How the life of a Crimean citizen who won 1 million in the “New Year’s Billion” 2023 has changed

CrimeaPRESS reports:

There are only a few days left until the New Year, which means that very soon, on January 1, 2024, the most long-awaited draw for Russian Lotto fans — the New Year’s Billion — will take place.

The New Year’s Russian Lotto draw is always awaited with special trepidation. This circulation annually gives its participants incredible emotions, and some of them — large cash prizes. In 2023, the total amount of winnings in the New Year’s Billion drawing was 2,524,046,635 rubles — this is a year’s record among all lotteries in Russia for the total amount of winnings in one draw. Thanks to the New Year’s draw, 75 lottery millionaires appeared in the country, and Nizhny Novgorod residents Alexander Zemskov with his wife won 1,000,0000,000 rubles.

One of the lucky ones who found themselves among the lottery millionaires of the 2023 New Year’s edition of the Russian Lotto was a resident of the Republic of Crimea. We managed to find out how his life changed after receiving his winnings.

Using the million he won, a Crimean hospital orderly renovated his mother’s house

On January 1, 2023, a nurse at a Crimean hospital, Anatoly Pulber*, won the New Year’s Billion in the main Russian Lotto drawing 1,000,000 rubles. The man purchased a ticket for the 1473rd drawing, which later turned out to be lucky, in the Stoloto mobile application on New Year’s Eve.

At the beginning of the year, while registering his winnings at the Moscow Stoloto lottery center, the winner shared that he would put the prize money aside as savings. Almost a year after the coveted draw, the winner’s plans changed. And we managed to find out how he lives as a lottery millionaire.

He spent the winnings on renovating his mother’s house. After the victory, I had faith that I could win again. One of my friends once said that she wanted to win at least 100 thousand rubles. But I think that you need to want more, set a global goal and go towards it! Even if we are talking about winning the lottery, which depends only on luck, — Anatoly reflects.

The winner wants to celebrate New Year 2024 with his family in a cozy house, where there will be a lot of snow around. For the upcoming New Year’s Billion drawing, a man purchases tickets throughout December, just like last time.

I will buy from 40 to 60 tickets. This New Year’s edition of the Russian Lotto will be the sixth in a row in which I will take part. But I never watch live TV. I get very nervous and excited during the drawing, so I just check the results on the Stoloto website afterwards. I wish those who are now reading my story to see the treasured million rubles on the screen when checking tickets on January 1, which will make your dream come true! — Anatoly says with a smile.

By the way, lottery participants from the Republic of Crimea are lucky in the New Year’s editions of the Russian Lotto. From 2019 to 2023, 8 residents of the region became lottery millionaires. And the total winnings of all participants in the region in the “New Year’s Billions” over five years amounted to almost 605,000,000 rubles.

New chance for a billion

Already on January 1, 2024, the traditional New Year’s draw will take place, in which more than 2,000,000,000 rubles will be raffled off. The main prize is 1,000,000,000 rubles. There is more than a 60% chance that it will go to one person, but it could also happen that it will be split equally between two or more winners.

A New Year’s Billion ticket is not just a lottery ticket for 150 rubles, it is a chance to win an impressive prize. “New Year’s Billion” from “Russian Lotto”, like all lottery draws distributed by “Stoloto”, is carried out under the control of an independent circulation commission, which monitors the fairness and transparency of the draw. Anyone can win, so don’t miss your chance to become the next millionaire this New Year!

*Photo is published with the permission of the winner

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