Overview
- Stoloto confirmed a total prize of 26,965,956 rubles for a Chelyabinsk resident who used an automatic number selection that formed an arrow pattern.
- The winnings were formalized at Stoloto’s Moscow center after the winner received an SMS notification during a work trip.
- The winner, identified as Andrey, plans to pay off a home mortgage and set aside funds for two children.
- In Omsk, a 77-year-old kiosk employee is suspected of stealing 1,400 lottery tickets over about 18 months, valued at 336,000 rubles.
- Police say only one stolen ticket yielded just over 2,000 rubles, the suspect resigned after promising restitution, was detained, and is now under a travel restriction as the investigation continues.