More than 15 years ago, a hundred lucky beggars of a small commune in Puglia won 32 million euros. About 5 years ago, 177 million euros won a lottery syndicate from Milan. So the lottery began to capture the imagination of the Italians. And it all started in the 16th century.
The Italian influence
Some types of modern European lotteries originate from the Italian traditions of the 16th century. In 1530 in Florence there was the first lottery, which played cash prizes, - De Lotto de Firenze. The game was incredibly successful and very quickly spread to other cities in Italy.
The historian Marin Sanoudo, whose diaries are an invaluable source for studying the Republic of Venice, mentioned lottery games in his chronicles of 1522. In his records were even found lists of people who won the lottery. In the list of awards there were cash prizes up to 1500 ducats, cuts of silk, wool, amber beads, horses of different colors.
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In 1576, Genoa hosted elections to the Main Council. Of the 120 candidates, the five were chosen by lot. Each applicant was assigned a number, and the balls with numbers were taken from a special urn, called Il Seminario. In turn, the residents made bets on the outcome of the elections. It is believed that this way the lottery form was born, which is popular in all countries and today, when a participant chooses numbers from a specific set of numbers. A winning combination is determined randomly. For example, in Russia today there are such numerical lotteries as "Gosloto" 5 of 36 ", Gosloto" 6 of 45 "and others, in Italy - SuperEnalotto.
In Rome, the lottery was officially established in 1732. Since 1863 in the territory of modern Italy began to hold a regular national lottery Lotto. Part of the revenue from the lottery came to the state budget.
The lottery was launched in December 1997, replacing the Italian Enalotto lottery that existed in Italy since the 1950s. The initiator was a private company SISAL, working in the field of management and organization of lotteries for more than 65 years. The new method of playing SuperEnalotto was proposed by Swiss Rodolfo Molo, whose father was one of the co-founders of SISAL. So the family has a long tradition in the Italian lottery industry.
To win the SuperEnalotto lottery, the participant needs to guess 6 numbers from the range from 1 to 90. According to the rules, at least 2 bids are filled, costing 1 euro for both. In the game card, you can choose more than 6-digit combinations. This affects the cost of the lottery ticket and the probability of winning.
Drawings of the lottery are held at 20:00 on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Six major numbers and one Jolly number are drawn out in one edition. Jolly is similar to the bonus ball, which falls in the lottery of Great Britain, in EuroMillions, as well as in the lottery "Sportloto 6 of 49".
In addition, to increase their chances of success, participants have the opportunity to make detailed bids. On the game board of the ticket you can mark 7, 8, 9 or more numbers. This system of playing in Italy is especially popular among the participants of lottery syndicates.
Also, the SuperStar number is drawn separately from the main draw - it is any ball with the number from 1 to 90. If the selected number of "Superstar" coincides with the number of the participant, this increases the probability of winning a cash prize or increases the amount of the win. The number of SuperStars for each combination is paid separately.
SuperEnalotto Lottery Wins
In October 1998, just one year after the launch of the lottery, 100 players from the Peschichi commune in Puglia went down in history as holders of the very first big jackpot SuperEnalotto - more than 32.7 million euros.
In 2003, the record was broken. The jackpot of the lottery was won by one participant from Milan. He received more than 65 million euros. In 2005, 10 lucky people from Milan shared between them more than 72 million euros. In 2008, a new lottery record of Italy was established on the amount of winnings: a participant from Catania won more than 100 million euros!
But the biggest lottery jackpot of SuperEnalotto was played on October 30, 2010.
