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title: 'Новогодний миллиард в «Русском лото» | Как готовятся к эфиру? | Включение со съёмочной площадки'
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date: 2026-08-17
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channel: 'Столото'
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# Новогодний миллиард в «Русском лото» | Как готовятся к эфиру? | Включение со съёмочной площадки

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## Summary

This video offers a behind-the-scenes look at the preparation for the Russian New Year's billion lottery draw, featuring interviews with the marketing director, presenters, winners, technical staff, and the show's director. It highlights the scale of the event, the fairness and transparency measures in place, and the excitement surrounding the live broadcast.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to the New Year's Billion** [00:33] — The Marketing Director at Stola introduces the show, revealing that over two billion rubles will be given away in the New Year's billion lottery draw.
- **2020 Lottery Success** [01:18] — 2020 was a successful year for participants: the first lottery billion appeared in Russia, almost 900 people became millionaires, and the total prize fund exceeded 28 billion rubles.
- **State Contributions** [01:46] — The lottery contributes to the state budget, with over 27 billion rubles contributed, 14 of which support Russian sports. The phrase 'Winning the lottery means winning the country' is used.
- **Interview with Presenters** [02:14] — The marketing director interviews the show's presenters, who discuss the excitement and responsibility of hosting a live broadcast where people become millionaires.
- **Differences from Previous Years** [04:22] — The presenters note that this year's draw is different because it's the first without Mikhail Borisovich, and the guests are mostly previous winners, adding a personal touch.
- **Drawing Committee and Fairness** [06:05] — The drawing committee checks the kegs for fairness, ensuring they are made of the same material and not tampered with. The committee's meticulous work is highlighted.
- **Winner Testimonials** [07:14] — Interviews with past winners, including a woman who won a million rubles, emphasize the importance of believing in luck and playing regularly.
- **The Seller of Luck** [09:37] — The person who sold the winning ticket for 1 billion is interviewed, expressing joy and noting an increase in visitors after the win.
- **Technical Center and Data Integrity** [11:04] — The technical director explains how tickets are recorded and stored, with multiple control points and a 256-character encryption during transmission to prevent tampering.
- **Independent Verification** [13:41] — Sergey Nikitin from a computer forensics lab describes checking the database for anomalies, duplicates, and strange votes, confirming the voting results are honest.
- **Draw Committee Member Interview** [14:54] — Anastasia, a member of the draw committee, assures viewers that the process is fair, having personally checked the bag and balls.
- **Director's Perspective** [16:26] — The director, Alexander Davydovich Riften, discusses the extensive preparation (two weeks of rehearsals) and the significance of the event as the most important holiday on television.
- **How to Play Russian Lotto** [20:03] — A tutorial explains the ticket structure: two playing fields, each with 9 columns and 3 rows, totaling 30 numbers. Winning conditions for each round are described.

### Conclusion

The video provides a comprehensive behind-the-scenes look at the New Year's billion lottery, emphasizing its scale, fairness, and the excitement of the live event. It also educates viewers on how to play and win, reinforcing the lottery's positive impact on the country.

## Transcript

I am the Marketing Director at Stola. Today we are filming our favorite show. We have a winner, namely the New Year's billion. Today we will be giving away over two billion rubles. This is a super
exciting drawing for us. How exactly the main prize will be distributed is voted for by our viewers and participants. We still have n't revealed this secret, and we will find out about it live at 3:30 PM on NTV. Well, today, and now, I will show you exactly how
our program is being prepared. Now we will go into the holy of holies, into the control room, and take a quick look at what is happening there. There are still a few hours left before the drawing, and now there is only a rehearsal. Well, 2020
was not an easy year, so we will not distract our colleagues. 2020 was not an easy year at all, but very successful for our participants. The first lottery billion appeared for the first time in Russia.
Almost 900 people became lottery millionaires. The total prize fund awarded and received by our participants amounted to over twenty-eight billion rubles. People often ask how many times it was filmed.  The
jackpot, friends, is 250 times, but when our participants win, it's not just them who win, but the country as well, since all lotteries distributed have become state-owned. We also contribute to the state budget.
More than twenty-seven billion rubles have been contributed, 14 of which go to support Russian sports. This is a colossal amount of money. Winning the lottery means winning the country. Well, let's get back to our drawing. Of course, one of the important
components is our presenter, and so now we'll penetrate the holy of holies into their dressing room and ask them a couple of interesting questions that undoubtedly worry you. So, girls, hello,
Victoria, or yes, hello, hello, hello, come up to me. They came up to me. Happy
literally have a couple of I'm afraid you look great again. 1 to 7. What's it like? What's it like for many years? They won't tell you that you could go live on January 1st. This is incredibly exciting, considering that
at least 0001 is needed after our beloved president said to keep fit, so to speak. I understand you very well about the product on the table. Please
tell me how a live broadcast differs from a standard broadcast. Well, of course, first of all, we are very scared, more excited, this is the highest, so to
speak, work in a nervous state because these are large sums, these are big You feel responsible and understand that now, right now, people will become millionaires. The places above are happier and gloomy. But what a heat of
happier and gloomy. But what a heat of factions. Victoria. Do you still manage to buy tickets for the New Year's billion? Libra, in the bustle of affairs, still, still, in
this while you are there, hop-hop and cross out a little, but we just discussed this. Yes, because we are families, which means we call already at the beginning of December and say, listen, please, let's do it earlier, buy a ticket, and
because later it is not an option, and by the end of December our families have tickets. We don't have rehearsal process and we come to the store at the point of sale there are no tickets, but we purchased dinner on the website, and this saves us such a very
ask a rather difficult question for us: how is this drawing different from all the previous years for us? Well, firstly, because this is the first New Year's because this is the first New Year's billion without Mikhail Borisovich, and secondly,
this is probably the most difficult question, so to speak, for all of us because he is always our support, and today, too, of course, I dreamed about him before the broadcast. Now, for example, I shared this moment with him. And the second thing,
in my opinion, is probably so wonderful that the guests are almost all winners, millionaires, our wonderful people, just ordinary people who came to our studio today to support us and tell us
their story of success and good luck, embellishment. Thank you so much, and such wonderful, beautiful, smart girls who distribute a huge amount of money every weekend. A few words to our viewers, charge
them in the country. Literally a few words. Dear friends, I wish you happiness. What else can I wish you? Of course, good luck. Everything will be fine. Everything will be great. We are keeping our I hope you become a millionaire. Today, the fortune teller is great.
Today, the fortune teller is great. Smile and hug more often. Be happy. Take care of yourselves, take care of your families, and know that we are always worried about you.
You are always in our hearts and heads. We will send you rays of luck. Thank you very much, good luck to you and good luck to you, so that everything goes well for us today. But what am I already told that the audience is starting to gather, and it would be a sin not to go up to
them and ask them a couple of questions. But in addition to the audience, there is always a special group of people on the site. These are our drawing committee, the key, meticulous people who check whether all the kegs are made of the same material,
whether we are not heating anything up, whether there is some short person who pulls out the right kegs. All this is being watched by attentive six eyes,
no exception. Today, I will tell you more. Today, we will raffle off such a colossal sum. This is the most important drawing in the country. On January 1st, it will be live, and that is why we invited. We are not afraid of anything, so invite the head of the company, who is
invite the head of the company, who is also following our drawing. Well, I am moving on, and now I will probably find myself in the most probably find myself in the most concentrated point,
filled with happiness and winnings, because this is where the participants and those who make this program from week to week are, and here is our wonderful winner. flooring now we will meet her hello hello what's your name good
night nice tell me please how did you get to our drawing in 2020 pen of January I won a million rubles how did it happen you were
sitting in front of the TV with your family crosses out how did you find out that you won a million that's how it happened the backbone unfortunately we didn't watch the drawing with my mother I was at home my pregnant sister who gave birth two days later then she started
gave birth two days later then she started checking tickets and that's how it all coincided right away ben of the year and and nephew and millions it's not immediately clear where to spend yes I congratulate you and today you know we have a new
today you know we have a new new approach to the drawing this year the participants themselves determine how the main prize will be distributed and perhaps this year we will have the maximum number of millionaires the draw for which I
wish you good luck and maybe a few words as a person who has already won our lottery millionaires I think you need to believe you need to believe in luck you need to believe in yourself and everything will work out and I thank you very much happy new year to you but what what
I feel that this is not the only one  The winner, we'll go out, preparations, Hello, what's your name? Hello, my name is Maria Lukashuk, and I won a million in Russian Lotto. Wonderful! Congratulations! Tell me what a
person feels when he checks his tickets, crosses them out, and realizes he's won a significant amount. At that very moment, of course, we could n't believe our eyes, then we waited for the text message. Well, after
visiting the lottery center, we've already started thinking about how to distribute them. Tell me, now play the New Year's billions. I sewed 3. It will become a tradition for your family. It's a tradition for us. It's wonderful that this is literally a couple of words to our
TV viewers, our internet viewers, and participants. I'm already a newly minted participants. I'm already a newly minted lottery millionaire. I advise everyone to play regularly, and then the chances of winning increase, of course. Thank
you very much. Well, what do we do? We move on. We move on, and I can't help but introduce you to a very interesting person. The seller of luck. Friends, the person standing with me is the one who sold the
ticket for 1 billion. The ticket that won 1 billion has always been my favorite.  I wonder what kind of emotions I give a lot of tickets to my friends and I worry about my friend not winning and it's good of course you sold a ticket to the
New Year's mile tell me what it felt like hello the feelings are always pleasant it's always nice when Doroshchenko after
lost the ticket somehow the number of visitors increased I feel that and a lot of lucky hand yes of course many more people come yes of course many more people come find out buy now conclusion and
and a true seller of luck because you have definitely made one person happy an entire family maybe for several hundred years to come I want you to say a few words to your colleagues our wonderful
distributor who survived the New Year's billion which is now resting thank you today with us in the studio literally a few words of wishes for the studio literally a few words of wishes for the already begun 21 years I wish you big
already begun 21 years I wish you big sales I wish that this year all sales I wish that this year all the cataclysms end well good the cataclysms end well good mood here you go thank you very much well well
we move on we move on and I will now find myself in the very and I will now find myself in the very holy of holies in the technical center of the lottery I will introduce you to the technical director who will tell  How does it
work, how are tickets recorded, and will answer our various questions? Well, I'm off to the next place. So, I remind you that e-ticket sales will end at 11 a.m. Moscow time, so if you still have time, buy it. This might be the
still have time, buy it. This might be the most important ticket in your life. We're continuing most important ticket in your life. We're continuing now. We're backstage. The stage is behind us. There's a rehearsal here. You can hear how we're preparing. There are just seconds left before the main
event of the year. We're working live. So, I'm running to Natalia. I see that the entire technical team is working tensely. I'll literally distract you for a few minutes. Hello, she said, Happy New Year to you.
Please tell me. Can you tell us everything? We're all showing everything that's been opened. So, can you tell us how the tickets get into the database? How is it all stored? A few words for our most meticulous viewers. You can
see here the actual preparations for the live broadcast. The guys are checking all communication channels, checking the main backup computers. The theater workers are once again, or at least once again, check your credits. We're preparing for the
New Year's billion. Regarding sales and information collection.  From the technology points, I actually have a lot of different sales channels from
which information comes, I found serial processing, and at each stage, there is control over both the quantity and the numbers of these sold tickets. After that, all this information
this information is collected in our storage and a file is prepared in order to unscrew it here in the studio. Thank you and the last tricky question, will they somehow change the ticket databases
during the drawing? How will this be? I guarantee no, it is impossible to do for the simple reason that in the process of transferring information from the court to the studio, there are such, but specialists, you know, its control numbers, not only that, control on the net,
which is 256 characters during transmission, so we also check here, but besides this, in this New Year's billion, today is January 1st, there are who control the very morning, they are already sitting here, standing above us and
checking everything. Actually, can I now Sergey, Sergey, hello, please introduce yourself for our viewers. My name is Sergey Nikitin. I close the computer forensics lab in the company of group B.
Tell us briefly what you  They did it for us, as you checked us, but then they brought in a company, a group, to check the database to check the voting, how the votes were distributed, what can you say without revealing the
main intrigue, how they distributed it, how everything went, well, in fact, on December 30th at midnight, they handed us the database, we checked, for example, if there were any anomalies, duplicates, any strange voices, strange sequences, and the
voting results, the results of the verification, we will announce directly on air, the verification, we will announce directly on air, the key questions, everything is fine, everything is fine, I am honest, everything is honest, this is the most important thing, thank you very much, why, and we
continue further, as you see, everything is honest, everything is transparent, everything is technologically advanced, and these are modern lotteries in Russia in the 21st century, we are behind the scenes, you can meet anyone behind the scenes, and the backstage is full of pleasant surprises, and I
full of pleasant surprises, and I see the wonderful Anastasia, while the presenter of the program, you are super, hello, happy new year, it is very nice that year, it is very nice that you are with us today, January 1st, and you also
play a huge role, you are a member of the draw committee, these are the people who check whether the bag has a double bottom, for sure.  Are all the balls all our piggy banks the same temperature? Are
they wooden? Believe me, there's no temperature at all. How do you feel in this role? Are you nervous? Will you scrupulously check us? Well, first of all, I'm sure that everything here is really fair because I'm already
fair because I'm already on the air, the table, and I can say that everything is perfect, and I put my paws into this bag. Thank you so much for it, and today we showed the whole inside out so that no one had any thoughts.
Moreover, as part of the live broadcast that we will all be watching, our on the live broadcast. They can leave comments congratulations. These comments will appear live on the TV screen. What
everyone is worried about is also that this is all fair, friends. Today we will see how a billion will be distributed. More than two billion will be raffled off, so keep your fingers crossed and stock up on tickets. After that, we won't meet on January 1st. I
new year and wish me something for the next drawing. Well, first of all, Happy New Year everyone. Remember that everyone is always lucky only when you  Believe in this, so be sure to believe in your luck. We are here to
very much. You are super. Have a nice day. And so, we are going to probably one of the most important people on the site, this is the director of both our
regular shows and, of course, the permanent director of the New Year's billion. This is Alexander Davydovich Riften. He is a legendary man. Besides the fact that he probably did almost all the concerts of all the baristas, Pugacheva, whom we
all the baristas, Pugacheva, whom we love so much, he is the main director of such shows huge number. I don't want to list them all. Riga lay down on what he does for us, our program, and now we will ask him a few questions. And Fan David, hello, hello, Happy
a few questions. And Fan David, hello, hello, Happy Yermolov sits down after what happened, it is hardly possible. And a happened, it is hardly possible. And a taxi. We are doing a live broadcast. Our viewers are
watching on the Internet and asking questions. It's a mistake. We arrived here with you mistake. We arrived here with you at 8 am. Live broadcast at 3:30 pm. Why so at 8 am. Live broadcast at 3:30 pm. Why so early on television? What do you mean,
this is in addition to the live broadcast for  In order to make a live broadcast at 15:30, we to make a live broadcast at 15:30, we had to start rehearsals two weeks ago. That's had to start rehearsals two weeks ago. That's why we're never late.
for us and for our show. How is the New Year's billion different from our standard weekly edition? Firstly, because it's once a year. If we could give away a billion every month, we
see it and it would be every month. Happy New Year. It's always exciting. I think it's the most important holiday on television, including all our colleagues working on other programs.
They prepare for it for a month. We prepare for it for a year. We're professionals. The program is with us. And a few words. The dress rehearsal for our viewers will begin soon. What would you like for the coming year? In the new year, in the lottery year. You know about the amount of money.
The date is many, many years ago. There was a company. I won't name the owner or the name of the company. It once worked a lot in show business. And in this show business, one day, my
year was ending in May, and it wasn't a big banquet for a small circle of people. The owner of the company raised a toast and said, "For the well-being of the Russian people."  So that our people live happily, joyfully, and prosperously, we still watch the
risen frozen and so that they have money so that they have enough money so that they don't buy tickets to our concerts. I would like to wish everyone to live happily and healthy, so that your children bring you joy, so that
you become the pride of your children, so that you have the opportunity to try your own luck, buy a ticket for little money and try to understand how fate favors you, can you
or maybe even a billionaire? All the best to you and try your luck because this is worthy of great golden words. great golden words. We are coming to the end later in the post, right after
I finish, we will tell you exactly how to find out whether your ticket won or not. And I want to tell you this was a difficult year, we have entered a new year. I sincerely wish you health and since I am responsible for marketing for lotteries, I sincerely wish you
to win the lottery this year. Play, participate, and then we will tell you exactly how to find out that your ticket won. Thank you very much for being with us. We are waiting for you live at 15-30 on the
are waiting for you live at 15-30 on the TV channel.  NTV, for now, we remind you how to play Russian Lotto and how to understand that you are in each ticket. There are and how to understand that you are in each ticket. There are always two playing fields, then
always two playing fields, then in each field there are 9 columns. In each the numbers are divided into tens. The tens are so it is easier to find when the host takes out kegs for the drawing. In each field, like the
top one, in the bottom one there are three rows. Each horizontal row always has five Each horizontal row always has five numbers. Now, some simple math. In each field, there are only 15 numbers, that is, in total, there are 30 numbers on the ticket. If you
manage to cross out five numbers in any row of the ticket before other participants, you win in the first round before others. This means that before the host announces stop play in the first round, to choose in the second round, you need to
cross out all 15 numbers in one of the two fields before others. Or, if 15 numbers in the upper or lower field match on the 15th move, you win the jackpot. To win in the
following rounds, you need to close all 30 numbers in the bol, even if this happens on the last move, you still win, even if it is a small amount. Play and win. We wish everyone good luck in the New Year's billion
in the New Year's billion today.