Top 5 enviable wins of the year

Published as advertising Many may be familiar with the old joke, which is especially relevant in the current crisis and pay cuts. The wife washed down the man: I want a fur coat and that's it! Unfortunately, there is no money in the house. Also a crisis, salaries are barely enough to make ends meet. But no, the neighbor managed to buy a fur coat, and now, at every opportunity, she sweeps the hem like that! The man despaired, bought candles, went into the church and at every corner hits the floor with his forehead: “God, help me get money, I can’t make money, so at least let me win the lottery ...” A day goes, the second day goes, a week. And a week later, a tired voice is heard from heaven: “Yes, I will help you, you buy a lottery ticket, finally!”

As recent economic studies show, this old joke is becoming more and more important. The expenses of Russians are steadily growing along with prices, and wages against the background of this growth, on the contrary, tend to decrease. Despite the recently adopted law on tightening the rules for labor migration from neighboring states, the Russians did not feel any better from the mass evacuation of guest workers. Managers are diligently reducing workforce and “cutting” salaries, because corporate expenses have also increased and somehow we need to get out. Therefore, for big winnings in the lottery or gambling, as they say, all hope. But is it worth relying on luck? And how much can you get by participating in events where Her Majesty Fortune reigns? As the practice of last year shows, the winnings are not numerous, but very impressive!

2014: THE BIGGEST LOTTERY WINNING IN THE HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN RUSSIA

The past year was marked by the fact that the news literally thundered about the biggest win in the history of the lottery business in Russia. One hundred and eighty-five million rubles! It was this amount that was won in the usual state lottery by a resident of Omsk, Evgeny L.

He very much asked not to disclose his data, as he absolutely does not want to have any business with people who want to cash in on his luck. And this, in general, is quite understandable. However, the organizers of the lottery still managed to persuade him to at least indirectly answer a couple of questions from journalists dumbfounded by such news. For example, how old is the lucky person, where does he work, how does he live? Eugene is not young, he is 48. He has three children, he is a native of Omsk, he works in an ordinary construction company as an ordinary engineer. To the traditional question “how will you spend your winnings”, the owner of the lucky ticket answered: “I will leave this city as soon as possible!”

The lottery in which Evgeny managed to hit the jackpot turned out to be the state Stoloto. In order to become the owner of the coveted ticket, I had to spend 810 rubles and bet on a large-circulation bet. The chance of a construction engineer was, as they say, scanty. The mathematical expectation is one in eight million chances. Therefore, when Eugene received the news that he had won, he was in a real state of shock for another day. For him, the very sum of one hundred and eighty-four million was unimaginable! All that he dreamed of - to get out of cold Siberia, go to warmer climes, build a huge house near the river and happily live out his life as a non-working pensioner - now it’s not just a wish, but quite a plan for life, which Eugene has already begun to implement.

RUSSIAN POKER MILLIONAIRE

Another millionaire in Russia suddenly appeared on one winter Sunday in 2015. Pavel Zuev the world's largest poker room won the Sunday Million championship at PokerStars, , overtaking several thousand rivals competing for the same title. His exact winnings amounted to $119,694. True, it is worth mentioning that this is not gambling luck, but a well-deserved victory, which Pavel can now be proud of. Poker is a mind sport where the most deserving player wins, not the lucky one.

In order to one day become a millionaire, Pavel Zuev spent five years. He studied the basics of poker for a long time, trained, played online and offline, where it was possible. A year ago, he moved from amateurs to the rank of professionals and began to participate in international competitions. Considering that only online poker is allowed in Russia, Pavel trains at the site of the same PokerStars, where he won the Sunday tournament. For him, this is the first serious success, before that the winnings were no more than twenty dollars. Pavel explains such a serious breakthrough with concentration and goal-setting. He specifically took part in this tournament, one hundred percent tuned in exclusively to win. With which the whole world now congratulates him .

KHARLAMOV - APARTMENT VICTORY IN RIGA

The third millionaire this winter was the famous Russian comedian Garik Kharlamov, who managed to hit the biggest jackpot in the history of the gambling business in Latvia. Just some super-rich season on historical records! Olympic Voodoo Casino was surprised to announce that a resident of the famous Comedy Club won EUR 317,000 on slots.

By the way, it is worth noting that Kharlamov, like his colleague Pavel Zuev, is an avid poker player. He also plays a lot online, quite tolerably, but still not active enough to break through the armor of venerable mind sports stars and become a millionaire champion. But in slot machines, where everything is decided exclusively by lady luck, Garik was surprisingly lucky. He won huge money for the first time in his life. And now he is going to fully repay the debt for the apartment, which he acquired with the help of a mortgage loan.

FRENCH EUROMILLIONAIRE

The fourth in the list of freshly baked millionaires was an unknown resident of France. He also wished to remain "in the shadows" and not disclose his name, like his Russian counterpart from Omsk. Indeed, who needs extra attention when there are almost one and a half hundred million euros in the bank account! That is how much the lucky Frenchman won in the EU state lottery EuroMillions. This famous raffle takes place every year. However, in order to receive his legitimate winnings, the Frenchman will also have to prove that he has every right to do so. He needs to show his lottery ticket, wait for the result of several authentication checks, and then sign an agreement to participate in a series of celebrations dedicated to the announcement of the lottery results. No joke, to win this lottery, you need to snatch one chance out of a hundred million from fortune!

FINNISH GAMBLER-MELOMAN

And the fifty-year-old gambler from Finland closes the parade of millionaires. He decided to play in an ordinary online casino on the most ordinary Arabian Night slot machine. And he won three and a half million euros during the sounding of the Dire Straits composition, which he included as a kind of background for his game! The casino immediately paid out the winnings and claimed that this was the biggest jackpot in online establishments in Finland for the past year!

This is how happiness literally falls on people's heads. It seems that there is simply no place to wait for it, but you just need to buy a ticket or start playing, and luck immediately comes. Do you agree that really, if you really, really want to, then you just need to buy a ticket, as in the old joke?

And the biggest resonance in society, as a rule, is caused by the winnings of pensioners and the homeless ... yes, it happens.