OREANDA-NEWS A resident of Smolensk won 4 out of 20 140 million rubles in the lottery "Sportloto", and the cat predicted the win for him, who had dreamed shortly before, told RIA Novosti in Stoloto, the largest distributor of state lottery in Russia.

"On August twenty-eighth, 2024, during the 8814th edition of the lottery "Sportloto "4 out of 20", a multimillion—dollar super prize was drawn - 140,697,536 rubles. The most successful participant turned out to be entrepreneur Dmitry M. from Smolensk, who bought a ticket for 250 rubles in the Stoloto mobile application, the company reported.

They talked to the winner there and he said that shortly before winning, fate sent him a sign of approaching good luck: "a couple of days before the victory, I had a dream about a cat that stained the whole apartment." "The common people say that such a dream leads to financial success. He turned out to be prophetic, who would have thought?" — added the newly minted multimillionaire.

According to him, in the playing fields of the ticket, he always marks important numbers for his family — the birthdays of loved ones: "he chose 6, 9, 11, 20 in the first field of the ticket, and marked at random in the second: 2, 3, 14, 17".

In total, Dmitry, who has a business in the field of motor transport, has been playing the lottery for three years.

The winner lives in an apartment with his family, but this year he decided to buy a house with a large plot. Thanks to the winnings, he will not have to sell the apartment to purchase a new property. The man wants to invest the rest of the funds in expanding his business and donate it to charity.

"I have a big family: together with my wife, we are raising a son and a daughter. And at home, loyal friends are always waiting for us — an English bulldog and a Scottish cat. My wife and I have long dreamed of moving to a place where there will be enough space for everyone. With the help of winning, I will fulfill the main dream of the family! We plan to make a lounge area and a swimming pool on the site, and my wife is already dreaming how she will do gardening and plant flowers," the winner concluded.