Winning ticket (Chekhov A.P.). Little secrets: how to win the Russian Lotto lottery

There is a famous joke that will help answer the question of how to win the lottery " Russian lotto".

A man came to church to ask God for help. He begged to send him a big cash win in the lottery or good and expensive prizes. God heard his call and was silent for a long time. After which he could not stand it and told him: “Friend, maybe you should buy a lottery ticket first?!”

So, to play lotto, you must first purchase a ticket. It's very easy to do. To buy a ticket, you can go to a special kiosk or to a post office.

So, there is a ticket. What about Russian Lotto? Everyone has their own methods for winning, let’s look at the most common ones.

Several methods of obtaining big money when playing the lottery:

1. An American, Doug Myrock, lives in the states, who played the lottery for 17 years and entered the same combination, eventually winning 31.4 million dollars. Not ready to wait that long? Then it’s worth studying the theory of probability and optimizing the way to quickly win. If you are unable to do such calculations, a computer will come to the rescue. Using special programs, you can create a combination of lucky numbers.

2. Numerological method. How to win the Russian Lotto lottery using your date of birth or name? There is a special science - numerology, which determines favorable days for each person based on his personal data. To get your first lucky number, you need to add up all the numbers on your date of birth. The second number is obtained by adding the letters in your name, namely "a-1", "b-2", etc. The third lucky number is found by adding the first two. Now you have three that must be present on the lottery ticket.

3. Karmic-cognitive method. Some lottery fans believe that in order to hit the jackpot, magic is not needed. But often the thoughts that arise in the subconscious help you win. Some psychologists advise: in order to win, you need to believe in it all the time. To achieve the result, you need to take a piece of paper with a pen and depict yourself on it with a large bag of money. When you look at your creativity, truly believe that you will win.

4. Fatal method. Some are sure that only chance decides the outcome of a win. Some, for example, believe that lucky combination- this is the number of a car that was mined the day before somewhere in the world. Great amount bets are made on the 9th and 11th, after the famous disaster of September 11th. And the strangest thing is that these tickets won! Many people look for clues in the day of the week or the numbers of the month. Often they help them. It’s worth looking around you and finding out where your lucky number is hiding, which will allow you to understand how to win the Russian Lotto lottery.

5. Superstitious method. Acquisition lottery ticket- this is a ritual that must be carried out especially. Firstly, you need to pay attention to appearance. Do not wear things that contain yellow and red colors. It is better to choose an outfit in dark colors. Striped or checkered clothes will also scare away good luck. And the most important rule is that you should not wear gold and silver jewelry!

It turns out that the probability of winning in any lottery, be it “Sports”, “Super” or another, depends on the goal set and the chosen method.

Page 3, department “Flying notes”. Title: Seventy-five thousand. Signed: A. Chekhonte.

Source: Complete collection works and letters in 30 volumes (M.: Nauka, 1974-1983).

Ivan Dmitrich, an average man, living with his family on one thousand two hundred rubles a year and very happy with his lot, one day after dinner sat down on the sofa and began to read the newspaper.

“I forgot to look at the newspaper today,” said his wife, clearing the table. - Look, is there a circulation table there?

“Yes, there is,” answered Ivan Dmitrich. - Wasn’t your ticket lost as a deposit?

- No, I paid interest on Tuesday.

- What number?

— Episode 9 499, ticket 26.

- So... Let's see... 9,499 and 26.

Ivan Dmitrich did not believe in lottery luck and at any other time would never have looked at the circulation table, but now, having nothing else to do, and - fortunately, the newspaper was in front of his eyes - he ran his finger from top to bottom along the series numbers. And immediately, as if in mockery of his disbelief, no further than in the second line from the top, the number 9,499 suddenly caught his eye! Without looking at the ticket number, without checking himself, he quickly dropped the newspaper onto his lap and, as if someone had splashed it on his stomach cold water, I felt a pleasant chill in the pit of my stomach: it was ticklish, and scary, and sweet!

— Masha, there are 9,499! - he said dully.

His wife looked at his surprised, frightened face and realized that he was not joking.

— 9,499? - she asked, turning pale and lowering the folded tablecloth onto the table.

- Yes, yes... Seriously!

- What about the ticket number?

- Oh yes! Another ticket number. However, wait... wait. No, what is it like? After all, our series number is there! Still, you understand...

Ivan Dmitrich, looking at his wife, smiled widely and meaninglessly, like a child who is shown a shiny thing. His wife also smiled: she, like him, was pleased that he only named the series and was in no hurry to find out the number happy ticket. To languish and tease yourself with the hope of possible happiness is so sweet and creepy!

“We have a series,” said Ivan Dmitrich after a long silence. - So there is a possibility that we won. Only a possibility, but still it exists!

- Well, now take a look.

- Wait. We still have time to be disappointed. This is in the second line from the top, which means the winnings are 75,000. This is not money, but power, capital! And suddenly I look at the table now, and there - 26! A? Listen, what if we actually won?

The couple began to laugh and looked at each other in silence for a long time. The possibility of happiness clouded them; they could not even dream of saying what they both needed these 75,000 for, what they would buy, where they would go. They thought only about the numbers 9,499 and 75,000, pictured them in their imagination, but somehow they did not think about the happiness itself, which was so possible.

Ivan Dmitrich, holding a newspaper in his hands, walked from corner to corner several times and only when he calmed down from his first impression did he begin to dream a little.

- What if we won? - he said. - After all, this is new life, this is a catastrophe! The ticket is yours, but if it were mine, then first of all, of course, I would buy some real estate like an estate for 25 thousand; 10 thousand for one-time expenses: a new environment... travel, debts to pay, etc.... The remaining 40 thousand to the bank at interest...

“Yes, having an estate is good,” said the wife, sitting down and placing her hands on her knees.

- Somewhere in the Tula or Oryol province... Firstly, you don’t need a dacha, and secondly, there’s still income.

And his imagination was filled with pictures, one more affectionate and poetic than the other, and in all these pictures he saw himself well-fed, calm, healthy, warm, even hot! Here he is, having eaten okroshka, cold as ice, and lies upside down on the hot sand near the river or in the garden under a linden tree... It’s hot... The little son and daughter crawl around, rummage in the sand or catch boogers in the grass. He sleeps sweetly, doesn’t think about anything, and feels with his whole body that he can’t go to work today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. And tired of lying, he goes to the hayfield or into the forest to pick mushrooms, or watches the men catch fish with a seine. When the sun sets, he takes a sheet and soap and trudges to the bathhouse, where he slowly undresses, smoothes his bare chest with his palms for a long time and climbs into the water. And in the water, near the matte soapy circles, fish scurry around and green algae sway. After swimming, tea with cream and sweet pretzels... In the evening, a walk or hangout with neighbors.

“Yes, it would be nice to buy an estate,” says the wife, also dreaming, and you can see from her face that she is fascinated by her thoughts.

Ivan Dmitrich imagines autumn with rains, cold evenings and Indian summers. At this time, you need to deliberately walk longer in the garden, vegetable garden, along the river bank in order to get thoroughly chilled, and then drink a large glass of vodka and snack on salted saffron milk cap or dill cucumber and drink another. The kids run from the garden and carry carrots and radishes, which smell like fresh earth... And then they can lounge on the sofa and leisurely look at some illustrated magazine, and then cover their face with the magazine, unbutton their vest, and surrender to doze...

Indian summer is followed by gloomy, stormy times. Day and night it's raining, bare trees are crying, the wind is damp and cold. Dogs, horses, chickens - everything is wet, sad, timid. There is nowhere to go for a walk, you can’t leave the house, you have to walk from corner to corner all day and look sadly at the cloudy windows. Boring!

Ivan Dmitrich stopped and looked at his wife.

“You know, Masha, I would go abroad,” he said.

And he began to think that it would be nice to go abroad in the late autumn, somewhere in southern France, Italy... India!

“I would definitely go abroad too,” said the wife. - Well, look at the ticket number!

- Wait! Wait a minute...

He walked around the room and continued to think. It occurred to him: what if his wife actually went abroad? It’s nice to travel alone or in the company of light, carefree women who live in the moment, and not those who think and talk only about children all the way, sigh, get scared and tremble over every penny. Ivan Dmitrich imagined his wife in a carriage with many bundles, baskets, and packages; she sighs about something and complains that she has a headache from the road, that she lost a lot of money; every now and then she has to run to the station for boiling water, sandwiches, water... She can’t have lunch, because it’s expensive...

“But she would count me in every penny,” he thought, looking at his wife. - The ticket is hers, not mine! And why should she go abroad? What didn't she see there? He’ll sit in the room and not let me go... I know!”

And for the first time in his life he noticed that his wife had aged, looked ugly, and smelled of the kitchen all over her, while he himself was still young, healthy, fresh, even if he could marry a second time.

“Of course, all this is nonsense and nonsense,” he thought, “but... why would she go abroad? What does she understand there? But she would go... I’m imagining... But in fact, for her, Naples and Klin are all one. If only she would disturb me. I would be dependent on her. I imagine that as soon as I received the money, now it would be like a woman, under six locks... He will hide it from me... He will do good to his relatives, and he will count me in every penny.”

Ivan Dmitrich remembered his relatives. All these brothers, sisters, aunties, uncles, having learned about the win, will crawl, start begging, smiling oilily, and being hypocrites. Nasty, pathetic people! If you give it to them, they will ask for more; and if you refuse, they will curse, gossip, and wish for all sorts of misfortunes.

Ivan Dmitrich remembered his relatives, and their faces, which he had previously looked at indifferently, now seemed disgusting and hateful to him.

“These are such bastards!” - he thought.

And the wife’s face also began to seem disgusting and hateful. Anger against her began to boil in his soul, and he thought with malicious joy:

“He doesn’t know anything about money, and therefore is stingy. If she had won, she would have given me only a hundred rubles, and the rest would have been locked up.”

And he no longer looked at his wife with a smile, but with hatred. She also looked at him, and also with hatred and malice. She had her own bright dreams, her own plans, her own considerations; she understood perfectly what her husband was dreaming of. She knew who would be the first to reach out to her prize.

“It’s good to dream on someone else’s account! - her look said. “No, you don’t dare!”

The husband understood her look; hatred swirled in his chest, and to annoy his wife, to spite her, he quickly glanced at the fourth page of the newspaper and proclaimed triumphantly:

— Episode 9 499, ticket 46! But not 26!

Hope and hatred both disappeared at once, and immediately it began to seem to Ivan Dmitrich and his wife that their rooms were dark, small and low, that the dinner they had eaten did not satisfy, but only weighed on their stomachs, that the evenings were long and boring... .

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Winning ticket

Ivan Dmitrich, an average man, living with his family on one thousand two hundred rubles a year and very happy with his lot, one day after dinner sat down on the sofa and began to read the newspaper.

“I forgot to look at the newspaper today,” said his wife, clearing the table. – Look, is there a circulation table there?

“Yes, there is,” answered Ivan Dmitrich. – Wasn’t your ticket lost as a deposit?

- No, I paid interest on Tuesday.

- What number?

– Series 9499, ticket 26.

- So... Let's see... 9499 and 26.

Ivan Dmitrich did not believe in lottery luck and at any other time would never have looked at the circulation table, but now, having nothing to do, and - fortunately, the newspaper was in front of his eyes - he ran his finger from top to bottom along the series numbers. And immediately, as if in mockery of his disbelief, no further than in the second line from the top, the number 9499 suddenly caught his eye! Without looking at the ticket number, without checking himself, he quickly lowered the newspaper onto his lap and, as if someone had splashed cold water on his stomach, he felt a pleasant chill in the pit of his stomach: it was ticklish, and scary, and sweet!

– Masha, 9499 is there! - he said dully.

His wife looked at his surprised, frightened face and realized that he was not joking.

– 9499? – she asked, turning pale and lowering the folded tablecloth onto the table.

- Yes, yes... Seriously!

- What about the ticket number?

- Oh yes! Another ticket number. However, wait... wait. No, what is it like? After all, our series number is there! Still, you understand...

Ivan Dmitrich, looking at his wife, smiled widely and meaninglessly, like a child who is shown a shiny thing. His wife also smiled: she, like him, was pleased that he only named the series and was in no hurry to find out the number of the lucky ticket. To languish and tease yourself with the hope of possible happiness is so sweet and creepy!

“We have a series,” said Ivan Dmitrich after a long silence. - So there is a possibility that we won. Only a possibility, but still it exists!

- Well, now take a look.

- Wait. We still have time to be disappointed. This is in the second line from the top, which means the winnings are 75,000. This is not money, but power, capital! And suddenly I look at the table now, and there – 26! A? Listen, what if we actually won?

The couple began to laugh and looked at each other in silence for a long time. The possibility of happiness clouded them; they could not even dream of saying what they both needed these 75,000 for, what they would buy, where they would go. They thought only about the numbers 9499 and 75000, pictured them in their imagination, but somehow they did not think about the happiness itself, which was so possible.

Ivan Dmitrich, holding a newspaper in his hands, walked from corner to corner several times and only when he calmed down from his first impression did he begin to dream a little.

- What if we won? - he said. – After all, this is a new life, this is a disaster! The ticket is yours, but if it were mine, then first of all, of course, I would buy some real estate like an estate for 25 thousand; 10 thousand for one-time expenses: new environment... travel, debts to pay, etc.... The remaining 40 thousand are in the bank at interest...

“Yes, having an estate is good,” said the wife, sitting down and placing her hands on her knees.

- Somewhere in the Tula or Oryol province... Firstly, you don’t need a dacha, and secondly, there’s still income.

And his imagination was filled with pictures, one more affectionate and poetic than the other, and in all these pictures he saw himself well-fed, calm, healthy, warm, even hot! Here he is, having eaten okroshka, cold as ice, and lies upside down on the hot sand next to the river or in the garden under a linden tree... It’s hot... My little son and daughter crawl around, rummage in the sand or catch boogers in the grass. He sleeps sweetly, doesn’t think about anything, and feels with his whole body that he can’t go to work today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. And tired of lying, he goes to the hayfield or into the forest to pick mushrooms, or watches the men catch fish with a seine. When the sun sets, he takes a sheet and soap and trudges to the bathhouse, where he slowly undresses, smoothes his bare chest with his palms for a long time and climbs into the water. And in the water, near the matte soapy circles, fish scurry around and green algae sway. After swimming, tea with cream and sweet pretzels... In the evening, a walk or hang out with your neighbors.

“Yes, it would be nice to buy an estate,” says the wife, also dreaming, and you can see from her face that she is fascinated by her thoughts.

Ivan Dmitrich imagines autumn with rains, cold evenings and Indian summers. At this time, you need to deliberately walk longer in the garden, vegetable garden, along the river bank in order to get thoroughly chilled, and then drink a large glass of vodka and snack on salted saffron milk cap or dill cucumber and drink another. The kids run from the garden and carry carrots and radishes, which smell like fresh earth... And then they lie down on the sofa and leisurely look at some illustrated magazine, and then cover their face with the magazine, unbutton their vest, and surrender to doze...

Indian summer is followed by gloomy, stormy times. It rains day and night, bare trees cry, the wind is damp and cold. Dogs, horses, chickens - everything is wet, sad, timid. There is nowhere to go for a walk, you can’t leave the house, you have to walk from corner to corner all day and look sadly at the cloudy windows. Boring!

Ivan Dmitrich stopped and looked at his wife.

“You know, Masha, I would go abroad,” he said.

And he began to think that it would be nice to go abroad in the late autumn, somewhere in southern France, Italy... India!

“I would definitely go abroad too,” said the wife. - Well, look at the ticket number!

- Wait! Wait a minute…

He walked around the room and continued to think. It occurred to him: what if his wife actually went abroad? It’s nice to travel alone or in the company of light, carefree women who live in the moment, and not those who think and talk only about children all the way, sigh, get scared and tremble over every penny. Ivan Dmitry imagined his wife in a carriage with many bundles, baskets, and packages; she sighs about something and complains that she has a headache from the road, that she lost a lot of money; Every now and then she has to run to the station for boiling water, sandwiches, water... She can’t have lunch, because it’s expensive...

“But she would count me in every penny,” he thought, looking at his wife. - The ticket is hers, not mine! And why should she go abroad? What didn't she see there? He’ll sit in the room and not let me go... I know!”

And for the first time in his life he noticed that his wife had aged, looked ugly, and smelled of the kitchen all over her, while he himself was still young, healthy, fresh, even if he could marry a second time.

“Of course, all this is nonsense and nonsense,” he thought, “but... why would she go abroad? What does she understand there? But she would go... I’m imagining... But in fact, for her, Naples and Klin are all the same. If only she would disturb me. I would be dependent on her. I imagine that as soon as I received the money, then now it would be like a woman, under six locks... He will hide it from me... He will do good to his relatives, and he will count me in every penny.”

How to win the Russian Lotto: chances of winning the lottery + 7 convenient ways to buy a ticket + 13 theories of winning + 5 ways to check a ticket.

The ancient Russian game of playing lotto has now come to the fore new level and allows you not only to have a good time, but also to excitedly expect to win.

Of course, most of the prizes are of a consolation nature, which, you see, is also nice. But still, everyone plays Russian Lotto for one reason -.

The essence of the modern television gambling game Russian Lotto is no different from the home version. On the cards (tickets) there is a table with numbers, the presenter randomly selects the barrels, if the number matches, it is crossed out - and so on until all are crossed out.

The one who runs out of numbers on the card the fastest wins.

How to play is clear. And here how to win Russian Lotto– we will tell you in our article.

Where to buy a lottery ticket to play Russian Lotto?

The lottery organizers made sure that purchasing a ticket was as simple and convenient as possible. Moreover, now in the Internet era this process takes a matter of minutes.

Places where you can buy a ticket for Russian Lotto:


Is it possible to win the Russian Lotto and how?

Many people believe that they can’t win in the Russian Lotto. random people, but frontmen or relatives of the organizers.

Actually this is not true. Of course, the lottery system is built in such a way that the organizers always remain in the black, and not by a small one.

However, there are lucky ones who actually win big cash prizes, apartments and cars, and this is absolutely different people, not related to each other in any way.

According to statistics, every fourth ticket in the Russian Lotto lottery is a winner!

13 tactics and tricks on how to win Russian Lotto

Millions, but not everyone takes the matter seriously, even when they wonder how to win the Russian Lotto.

We believe that in the game, just like in everything else, you need preparation and the right approach. Of course, the most important thing in Russian Lotto is luck and lucky chance.

But following our advice will definitely bring you closer to victory.

Tactics and techniques for winning Russian Lotto:

    A winning attitude and positive thinking.

    Before purchasing a ticket and starting the lottery, bring your emotional state into a calm and pleasant direction, imagine how you rejoice at your winnings, how you take the prize and how you will dispose of it.

    It's important to feel positive emotions, and not just see the picture. And you shouldn’t take this for nothing; psychologists confirm the effectiveness of this method.

    Several tickets.

    It is clear that a pair of Russian Lotto tickets will double your chances of winning. If you're itching to get rich quickly, buy more tickets.

    Organized play.

    Create a group of like-minded people to play Russian Lotto. If you buy tickets as a team and split the winnings equally, you have a much better chance of making money from the lottery.

    Proponents of this tactic advise approaching this process as if it were work, and not allowing personal relationships, that is, not buying a ticket for a friend, or lending money. And divide the winnings strictly according to the principle: whoever invested how much gets that percentage.

  1. Joseph Grenwell's theory.

    The principle of this famous analyst's theory is systematization and symmetry. So, in a ticket with a higher probability of winning, the number of even and odd, small and large numbers should be approximately the same.

    And the numbers must end in different numbers from 1 to 9, and their number would also better strive for equality.

    Leonard Tippett's theory.


    If we apply the theory of this statistician to the Russian Lotto lottery, it turns out that the ticket should contain more numbers averages between 1 and 90, that is, close to 45. During the lottery, there is a high probability that most of the numbers will be average.

    By the way, neither the first nor the second extra hit the jackpot. Although in the development of theories it was used scientific approach, in practice it turned out that luck, after all, has a more significant weight in playing the lottery than science.

  2. Doug Myrock Method.

    Unlike the previous two respected people, Dak's method brought very big win, although it took a lot of time to wait for him. The essence of the method is simple - Dak bet on the same number all the time. That is, you need to choose a ticket that contains the number you specified.

    Advice from Russian Lotto players.

    Choose tickets that do not repeat the same combinations of numbers; the more variety, the better.

    Astrology.

    Nowadays, not just newspaper horoscopes, but services are becoming very popular personal astrologer. Oddly enough, those who use this service believe that it helps them a lot in life.

    The advantage of this science is its versatility. That is, at your request, the astrologer can calculate your lucky numbers, days and circumstances to buy a ticket with the highest probability of winning.

    If you don’t have the opportunity to contact an astrologer, then just follow your horoscope. Just choose a reliable source of information, indicating exactly who compiled the horoscope.

    Computer programs.


    Special programs have been created to calculate statistics in lotteries. They take into account the history of previous draws and have many more filters for customizing the program for a specific lottery and the features of your game.

    For example, one of these programs can be found on the website http://ravsoft2004.narod.ru/load/shareware/utility_dlja_loterei/rlotto/11-1-0-48.

    This program allows you to use 60 types of statistical calculations, generate data using the results of previous draws, track the effectiveness of certain solutions and many more useful functions.

    Numerology.

    Let's face it, this science is not as popular as astrology, for example, and there is not much evidence of its effectiveness. But it’s simply impossible not to mention it in a game where everything is tied to numbers. There are specialists who can calculate your lucky number.

    It can also be calculated at home. You need to add up your date of birth (day, month, year). The resulting number is the number of luck. You can also add the numbers corresponding to the letters of your name. You will also receive a lucky number.

    Klaus Joule method.

    A non-standard method of a non-standard person, based on appealing to a person’s subconscious, a kind of hypnosis or meditation. This is what the writer suggests: sit in a comfortable position and completely relax, let go of all thoughts and imagine how you are riding in a train carriage.

    The stations where the train stops are the days before the drawing. You need to get off at the stop that corresponds to the day of the lottery. Once on the platform, look for a kiosk selling newspapers, buy a newspaper and find in it the results of your lottery draw.

    Look carefully at the numbers written in the newspaper and remember them. Then take the return train. When buying a lottery ticket, focus on the numbers that your subconscious told you.

    Ritual clothes.

    There is a version that a person’s appearance influences luck. Following this version, when going for a lottery ticket, choose discreet clothes in a soft color, without red and yellow tones, checkered patterns or stripes. The only decorations are costume jewelry.

    Hints.

    Pay attention to various events in your life as signs of fate. After all, it is a known fact that a plane that crashes always ends up with fewer passengers than expected.

    Somehow fate or a guardian angel protects people. Perhaps your fate also wants to tell you winning combination numbers.

How to check a Russian Lotto ticket for winning?

You can find out if you were able to win the Russian Lotto immediately after the drawing on the NTV channel on Sundays!

There are several ways to check a lottery ticket:

  • Watch the live broadcast of the “Russian Lotto” program on the NTV channel next Sunday after purchasing a ticket. The broadcast starts at 8:15 Moscow time.
  • Watch a recording of a TV show on the Internet.
  • You can check your ticket on the official website stoloto.ru. To check, you need to know the ticket number and circulation number.
  • If the purchase of a lottery ticket was made through a Qiwi e-wallet, the results of the drawing can be received on the phone number linked to the wallet.
  • The results of the lottery are published in the newspapers: “Sportloto”, “Evening Moscow”, “Moskovskaya Pravda”, “Trud”, “Sudarushka”, “Work in Moscow”.

How much money can you win by buying 5 Russian Lotto tickets?

The answer to this question is in the following educational video:

Choose two or more methods at once how to win Russian Lotto which seemed most effective to you, believe in victory - and everything will definitely work out for you...


Chekhov Anton Pavlovich

Winning ticket

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

WINNING TICKET

Ivan Dmitrich, an average man, living with his family on one thousand two hundred rubles a year and very happy with his lot, one day after dinner sat down on the sofa and began to read the newspaper.

“I forgot to look at the newspaper today,” said his wife, clearing the table. - Look, is there a circulation table there?

Yes, there is,” answered Ivan Dmitrich. - Wasn’t your ticket lost as a deposit?

No, I paid interest on Tuesday.

What number?

Episode 9499, ticket 26.

So... Let's see... 9499 and 26.

Ivan Dmitrich did not believe in lottery luck and at any other time would never have looked at the circulation table, but now, having nothing else to do, and - fortunately, the newspaper was in front of his eyes - he ran his finger from top to bottom along the series numbers. And immediately, as if in mockery of his disbelief, no further than in the second line from the top, the number 9499 suddenly caught his eye! Without looking at the ticket number, without checking himself, he quickly lowered the newspaper onto his lap and, as if someone had splashed cold water on his stomach, he felt a pleasant chill in the pit of his stomach: it was ticklish, and scary, and sweet!

Masha, 9499 is there! - he said dully.

His wife looked at his surprised, frightened face and realized that he was not joking.

9499? - she asked, turning pale and lowering the folded tablecloth onto the table.

Yes, yes... Seriously there is!

What about the ticket number?

Oh yes! Another ticket number. However, wait... wait. No, what is it like? After all, our series number is there! Still, you understand...

Ivan Dmitrich, looking at his wife, smiled widely and meaninglessly, like a child who is shown a shiny thing. His wife also smiled: she, like him, was pleased that he only named the series and was in no hurry to find out the number of the lucky ticket. To languish and tease yourself with the hope of possible happiness is so sweet, creepy!

“We have a series,” said Ivan Dmitrich after a long silence. So there is a possibility that we won. Only a possibility, but still it exists!

Well, now take a look.

Wait. We still have time to be disappointed. This is in the second line from the top, which means the winnings are 75,000. This is not money, but power, capital! And suddenly I look at the table now, and there it is - 26! A? Listen, what if we actually won?

The couple began to laugh and looked at each other in silence for a long time. The possibility of happiness clouded them; they could not even dream of saying what they both needed these 75,000 for, what they would buy, where they would go. They thought only about the numbers 9499 and 75000, pictured them in their imagination, but somehow they did not think about the happiness itself, which was so possible.

Ivan Dmitrich, holding a newspaper in his hands, walked from corner to corner several times and only when he calmed down from his first impression did he begin to dream a little.

What if we won? - he said. - After all, this is a new life, this is a disaster! The ticket is yours, but if it were mine, then first of all, of course, I would buy some real estate like an estate for 25 thousand; 10 thousand for one-time expenses: a new environment... travel, debts to pay, etc.... The remaining 40 thousand to the bank at interest...

Yes, having an estate is good,” said the wife, sitting down and placing her hands on her knees.

Somewhere in the Tula or Oryol province... Firstly, you don’t need a dacha, and secondly, there’s still income.

And his imagination was filled with pictures, one more affectionate and poetic than the other, and in all these pictures he saw himself well-fed, calm, healthy, warm, even hot! Here he is, having eaten okroshka, cold as ice, and lies upside down on the hot sand near the river or in the garden under a linden tree... It’s hot... The little son and daughter crawl around, rummage in the sand or catch boogers in the grass. He sleeps sweetly, doesn’t think about anything, and feels with his whole body that he can’t go to work today, or tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. And tired of lying, he goes to the hayfield or into the forest to pick mushrooms, or watches the men catch fish with a seine. When the sun sets, he takes a sheet and soap and trudges to the bathhouse, where he slowly undresses, smoothes his bare chest with his palms for a long time and climbs into the water. And in the water, near the matte soapy circles, fish scurry around and green algae sway. After swimming, tea with cream and sweet pretzels... In the evening, a walk or hangout with neighbors.

“Yes, it would be nice to buy an estate,” says the wife, also dreaming, and you can see from her face that she is fascinated by her thoughts.

Ivan Dmitrich imagines autumn with rains, cold evenings and Indian summers. At this time, you need to deliberately walk longer in the garden, vegetable garden, along the river bank in order to get thoroughly chilled, and then drink a large glass of vodka and snack on salted saffron milk cap or dill cucumber and drink another. The kids run from the garden and carry carrots and radishes, which smell like fresh earth... And then they can lounge on the sofa and leisurely look at some illustrated magazine, and then cover their face with the magazine, unbutton their vest, and surrender to doze...