How did you spend the New Year holidays? How did you like the new “billion dollar” lottery 4 out of 20? Did you even look at the first draw, or, like most Russians, did you consider it a scam?
I didn’t watch it either, but not because I don’t believe in the operator’s honesty (we’ll talk about that separately), but because on New Year’s Eve I prefer to relax not near the TV. Although a few hours after the premiere, curiosity took over: how did it all go, who won how much, is there a billionaire, how did people rate the new game? Still, I bought myself 3 tickets.
The billionaire was never “born”
Despite the promises of a New Year's billion, no one achieved this amount in the first drawing of 4 out of 20, although there were quite a lot of winnings, and quite significant ones.
Perhaps the reason is that people have not yet figured out how to play the State Loto 4 out of 20 lottery. In the comments on the official website, I counted up to two dozen questions and clarifications about this. And also – complaints that small winnings can only be collected at the main office, and not at regional ones, as was announced. In addition, there is complete misunderstanding and disappointment among those players who guessed several numbers, but for some unknown reason were left without a prize.
We will definitely talk about how operators can cheat and what is the probability of winning the 4 out of 20 lottery in this and other articles. And now I propose to sort everything out and look at the numbers: who won and how much, and what total amount of prize money the operator had to give away.
- No one guessed four numbers in two fields.
- 18 players guessed four numbers in one field and three in another field and won 405,124 rubles each.
- 17 people guessed three and four, the winnings were 428,954 rubles each.
In total, the main winners were to be paid 14,584,450 rubles. And this does not include small prizes. Their number and amount were not announced. Perhaps, in total, the notorious billion has been accumulated. But it is unlikely that it would fall into the hands of one person.
The results of the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery can be found on the Stoloto website. By the way, several draws have already taken place, it is possible to compare the winning amounts and the number of winners.
How to play Gosloto 4 out of 20
Where to buy a gosloto 4 out of 20 ticket and how much it costs
Let's talk about the price right away. For the chance to become a billionaire, you need to pay 100 rubles - this is not very expensive, but compared to tickets for 20, 50, 70 rubles, this price still stands out.
You can buy a Gosloto 4 out of 20 ticket both at retail points of sale, distribution networks, and on the official website stoloto.ru and the mobile application of the same name.
Lottery 4 out of 20 - game rules
The playing field of the ticket consists of two parts, each of which contains numbers from 1 to 20.
You can choose four non-repeating numbers in one or more fields - these will be your game options.
Lottery 4 out of 20 has simple rules, but the simplicity of the game is illusory, the chances of winning are low if you make one or two bets. There are known gamblers who stubbornly cross out the same numbers on tickets from circulation to circulation and, after some time, win with their persistence. But such cases are rare. And here the basis of the game is not calculation or even luck - but faith and the desire to win.
If we think from a mathematical point of view, then the number of combinations (4 of 20) in an expanded bet can be increased to 2475. Naturally, such a move increases the chances of winning significantly. But only millionaires can pay the cost of the game, and they don’t play the lottery.
For those who don't know. A spread bet is when you select more numbers on each playing field. This move allows you to significantly increase your chances of winning. However, this also increases the cost of the game significantly.
In order not to disappoint applicants for millions who are not yet financially ready to support expanded bets, the operator invites players to choose the number of bets for one ticket (maximum 20) or to subscribe to the bet. This will be cheaper than playing according to a detailed scheme, but will increase the chances of winning. So say the organizers.
That is, you can select a combination once and pay for 20 tickets at once for the next 20 draws. I rarely use this function, for example, when I go somewhere on vacation.
By the way, players should keep in mind that two combinations appear - one for the left field, the second for the right. And the numbers in the left field are not taken into account for the right, and vice versa. A ticket with only one guessed number cannot be a winner. These points confuse many.
Where to check your ticket
If you have already become a member of State Loto 4 out of 20, then you can simply check your ticket during the broadcast. But not everyone has the patience and time to watch the balls falling out of the lottery machine. If this sounds like you, then there are several options:
- checking a Gosloto 4 out of 20 ticket by number on the official website or at a distribution point;
- go to the Gosloto archive 4 out of 20, there you can check any circulation;
- by phone: +7 499 27-027-27 - single number, *777 - free for Beeline, Megafon and MTS subscribers.
It is also worth remembering that if you play through the official website, you can check it in your personal account by going to the “Receipts” - “Winnings” tab. Moreover, when playing through the official website, in the event of even a minimal win, you will receive an SMS notification on your mobile phone.
You win! Where can I get the prize?
Many players who were lucky enough to guess several numbers (among them there are those who claim to have guessed four) on websites and forums talk about the impossibility of winning.
For example, one girl in the comments on a third-party blog complains that she cannot receive a win of a little more than 4,000 rubles at a regional distribution point; she will have to go to the central office for this insignificant amount.
It’s strange, the official information does not coincide with the reality that people have to face after winning. The state lottery, in theory, should not deceive. And then accusations began to fall on her - she guessed all 8 numbers, but the ticket was not considered a winner.
I would like to believe in the crystal honesty of the organizers of the draws, but we have to state the fact that it is they, the organizers, who win the lottery. But you need to fulfill your obligations to the players - pay the winnings in full and to the exact address, but the players do not know the location of the notorious main office.
But let's turn to official sources. Here's what they recommend on the Stoloto website to get a state lotto win of 4 out of 20:
- winnings up to 2,000 rubles can be obtained at lottery ticket distribution points;
- winnings up to 100,000 rubles - by transfer to a personal account, for this you need to send a package of documents by mail to this address: 09316, Moscow, Volgogradsky Prospekt, 43, bldg. 3, JSC TD Stoloto (apparently, the main office is located there - it’s not said exactly);
- winnings from 1,000,000 will be paid by non-cash method; to prepare documents, the winner must visit the main office.
Again, playing the lottery through the official website, prizes up to 100,000 rubles can be withdrawn in a large number of ways: to electronic wallets, cards, etc..
How to win in Gosloto 4 out of 20
No sooner had a new version of the Gosloto game appeared than controversy broke out over the chances of hitting the jackpot. By the way, the main prize is not a billion, but 300,000,000 rubles.
Experienced players have already calculated how to win the 4 out of 20 lottery and have come to the conclusion that the chances of hitting the jackpot in this lottery are 4 times higher than in the 7 out of 49 lotto. Others believe that even a double matrix will not help you win the jackpot – this game gives too low chances of winning and the simplicity of this formula is too deceptive: 4 out of 20. Just look at the chances:
| Numbers guessed in field 1 | Numbers guessed in field 2 | Probability |
| 4 | 4 | 1:23 474 025 |
| 3 | 4 | 1:366 766 |
| 4 | 3 | 1:366 766 |
| 2 | 4 | 1:32 808 |
| 4 | 2 | 1:32 808 |
| 0 | 4 | 1:12 888 |
| 4 | 0 | 1:12 888 |
| 1 | 4 | 1:10 465 |
| 4 | 1 | 1:10 465 |
| 3 | 3 | 1:5 730 |
| 2 | 3 | 1:509 |
| 3 | 2 | 1:509 |
| 0 | 3 | 1:201 |
| 3 | 0 | 1:201 |
| 1 | 3 | 1:163 |
| 3 | 1 | 1:163 |
| 2 | 2 | 1:45 |
| 0 | 2 | 1:18 |
| 2 | 0 | 1:18 |
| 1 | 2 | 1:14 |
| 2 | 1 | 1:14 |
What do you, friends, think about the new lottery? Have you tested your luck with it?
To place a bet in ”and become a full participant in the game, you must not only purchase a ticket, but also select four numbers in two playing fields, each of which has 20 numbers. This is exactly what the minimum bet a player can make looks like. It will cost you one hundred rubles. Of course, if you wish, you can make a so-called expanded bet. This means each participant has the right to indicate more than four numbers in each field. In this case, the cost of the ticket increases, but the chances of winning also increase significantly.
Which ticket is considered winning from “Gosloto 4 out of 20”?
A ticket is considered winning if at least 2 numbers match in one of the two fields. Holders of such tickets win one hundred rubles. Of course, these are not the millions that many are hoping for, but such a minimal win allows you to get back your money spent on a gaming receipt. Accordingly, the more numbers on your ticket match, the greater the amount you will win. If four numbers match on each playing field of your ticket, you can consider yourself truly lucky. In this case, you are guaranteed a jackpot of 300,000,000 rubles.
As a rule, participants choose the numbers on their tickets themselves. However, there is a category of people who completely trust chance. Such players prefer choosing combinations in automatic mode.
The lottery rules provide for unique offers for the first drawing of the new year. They are sold already filled. This means that participants do not need to specify playing combinations. In addition to this feature, each game ticket has the opportunity to win many additional prizes, take part in holiday drawings and receive pleasant bonuses. As a rule, the total prize fund for the first draw increases significantly. That is why millions of players try to take part in it.
If the ticket is a winner, the participant has 180 days to claim their prize. As a rule, organizers offer winnings in various ways. The choice of option for receiving a prize depends on its size.
In the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery, the game is played in two playing fields at once. To place a bet, the player must select 4 numbers in the range from 1 to 20 in the first and second playing fields.
If you match at least 2 numbers in the corresponding playing fields, then the combination is considered winning.
Super prize of the Gosloto “4 out of 20” lottery
To become the owner of the super prize of this lottery, you need to guess 4 numbers in the playing field number 1, and 4 numbers in the playing field number 2. In total, there are 21 winning categories in this lottery.
Photo of the Gosloto “4 out of 20” ticket The prize fund of this lottery includes 67% of the proceeds. The minimum cost of one ticket is 200 rubles.
Since October 2018 the guaranteed super prize is 400,000,000 rubles!
When are the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery draws?
Draws are held daily at 10:00 and 22:00 Moscow time.
You can watch broadcasts of the draws on the Stololto website.
Where to buy a lottery ticket?
The easiest way is to buy a lottery ticket online, on the StoLoto website or through the StoLoto TD app.
You can also purchase a ticket at lottery distribution points, in Svyaznoy, Euroset, Megafon communication shops, and Baltbet halls.
How to fill out a ticket?
Each ticket has 5 playing fields marked with letters: A, B, C, D, D. You can place bets in all fields at once. To make a minimum bet, select 4 non-repeating numbers in fields 1 and 2 in field A.
If you want to increase your chances of winning, then fill out the fields marked with other letters: B, C, D, D. The more fields you fill in, the higher the chance of winning. True, with each field filled in, the cost of the ticket increases. You can also bet on several draws at once (maximum 20).
If you buy a Gosloto “4 out of 20” ticket on the StoLoto website, then you can click the “automatically” button. In this case, the system will create a combination of numbers automatically.
Watch the video: How to play Gosloto 4 out of 20
Closing sales
Sales of tickets for the current day's circulation stop at 21:40 Moscow time.
What happens if you buy a ticket after sales close?
Don’t worry, if you buy a ticket after sales close for the next drawing, nothing bad will happen. Your bet will count in the next draw.
How much can you win in the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery?
This lottery has 21 winning categories and the prize pool accounts for 67 percent of the proceeds.
First of all, prizes are distributed for winning combinations: 2 + 1 and 1 +2 guessed numbers. With this combination, the winnings will be 100 rubles.
In all other cases, prizes are distributed according to the table on the left.
How to get your winnings?
If you win 2 thousand rubles or less, then you can receive your winnings directly at the point of sale of lottery tickets.
If you are lucky enough to win more than 100 thousand rubles, then you can receive your winnings into your account. To do this, you will need to send a set of documents to the address: 109316, Moscow, Volgogradsky Prospekt, 43, bldg. 3, JSC "TD "Stoloto"
To receive a winning of more than 1 million rubles, you will need to personally visit the office of the Stoloto trading house.
To find out how easier it is to get your winnings, in your specific case, you can call: +7 499 27-027-27
or *777
(free for subscribers of Beeline, Megafon and MTS).
Within just one week, the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery stunned its fans with three news, each of which is unusual in its own way and deserves special mention
The accumulated jackpot exceeded one billion rubles
Based on the results of the 788th draw (draw on January 27, 2019 at 22:00), the super prize reached the amount of 1,000,425,426 rubles. It is worth noting that it was accumulated over 440 draws; during this time, players bet more than 39.5 million combinations.
The record amount at stake also affected activity: if in previous draws the number of bets was almost the same (unlike foreign examples, when the number of participants increases multiple times with the growth of the jackpot), then we saw a noticeable increase only after reaching a billion.
- Draw No. 786 (evening) - jackpot 994 million. 109,784 tickets played (157,308 combinations)
- Draw No. 790 (evening) - jackpot 1.008 billion. 136,758 tickets played (181,000 combinations)
It is clear that the players were simply tired of waiting for the super prize to be won, which is why the number of participants did not grow, despite all its record achievements. Play on an ongoing basis (or incrementally) in “4 out of 20” only wealthy people can afford it - for everyone else, the cost of one combination turns out to be unreasonably high.
Literally the next day, Stoloto stunned fans with unexpected news - in the 792nd draw it is planned to distribute half (that is, 500 million rubles) of the accumulated jackpot.
The first distribution circulation of “Gosloto “4 out of 20”
But. Here one important, but very significant addition arises.
Even if the calculations show a guaranteed profit, it is better to bet only the money that you are willing to lose. Simply because the cut may not happen... If someone took the jackpot (guessed 4 out of 20 in both categories), then the fairy tale would not work out: the carriage would turn into a pumpkin, and the distribution circulation would turn into a regular one.
What will a game with the same amount give in a regular edition?
For convenience and simplicity, let’s take the data from circulation No. 800 - this will be an approximate, but very illustrative example. So, the same table:
The same amount and a completely different return, using the example of a regular circulation (in this case No. 800)
As you can see, this approach does not work in a regular circulation. The estimated return is 15,460 rubles (or only 38.5% of the costs).
Instead of an afterword
Two Gosloto “4 out of 20” distribution draws held almost consecutively are a unique case. You shouldn't hope that something like this will happen again in the near (or even distant) future. Firstly, a huge amount was distributed, the accumulation of which required more than 440 circulations.
Secondly, a relatively small number of players took part in the cuts. If there were more players, then the amounts on winning tickets (and therefore the total return) would be less.
Well, and thirdly, the most important thing. Participation in the distribution circulation cannot be profitable by default. It's not just about the fact that someone can hit the jackpot, thereby violating the dreams of those participating in the cut. This is an ordinary risk, you can win, but you can lose, that’s why you should use only free money for the game, which you don’t mind parting with
The point is that almost all distribution circulations carried out by Stoloto until recently were uninteresting for participation even at the moment of miscalculation. Simply because the expected return was less than the amount of costs. We already wrote about this, using the example of the Gosloto lottery “7 out of 49” in the article “”
So, two distribution draws of the Gosloto lottery “4 out of 20” are an absolutely unique case for us, in all respects. Players will most likely never receive such a gift again.
UPD— Life turned out to be richer than assumptions. On June 19, 2019, the next one will take place (an event that we did not expect to happen. The prerequisite for the next cut was the continuation of the no-jack series (unique in itself) and the need, according to the law, to distribute the accumulated money in the event that the jackpot was not played in throughout the year.
The fact remains that in Gosloto “4 out of 20” no one has won the main prize for a whole year. More than 700 draws and over 61.7 million bets made during this time did not give the country a new winner who took home the main prize “4 out of 20”.
22.03.2018
Ladies and gentlemen, you can check tickets for the 201st Gosloto draw 4 out of 20 for Thursday, March 29, 2018, according to official data from Stoloto, on our LottoMir portal just half an hour after the draw. The draw starts at 22:00 Moscow time, at this moment the lottery drum will be launched at the Stoloto lottery center, from which the winning combination of numbers for the 201st draw will appear.
22.03.2018
Dear friends, if you regularly follow the progress of the Gosloto 4 out of 20 lottery, then you will certainly not miss the results of the 200th anniversary draw, which is held on Wednesday, March 28, 2018. On our LottoMir portal, within a few minutes after the game you will find the drawn combination, the draw table, a video, and you will be able to check the tickets for the 200th draw of Gosloto 4 out of 20 by the number or numbers that are marked in it.
22.03.2018
Friends, the LottoMir portal brings to your attention the results and various opportunities to check ticket 199 of the Gosloto draw 4 out of 20, which the Stoloto company held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. On this day at 10 pm Moscow time, a winning combination of 199 drawings, consisting of 8 numbers, was received from the lottery drum.
19.03.2018
We invite everyone who wants to check their tickets for the 198th draw of the Gosloto draw 4 out of 20 to our portal “LotoMir” a few minutes after the end of the drawing, that is, after 22:00 Moscow time on Monday, March 26, 2018. Here you will find the official circulation table and can check it in a couple of clicks in two ways - by the ticket number or by the numbers in its playing fields.
19.03.2018
Dear guests of our portal, on this page of “LotoMir” you can familiarize yourself with the results and take the opportunity to check the tickets of the 197th draw of the Gosloto lottery 4 out of 20, which was held on the evening of Sunday, March 25, 2018. Here you can check your ticket by number, official circulation table or numbers in the playing fields of your ticket.
19.03.2018
To check the tickets for the 196th Gosloto draw 4 out of 20, which was conducted by the Stoloto company on Saturday, March 24, 2018, we are waiting for you on the LottoMir portal within a few minutes after the end of the game. In accordance with the rules, the draw began at exactly 22:00 Moscow time with the winning combination of the 196th draw being received from the lottery drum.
12.03.2018
Dear guests of our LottoMir portal, in this article we invite you to familiarize yourself with the results and check the tickets of the 195th Gosloto draw 4 out of 20, conducted by the Stoloto company on Friday, March 23, 2018. Tickets can be checked on our website by number, numbers, circulation table or by watching a video recording.
12.03.2018
Dear friends, on our LottoMir portal you can check tickets for the 194th draw of the Gosloto lottery 4 out of 20, held on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Right on this page you will find the official drawing table, a video recording of the game, a combination of numbers drawn from the lottery machine for both playing fields on the ticket, as well as a check by numbers.