Only a few hours left until the draw record amount money in the history of Russia. This time the main prizes and big draws will be concentrated in the most favorite lottery among Russians - “ Russian lotto"(1212 circulation). Just like last year, prizes worth more than a billion rubles will be drawn. Such a big jackpot and widespread advertising automatically fuels enormous interest in this event.

In this article, we’ll look at the billion-dollar New Year’s lottery “Russian Lotto” in more detail, remember how to play it, if anyone doesn’t know, and also where and how best to buy a lottery ticket.

This is what the New Year's edition of the Russian Lotto Billion looks like

Raffle of a billion rubles in the New Year's draw of the Russian Lotto

So, as already mentioned, on January 1 of the New Year there will be a draw for an unprecedented amount - one billion rubles in the popular and well-known lottery “Russian Lotto”. Moreover, this is not a hypothetical amount that may or may not be won, but a guaranteed amount that will be drawn among everyone who buys at least one ticket.

I’ll tell you in more detail about the prizes that will be drawn:

• Jackpot 116 million rubles. It can be won by one or more people according to the lottery rules. If no one can win this amount, then it will be forced to be drawn among all participants who bought a ticket.
• In addition, more than 50 country houses and large cash prizes await participants.

IN total it was planned to draw a record 1 billion rubles. BUT due to the great excitement and huge demand for lottery tickets, the organizing company decided to draw as much as 2 billion rubles! This has never happened before!

On December 27, 2017, it was decided to increase the prize fund New Year's lottery up to 2 billion rubles, instead of one billion

In order for an article to be a participant in the prize draw, you must buy a ticket online at Stoloto.ru or at points of sale. The ticket price is traditionally only 100 rubles, which makes it affordable for most residents of the country. By purchasing even one ticket you can become the owner of a tidy sum of money. According to the lottery website, every second ticket purchased will win in the lottery's holiday draw. This will be achieved due to the fact that only 2 barrels will remain in the bag at the end of the lottery.

Where and how to buy a New Year's ticket for the Russian Lotto

If you, like many residents of Russia, have decided to try your luck and try to win the lottery, then the only thing you need to do is buy a lottery ticket for the 2012 New Year’s draw “Russian Lotto”. Let's look at the question: “Where can I buy a New Year's lottery ticket?”

Currently, you can buy it in several convenient ways:

• Buying a ticket online via the Internet on the Stoloto website. This site is the official distributor of many Russian lotteries. This is the only and legal way to buy a lottery online remotely, without leaving your home. Moreover, now this is becoming even more popular way than all the others. This is due to the fact that an electronic ticket cannot be lost, torn, or burned. By purchasing it on the site, it is assigned to you. Attention, from January 1 to January 13, 2019, lottery tickets are on sale. Prices are several times lower. Hurry up to buy on the website.
• At points of sale. These are well known retail outlets sales in the form of lottery booths or kiosks, where you can buy a paper ticket from your dear grandmother.

As you can see, everyone can choose a more convenient option for purchasing and paying for a ticket, since, for example, when purchasing a ticket on the website, you can pay for it either with a bank card or with electronic money (more than 10 payment methods in total).

It's important to remember what to buy Lottery tickets are available until 9 a.m. Moscow time on January 1, 2018. It is advisable, of course, to take care of this in advance and purchase a ticket as soon as possible. For example, now, as many lotto lovers have already done.

Broadcasting the draw and how to check your ticket

It is noteworthy that The broadcast will take place on live on the NTV channel on January 1, 2018 at 20-00 Moscow time in the program “New Year's Billion”. Of course, it is recommended to check your tickets live, but if you do not have the opportunity to be in front of the TV screen at the scheduled time, you can check your tickets in one of several ways:

1. Via the Internet on the Stoloto website - now this is the easiest and affordable way find out the result.
2. At points of sale lottery tickets.

By the way, after watching the live broadcast of the New Year's edition, you can not only check your ticket, but also have a good time, since well-known and beloved presenters will be on air, they will tell interesting stories lottery winners and the like.

Attention! Results of the New Year's 1212 Russian Lotto draw

Remaining numbers (barrels): 30.89.

Check your tickets now. If your ticket does not have such numbers in both playing fields, then the ticket is winning. The winning amount can be found on the lottery website. Draw results and you can check your ticket on the website STOLOTO.RU possible after 22-00 Moscow time. (But as practice shows, accessing the site will most likely be very difficult due to large quantity visitors. Therefore, bookmark it for now and calmly come back and check the ticket within a few days).

A resident of Tatarstan won the jackpot of 250 million rubles. 50 country houses were also raffled off! The total prize fund drawn, as stated, is 2 million 286 thousand rubles.

P/S do not forget that in the next editions in New Year holidays There will also be more draws with large cash prizes. Therefore, do not forget to buy several tickets on the website STOLOTO without leaving home.

Rules and conditions of the New Year's lottery "Russian Lotto"

The rules of the lottery game are extremely simple. Your ticket contains 2 playing fields of 15 numbers each. The bag will contain kegs numbered from 1 to 90. Next, the presenter takes out one keg at a time. It is necessary that in each of the rounds you are the first to match the numbers in one line, in one of the playing fields or in the entire ticket. Then you win a prize. Once again, I repeat that there are only 2 kegs left in the New Year’s draw, which means everyone has a chance to win.

The sooner the presenter draws your numbers, the greater your winnings. As you can see, there is nothing complicated in the Russian Lotto game. It’s not for nothing that this game has remained the most popular among Russians for more than 23 years.

How to increase your chances of winning

When purchasing online, there is a very profitable opportunity to increase your chances of winning the New Year's lottery. The fact is that when choosing tickets, there is a function that allows you to automatically select tickets that will contain all 90 balls! According to statistics, by purchasing this package of 5 tickets, you significantly increase your chances of winning.

When there is only a month and a half left before the New Year, Stoloto announces the “” draw with an increased prize fund of 1 billion rubles. As usual, the circulation will be made on 01/01/2019.

"Billion" - represents special edition"Russian Lotto". The Stoloto company will conduct the draw according to exactly the same rules as ordinary draws, but the prize fund will be increased.

Such a circulation was already carried out by the company last year and was called “Golden Billion”.

How was the Golden Billion held in 2018?

A special draw of the Golden Billion lottery was held live on the NTV channel on January 1, 2018. In the history of Russian Lotto, this was the 1212th draw. You can purchase a ticket until the evening of December 31, 2017 at ground-based sales points and until the morning of January 1, 2018 on the official Stoloto website.

At that time, 42.5 million coupons took part in the lottery. The prize fund up for grabs amounted to 2.125 billion rubles. The presenter took out 88 barrels during the draw, which means that the probability of winning ranged from 1 in 2.25 to 1 in 2.37, which is much higher than in ordinary draws.

The most big winnings that tirade began:

• 250 million rubles - to the winner;
• 161 thousand - 62 winners;
• 40 winners received 1 country house, which can be exchanged for 1 million rubles;
• 181 thousand - 55 winners.

The remaining participants who were lucky enough to win received amounts from 101 to 131 rubles, their number exceeded 17 million people.

What are the prizes in 2019?

This year, in the 1264th edition, several types of incentives will also be offered:

• 100 prizes of 1 million rubles each;
• main prize– 1 billion rubles;
• other monetary incentives.

Those players who won the first two rounds continue to play until the very end of the draw. The lucky ones who won in the third and remaining rounds end the game here.

Where to buy tickets?

You can purchase coupons in different ways:

• at the Stoloto office or lottery machines;
• on the official Stoloto portal;
• at ground-based points of sale;
• via SMS;
• at points of sale of partner stores: Pyaterochka, Russian Post, Rostelecom, etc.

Ticket price is 100 rubles. Its price does not change regardless of the point of purchase. Often you can only purchase a ticket for the next draw, but in this case, as an exception, the Stoloto company allows you to purchase a coupon in advance, in mobile application or on the website. To do this, when purchasing a coupon, you must select circulation 1264.

How to play?

The coupon has 2 fields, each of which has 15 numbers.

If you purchase a ticket at ground-based points of sale, then in this case the numbers will already be stamped. When purchasing a coupon online, you can choose the numbers yourself.

What are the chances of winning?

There are several options:

• in 2018, 42,500,003 coupons were sold, and only one player took the main prize, this indicates a chance of winning ratio of 0.000002%;
• winners that won country house there were 40 players, so the chance of winning is 0.00009%;
• 55 people received 181,000 rubles each, the chance is 0.0001%;
• the chances of 62 players receiving 161,000 rubles each were 0.00012%;
• the chances of winning other prizes in the game are 40%, but in this case the winnings will be small, in the region of 101-131 rubles. If you subtract the cost of the ticket, then net profit will be a very small amount.

It is worth noting that in the draw on January 1, 2019, the chances of winning will be different - more or less, since in this case the coupons will be purchased different quantities players.

Conclusion

This is the only New Year's draw of Russian Lotto when the main prize will be drawn in any case, which means one or more players will be able to receive a large sum.

The circulation is carried out live on one of federal channels, so you can follow and celebrate it yourself New Year.

All players who become winners will be able to receive their prizes within 6 months. To do this, you need to contact the Stoloto office. If the winnings are more than 100,000 rubles, then you will need to send your bank account details to the company’s central office and the winnings will be transferred there.

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On New Year's Eve, December 31, 2017, the draws of “Gosloto “5 out of 36” special issue,” “Gosloto “6 out of 45” special issue,” Russian Lotto, as well as the first draw took place live on NTV new lottery“Gosloto “4 out of 20”. On January 1, 2017, the festive draws of “Gosloto “7 out of 49” took place, Housing Lottery, "Golden Horseshoe" and "6 of 36".

After all the festive drawings ended on NTV on New Year's Eve, lottery participants could check their tickets for possible winnings. After all, as the organizers of the event promised, there will be a lot of winners, and some were able to win the promised prizes...

For the first time in Russia, Gosloto competed for a prize fund of more than one billion rubles. This happened on New Year's Eve. The huge cash prize provoked a rush of demand for lottery tickets.

Who won the billion: when did the drawing take place, how to check the ticket, who won the main prize?

The declared billion rubles represents the total fund of winnings from the Gosloto 6 out of 45, Gosloto 5 out of 36, Russian Lotto, and the debut lottery Gosloto 4 out of 20.

So, after summing up the results, it became clear that there were nine more millionaires in Russia, while in total there were 5,948,419 winners who, in addition to cash prizes, will also receive keys to 44 country houses.

The total amount of all winnings is 1,067,758,033 rubles.

In the first draw of a new lottery called "Gosloto" 4 out of 20, the following combination of numbers was drawn: 20, 2, 10, 4 - in field 1 and 2, 16, 9, 17 - in field 2. The super prize was not won.

In total, the organizers recorded as many as 1,572,515 winners, the total amount of winnings of which is simply amazing - 289,230,334 rubles.

In the lottery special issue"Gosloto 5 out of 36" won 54,738,096 rubles. Eight lucky winners guessed the combination of five numbers - 13, 23, 6, 19, 4. The winnings of 6,842,262 rubles will be taken by residents of Tyumen, Voronezh, Samara, Chelyabinsk region, Trans-Baikal Territory, two from the city of Moscow and one from Tatarstan.

New Year - new gift ideas. We present to you sets of Russian Lotto and Housing Lottery tickets for New Year's draws. They have everything we expect from Christmas tree gifts: the possibility of miracles, beauty and practicality.

Nice to buy, nice to give!

✓ Classic New Year's design

"Russian Lotto". Stylization of a Palekh box with painting: winter, village, sleigh, bullfinches, trees under freshly fallen snow.
"Housing lottery". Perfect picture winter evening: residential area, centuries-old fir trees, family, love, skating rink, snowman.

✓ Functional packaging

Box from Russian Lotto. Inside is a perpetual calendar that will delight you years from now.

Tin box with Housing Lottery tickets. Looks like a package of Christmas cookies. You can store all kinds of little things in it, pencils and markers, documents, lucky tickets and letters.

✓ Waiting for a New Year's miracle

10 lottery tickets in one box are a chance to change your life! .

Unique holiday prizes

✓ “Russian Lotto”. Take part in the draw for more than a billion rubles! Every second ticket wins! 50 country houses, expected jackpot of more than 500 million rubles. Even if none of the participants win this colossal amount, the Jackpot will be forcibly distributed among all the winners.

✓ “Housing lottery”. There are 50 apartments and a super prize in the drawing!

In the morning - “Housing Lottery”, at 12:00 in the program “They are winning from us!” In the evening - “Russian Lotto”, at 20:00.

Where to buy?

Sets are already on sale! Ask at Stoloto retail points of sale, Russian Post offices and Baltbet bookmakers.

10 tickets in a festive package are a sea of ​​emotions and faith in luck. Take part in holiday giveaways and give sets to your friends!

The quantity of goods is limited! Please inquire about availability at the retail outlets listed above.

By the way, you can also buy tickets for the New Year's draw of the Russian Lotto right now on our website.

Attention! Some Housing Lottery boxes indicate the broadcast date incorrectly (12/31/2017). Exact broadcast date: January 1, 2018, 12:00. Broadcast times for drawings in your city may differ from those indicated. Stay tuned for TV announcements.

*The phrase “Let’s play for a billion and even more!” indicates the amount of funds prize fund Draw No. 1212 of “Russian Lotto”.
*The phrase “Every second ticket wins!” means that the probability of matching 30 numbers on a ticket up to and including the 88th move (with a total number of numbers on the ticket equal to 30 and a total number of kegs in the bag equal to 90) lies in the range from 1 in 2.37 to 1 in 2.25 .
*If the accumulated super prize is not drawn before the 1212th draw of the Russian Lotto, inclusively, in draw No. 1212 there will be a forced drawing of the accumulated super prize by distributing it among all winning lottery bets of the 1212 draw in proportion to the size of their winnings. If during the drawing of the prize pool of the 1212th draw a winner is determined in the “Jackpot” category, the amount of the accumulated super prize is paid to the winner of this category and is not distributed among the remaining winning lottery bets.

Any text about the New Year begins predictably. New Year is a miracle, it's dreams, it's magic, it's a fairy tale. Everything is trivial. One text is similar to another. But not a text dedicated to a billion rubles, or more precisely, to the opportunity to become its owner. The thing is that the popularly beloved Russian Lotto lottery has prepared a truly generous gift for its compatriots. On the first day of the coming year there will be holiday circulation, the main prize of which will be a billion rubles. This means the country could have its first lottery billionaire. And this is not a dream at all New Year's fairy tale, and the most true reality of our days. The circulation will take place on January 1, 2019 live on one of federal TV channels NTV. Residents of the entire country will be eyewitnesses of the record.

How to win a billion in the Russian Lotto lottery?

The winner whose winnings will take the first line of the list biggest winnings throughout the history of modern state lotteries, any participant in the 1264th draw of the Russian Lotto can become a participant. You just need to buy a ticket for the drawing New Year's billion. All residents of the country have a chance to become the lucky owner of a fateful ticket. Both a housewife from Vladivostok and a taxi driver from Kaliningrad can be lucky in 2019. It is possible that a future billionaire is among the readers of this article. Perhaps it's you!

The mechanics of determining the winner are extremely simple. In the 1264th draw, the minimum guaranteed amount of the prize fund in the “Jackpot” category will be 1 billion rubles. If there are multiple winners in a Jackpot category, the prize fund for that category will be divided equally between them. If there is not a single winner in the “Jackpot” category of the 1264th draw, then 1 billion rubles will be drawn in the second round of the same draw. Moreover, if there are several winners in the “Second Round” category, the prize fund for this category will be divided equally between them. In other words, someone is sure to win the enormous sum announced.

The Russian Lotto lottery will draw a billion

In 2019, immediately after New Year's Eve, a new lottery record holder may appear in the country, who for the first time in the history of state lotteries will become the owner of a ten-digit sum.

Million-dollar lottery winnings are no longer uncommon. The statistics prove this. In ten and a half months this year More than 830 participants became lottery millionaires. A total quantity winning tickets of all state lotteries during this period amounted to about 80 million.

Top 10 largest lottery winnings impressive in the country. Just think about each of these amounts and imagine what this money could be spent on.

• 506,000,000 rubles /November’ 2017. “Russian Lotto”. Voronezh region/;
• 365,180,787 rubles /May’ 2017. “Gosloto “6 out of 45”. Krasnodar Territory/;
• 358,358,566 rubles /February’ 2016. “Gosloto “6 out of 45”. Novosibirsk region/;
• 300,000,000 rubles /May’ 2017. “Gosloto “4 out of 20”. Novosibirsk region/;
• 267,506,103 rubles /February’ 2018. “Gosloto “6 out of 45”. Nizhny Novgorod region/;
• 250,000,101 rubles /January’ 2018. “Russian Lotto”. Moscow/;
• 232,474,018 rubles /April’ 2018. “Gosloto “4 out of 20”. Altai Territory/;
• 216,657,348 rubles /October’ 2017. “Gosloto “6 out of 45”. Moscow/;
• 209,000,137 rubles /May’ 2018. “Russian Lotto”. Tver region/;
• 202,936,432 rubles /August’ 2014. “Gosloto “6 out of 45”. Nizhny Novgorod region/.

Russians will wish to win a billion on New Year's Eve

Participation in New Year's editions- a good tradition for many Russians. Gather the whole family in front of the TV to watch the TV broadcast of the draw and, in case of victory, share the joy with those closest to you.

- For decades, “Russian Lotto” tickets have been presented as gifts to relatives and loved ones. Perhaps a ticket to the historical edition is worth gifting to yourself. A New Year's TV show, which features celebrity guests and favorite presenters, is great entertainment for festive table. So meet me at the TV!-