your Wallet on the website.
Winnings over 100,000 rubles can be obtained by sending a set of documents by mail. We recommend that winnings over 1,000,000 rubles be processed at the company’s central office.
In addition, winnings can be obtained at lottery distribution points.

Winnings must be received within 180 days from the draw date. After 6 months, winnings can only be claimed by contacting the central office.
Tax on lottery winnings for citizens Russian Federation is 13%. The tax is paid by the winner himself. The tax return is submitted no later than April 30 of the year following the year in which the winnings were received. Payment of tax deductions is carried out no later than July 15 of the year following the year in which the winnings were received.

legal information

"VGL 3 Sport", algorithm for determining winnings No. 6.
The lottery is held in accordance with the order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 2, 2012 No. 687-r. GRN: G200T/000032PRF.
Organizer: Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation. Operator: Joint-Stock Company"State sports lotteries."

*Distribution of the prize fund, taken as 100% after accrual of fixed winnings.
**Fixed winnings per winning ticket.

is the youngest lottery in the Gosloto family. The first draw of the lottery was held (at the time of writing the draw had not yet taken place) on December 31, 2016 under New Year, in which the super prize amounted to one billion rubles, an unprecedented amount for the entire lottery history. The drawing was held in real time on the NTV television channel at 20:00.

Second distinctive feature There are 21 winning categories, in 19 of which the winnings are not fixed, but depend on the size of the prize fund and the number of winners in each of them. You can see the percentage of prize fund distribution in each category and the probability of winning in each of them in the tables below. In the winning distribution table, the percentage is determined from the remaining amount after payment of fixed prizes. The total prize fund is at least 67% of the amount of tickets and receipts sold for the circulation.

Draws will be held three times a week, and the winning combination will be formed using a random number generator.

Winning a super prize is quite difficult, judging by the probability of 1 in almost 23 and a half million combinations, but much easier compared to the Gosloto 7 out of 49 lottery.

Remember, the one who plays is the one who has at least one lottery ticket or has drawn up a combination of the Gosloto lottery 4 out of 20.

We wish big wins and perceive the game as a way to pass time, and not as a way to get rich quick!

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Hello!

My name is Ivan Melnikov! I am a graduate of the National Technical University “KhPI”, Faculty of Engineering and Physics, specialty “Applied Mathematics”, a happy family man and just a fan of games of chance. Since childhood, I have been interested in lotteries. I have always wondered by what laws certain balls fall out. Since I was 10 years old, I have been recording lottery results and then analyzing the data.

Sincerely,

Ivan Melnikov.

1. Mathematical odds of winning

   • Simple calculation with factorials

The most common lotteries in the world are games of luck such as “5 out of 36” and “6 out of 45”. Let's calculate the chance of winning the lottery using probability theory.

An example of calculating the possibility of receiving a jackpot in the “5 out of 36” lottery:

It is necessary to divide the number of free cells by the number of possible combinations. That is, the first digit can be selected from 36, the second from 35, the third from 34, and so on.

Therefore, here is the formula:

Number of possible combinations in a “5 out of 36” lottery = (36*35*34*33*32) / (1*2*3*4*5) = 376,992

The chance of winning is 1 in almost 400,000.

Let's do the same for a lottery like 6 in 45.

Number of possible combinations = “6 out of 45” = (45*44*43*42*41*40) / (1*2*3*4*5*6) = 9,774,072.

Accordingly, the chance of winning is almost 1 in 10 million.

• A little about probability theory

According to a long-known theory, each ball in each subsequent search has an absolutely equal chance of falling out compared to the others.

But not everything is so simple, even according to probability theory. Let's take a closer look at the example of tossing a coin. The first time we got heads, then the next time the probability of getting tails is much higher. If heads come up again, then next time we expect tails with even greater probability.

With the balls coming out of the lottery machines, it's about the same story, but a little more complicated and with a more significant number of variables. If one ball is drawn 3 times and the other is drawn 10 times, then the probability of the first ball being drawn will be higher than that of the second. It is worth noting that this law is diligently violated by the organizers of some lotteries, which change lottery machines from time to time. A new sequence appears in each new lottery machine.

Some organizers also use a separate lottery machine for each ball. Thus, it is necessary to calculate the probability of each ball falling out in each individual lottery machine. On the one hand, this makes the task a little easier, on the other hand, it complicates it.

But this is just a theory of probability, which, as it turns out, doesn’t really work. Let's see what secrets there are, based on dry science and statistical data accumulated over decades.

1. Why doesn't probability theory work?

   • Less than ideal conditions

The first thing worth talking about is the calibration of lottery machines. None of the lottery machines are perfectly calibrated.

The second caveat is that the diameters of lottery balls are also not the same. Even differences of the slightest fraction of millimeters play a role in the frequency of a particular ball falling out.

The third detail is the different weight of the balls. Again, the difference may not seem significant at all, but it also affects the statistics, and significantly.

• Sum of winning numbers

If we look at the statistics of winning numbers in the “6 out of 45” lottery, we can see interesting fact: The sum of the numbers that players bet on ranges between 126 and 167.

The sum of the winning lottery numbers for “5 out of 36” is a slightly different story. Here the winning numbers add up to 83-106.

• Even or odd?

What numbers do you think are most often found on winning tickets? Even? Odd? I can tell you with complete confidence that in the “6 out of 45” lotteries these numbers are equally divided.

But what about “5 out of 36”? After all, you need to choose only 5 balls; there cannot be an equal number of even and odd balls. So here it is. Analyzing the results of lottery draws of this type the last four decades, I can say that it is insignificant, but still more often, in winning combinations appear odd numbers. Especially those that contain the number 6 or 9. For example, 19, 29, 39, 69 and so on.

• Popular groups of numbers

For a lottery of the “6 to 45” type, we conditionally divide the numbers into 2 groups - from 1 to 22 and from 23 to 45. It should be noted that in winning tickets the ratio of numbers belonging to the group is 2 to 4. That is, either the ticket will contain 2 numbers from the group from 1 to 22 and 4 numbers from the group from 23 to 45 or vice versa (4 numbers from the first group and 2 from the second).

I came to a similar conclusion when analyzing the statistics of lotteries like “5 out of 36”. Only in this case the groups are split up a little differently. Let's designate the first group that includes the numbers from 1 to 17, and the second the one that contains the remaining numbers from 18 to 35. The ratio of numbers from the first group to the second in winning combinations in 48% of cases is 3 to 2, and in 52 % of cases – on the contrary, 2 to 3.

• Is it worth betting on numbers from past draws?

It has been proven that in 86% of cases, a new drawing repeats a number that has already appeared in previous drawings. Therefore, you just need to follow the draws of the lottery you are interested in.

• Consecutive numbers. To choose or not to choose?

The chance that 3 consecutive numbers will appear at once is very low, less than 0.09%. And if you want to bet on 5 or 6 consecutive numbers at once, there is practically no chance. Therefore, choose different numbers.

• Numbers with a single step: win or lose?

You should not bet on numbers that appear in the same sequence. For example, you definitely don’t need to choose step 2 and place a bet with this step. 10, 13, 16, 19, 22 are definitely a losing combination.

• More than one ticket: yes or no?

It’s better to play once every 10 weeks with 10 tickets than once a week with one. And also play in groups. You can win a big cash prize and split it between several people.

1. World lottery statistics

   • Mega millions

One of the most popular lotteries in the world was held on to the following principle: you need to choose 5 numbers out of 56, as well as 1 out of 46 for the so-called golden ball.

For 5 matched balls and 1 correctly named golden ball, the lucky winner receives the jackpot.

The remaining dependencies are shown in the table:

Statistics of dropped regular balls for the entire duration of the above lottery draws.

Statistics of golden balls drawn throughout the Mega Millions drawings.

The most frequently drawn combinations in the lottery are shown in the table below:

• Powerball lottery where more than a dozen lucky people have managed to hit the jackpot. You must select 7 main game numbers and two Powerballs.

1. Winners' stories

   • Lucky compatriots

Evgeny Sidorov from Moscow received 35 million in 2009, before that Nadezhda Mekhametzyanova from Ufa hit the jackpot of 30 million. " Russian lotto» sent another 29.5 million to Omsk to the winner, who did not want to identify himself. In general, winning jackpots is a good habit of Russian people

• 390 million US dollars in one hand

In the lottery we already talked about, Mega Millions, a lucky winner who wished to remain anonymous won $390 million. And this is far from a rare case. In the same lottery in 2011, two people managed to hit the jackpot, which at that time consisted of an amount of 380 million. Money prize was divided into two parts and awarded to people who guessed the winning numbers.

A pensioner from South Carolina decided to participate in the Powerball lottery and won 260 million, which he decided to spend on the education of his children, and also bought a house, several cars for the family, and then went traveling.

1. conclusions

So, here is a summary of the most effective rules, following which you will definitely win:

1. The sum of all the numbers you bet on in lottery ticket, should be calculated using the following formula:

Amount = ((1 + n)/2)*z + 2 +/- 12%

n – maximum bet number, for example, 36 in a “5 out of 36” lottery

z – the number of balls you bet on, for example 5 for the “5 out of 36” lottery

That is, for “5 out of 36” the amount will be like this:

((1+36)/2)*5 + 2 +/-12% = 18,5*5+2 +/-12% = 94,5 +/-12%

In this case, from 94.5 + 12% to 94.5 – 12%, that is, from 83 to 106.

1. Bet equally on even and odd numbers.
2. Divide all the numbers into two large groups in half. The ratio of the number of numbers found in winning ticket equals 1 to 2 or 2 to 1.
3. Follow the statistics and bet on the numbers that came out in previous draws.
4. Don't bet on numbers with one step.
5. It’s better to play less often, but buy several tickets at once, and also get together with friends and relatives.

In general, be brave! Follow my rules, place bets, analyze statistics and win!

The youngest of the Gosloto lotteries - 4 out of 20 seems to be gaining in popularity. And all thanks to its very attractive features: a multi-million dollar super prize, 20 other winning categories and an overall increased prize fund- is sent to it 67% from the proceeds from each ticket sold.

The chances of winning a super prize in Gosloto are 4 out of 20 - 1 in 23,474,025. The overall probability of winning is estimated as 1 to 3.4.

Game Features

The lottery uses the so-called “double matrix”. That is, to place a bet, you must choose numbers in two playing fields. Essentially it's (4 out of 20) x 2.

The minimum lottery combination is 4 numbers in the range from 1 to 20 in the first field and 4 numbers from 1 to 20 in the second field. Ticket price - from 100 rubles.

Super prize and 21 chances to win

The minimum guaranteed super prize of the lottery is 10,000,000 rubles. A multimillionaire will be the one who matches four numbers in the first playing field and four in the second.

There are a total of 21 winning categories in the lottery. To win, just guess 2 numbers in any of the fields!

Chances of winning

As noted, the overall chance of winning the lottery is high and is regarded as 1 to 3.6. This is higher than, for example, in the Gosloto 5 out of 36 and Gosloto 6 out of 45 lotteries.

Moreover, the probability of winning a super prize is 4 times higher than in the Gosloto 7 out of 49 lottery!

To increase your already good chances of winning in the “four”, you can make a spread bet. To do this, just mark 5 numbers in one of the fields.

The maximum possible expanded bet is 5 numbers in one field and 12 numbers in the other. Once you do it, you will immediately receive 2475 lottery combinations.

But the most rational way to play is to use