"Gosloto" - results of 2014 June 25th, 2015

4) The fourth difference is not so obvious, but I’ll give you a hint)
Gosloto, in addition to the successfully connected lotteries, also has new products: 12/24 and “Everything for 100”. True, this is not the most interesting thing. The question is also how to count them. In your opinion, how many lotteries does Gosloto hold - 8? Nooo, that's the wrong answer)

If you look at the report, you can see that:
lottery Russian lotto" - goes like VGL 4 "Sport" №3 )
and, for example, "State housing lottery" - written as VGL 4 "Sport"(draw algorithm prize fund №2 )

the same thing with the other pair, the lotteries here are generally not similar to each other. And this is just such a different algorithm)
-VGL 5 "Sport"(lottery 7 out of 49) - algorithm for drawing the prize fund №2
-VGL 5 "Sport"(all 100) - algorithm for drawing the prize fund №3

Why is this necessary? Why are completely different lotteries recorded as one, but with different drawing algorithms? Perhaps the answer is related to the permission to hold them because, according to all the papers, there should be 5 lotteries from the Ministry of Sports. And when there are more of them, you have to play with the name, I guess that’s the case

All the necessary explanations have been given, it’s time to move directly to the numbers for 2014!

Main draw lotteries of Gosloto, sales in 2013 and 2014

Wow, what a height! The “6 out of 45” lottery especially distinguished itself, the turnover increased by more than 60% - the skeptics will definitely be put to shame... But what made it happen so fast? Are the people really happy that lotteries are now state-owned and began to participate in them with all their might, for the benefit of the cause and pleasure?

One small point is important here - the number of circulations. At some stage, Gosloto decided to use lotteries to make something more similar to slot machines online and sweepstakes began to be held 6-9-12 times a day. Now it doesn’t look much like a classic lottery, but sales growth is obvious!

5 out of 36. number of circulations in 2013 and 2014 - 393 / 742 (almost twice as much!)

6 out of 45. number of circulations in 2013 and 2014 - 183/402 (2.2 times more!)

Thus, a simple technique with a frantic increase in circulation results in a noticeable increase in sales. Moreover, you don’t need to do anything for this, no running a lottery machine, no filming, nothing like that... launched the RNG, and post the animated results of the drawing (what, you didn’t know? Gosloto doesn’t use lottery machines, the numbers are produced by some random number generator)

lottery "Russian Lotto"

Here the results are not so rosy, the turnover has fallen slightly. Even banning competitors didn't help!

The remaining lotteries did not bring so much (the ones listed above gave more than 70% of the turnover) so I will not consider them separately. The total turnover of the Gosloto group for 2014 amounted to 7.9 billion rubles

To make the picture more complete, I will provide information about target deductions (from this report)

Our state received 5% of turnover (or 395 million rubles) as targeted contributions.
The Company's remuneration amounted to 3.458 billion (almost three and a half billion billion!), which is 8.7 times more than the target allocations. These two figures clearly show in whose interests the lottery is being held and who the main beneficiary is - this is clearly not the state...

To be fair, it should be said that 3.5 billion is not net profit Gosloto group, it is much smaller. There are also costs for personnel, rent, printing tickets, distributing them, etc., etc. However, I cannot help but note that in many countries, target royalties from lotteries are more than 20%. And not so long ago, before the recent change in the law “On Lotteries”, they were also 10%.

P.s. I can’t resist, I’ll post a couple more pictures from the annual report (audit report). Of course, these are well-known facts, but maybe someone else doesn’t know...

The “main lottery of the country” with a billion-dollar turnover is held by a modest closed joint-stock company with an authorized capital of 30 thousand rubles and the only participant- Sarkisyan A.M.

Do I understand correctly that the profit for 2014 was only 3 million? And this with a turnover of 7.9 billion rubles?

in general, all movement cash goes through ZAO TD Stoloto acting as a distributor.

These are our “state” lotteries...

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 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 absolutely equal chance fall out compared to 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. Having analyzed the results of lottery drawings of this type of four last decades, I can say that slightly, but still more often, odd numbers appear in winning combinations. 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 carried out according 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 good habit 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. The cash 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!

Winnings are determined in several stages. The size of the winnings depends on the sequence in which the numbers of the lottery combination match the numbers of the winning combination. Decision on total number The lottery operator has the right to accept the stages necessary for the drawing of the prize fund and the categories of distribution of the prize fund both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the circulation.

“Prize”, “Super Prize” (the names are equivalent) - there are four possible drawing principles determined by the lottery operator, namely:

Principle No. 1: tickets win in which all 5 numbers in any line of any playing field of the ticket (top or bottom) match the numbers drawn during the drawing on the move set by the lottery operator;

Principle No. 2: winning tickets are those in which, on the move set by the lottery operator, 15 of the 30 numbers in the two playing fields of the ticket match the numbers drawn during the drawing;

Principle No. 3: tickets are won if, on the move set by the lottery operator (or before such a move), 5 to 30 numbers match ( exact value determined by the lottery operator) located in the playing field (playing fields) of the ticket, in a manner determined by the lottery operator, with the numbers drawn during the drawing;

Principle No. 4: tickets are won in which 10 numbers of any two lines of the playing fields of the ticket coincide with the numbers drawn during the drawing before the move set by the lottery operator.

The subsequent distribution of the prize fund in the main draw occurs by category:

“First round” - tickets are won in which all 5 numbers in any horizontal line of any playing field of the ticket (top or bottom) are the first to match the numbers drawn during the drawing.

“Second round” - tickets are won in which all 15 numbers of one of the playing fields of the ticket (top or bottom) match the numbers drawn during the drawing before the others.

“Third round” and subsequent rounds - tickets are won in which all 30 numbers of the two playing fields of the ticket coincide with the numbers drawn during the drawing before others.

The subsequent distribution of the prize fund in the additional draw occurs by category:

“Lucky numbers” - win tickets in which, on moves fixed by the lottery operator (there may be several of them - for example, on the first, tenth and last), the numbers drawn during the drawing coincide with all lucky numbers indicated on the ticket in addition to the 30 numbers that form the playing fields. Additionally, the specified numbers participating in the drawing, as well as the order of matching, are determined by the lottery operator, taking into account the effectiveness of the prize fund drawing, are fixed by the local regulations of the lottery operator and are brought to the attention of the draw commission. The lottery operator has the right to make a decision on holding this drawing both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the draw.

“Tour of luck” - tickets are won in which all the numbers indicated in addition to the 30 numbers that form the playing fields coincide with the remaining numbers that were not drawn after the drawing. Additionally, the specified numbers participating in the drawing, as well as the order of matching, are determined by the lottery operator, taking into account the effectiveness of the prize fund drawing, are fixed by the local regulations of the lottery operator and are brought to the attention of the draw commission. The lottery operator has the right to make a decision on holding this drawing both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the draw.

“Number”, “Lucky number” (the names are equivalent) - tickets are won in which the ticket number ends with a winning combination of numbers determined during the drawing (the last digits of the numbers drawn in the moves and/or rounds selected by the lottery operator, or numbers not drawn) . The matching order is determined by the lottery operator, taking into account the efficiency of the prize fund drawing, is fixed by the local regulations of the lottery operator and is brought to the attention of the draw commission. The lottery operator has the right to make a decision on holding this drawing both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the draw.

“Second chance” - tickets in which all the missing numbers are in one of two playing fields (upper or lower) are won. The matching order is determined by the lottery operator, taking into account the efficiency of the prize fund drawing, is fixed by the local regulations of the lottery operator and is brought to the attention of the draw commission. The lottery operator has the right to make a decision on holding this drawing both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the draw.

"Vertical" - tickets are won in which all the numbers located in one of the columns of the ticket are included in the winning combination. The order of matches and the number of numbers included in the column are determined by the lottery operator, taking into account the efficiency of the prize fund drawing, fixed by the local regulations of the lottery operator and brought to the attention of the draw commission. The lottery operator has the right to make a decision on holding this drawing both before and during the drawing of the prize fund of the draw.

There are three possible drawing principles, determined by the lottery operator, namely:

Principle No. 1 - winning combination formed from numbers drawn on moves fixed by the lottery operator (for example, on the first move, fifth move, tenth move and the last);

Principle No. 2 - a winning combination is formed from numbers that were not drawn during the drawing;

Principle No. 3 - the winning combination is formed from the numbers drawn during the drawing process before the move set by the lottery operator.

	Name	Prize fund distribution (% of revenue)
	"Prize", "Super Prize"	0 - 50
	"First round"	0 - 50
	"Second round"