Mega Sena Lottery

Get to the Know Mega Sena Lottery and Learn how to Win Big!

The Caixa Economica

Brazil is home to one of the biggest lotteries in the world known as the Mega Sena lottery. It operates under the management of Caixa Economica Federal Bank which is the operator of almost all the lottery games in the country since the year 1961. The bank basically aims to improve the quality of life for the people of Brazil.

A percentage of the total income or profits of the Mega Sena lottery will be forwarded to the Brazilian National Treasury and this department will be the one responsible for the allocation of funds to different aspects like education and progress.

The year 1861 was the year when Caixa Economica was first introduced. Its main purpose then was to encourage people of Brazil especially the poor ones to save money for a chance to a better future. It has merged with other groups and organizations that share the same purpose and this has resulted to the creation of the CAIXA that is known as the manager and operator of different lotteries in the country like the Mega Sena lottery.

Mega Sena Game Overview

Mega Sena game utilizes 2 cages with one containing balls with numbers 0-5 and the other one with numbers 0-9. A player can choose any number from 01-60. If two zeros (00) are drawn, that will represent the number 60. The first digit will come from the first cage with 0-5 and the second will come from the one with numbers 0-9.

The process will be repeated for six times to come up with the Mega Sena winning number combination. A player will be entitled for the jackpot if he could match all the six winning numbers.

Mega Sena operators want the winners to take home bigger cash prizes so they are only giving away three levels of prizes. A player will can claim for a level prize if he has guessed 4 or 5 numbers correctly. The winner will be given a 90-day period to claim the prize which is in the form of a lump sum.

Winners of prizes R$800 and below can claim their prizes at any lottery house by just showing their winning tickets while winners of bigger prizes should go directly to the Caixa Economica Federal Bank to claim their prizes. Unclaimed prizes will go to the Brazilian National Treasury.

What Winners Could Get

Only 46% of the total sales and revenues of Mega Sena lottery is allotted for the cash prizes. 35% of this makes up the jackpot prize, 20% will go to second level winners, another 20% is for the third level winners, and the last 25% will be used for the special draws that are being held five times annually.

Mega Sena lottery has recorded the highest amount of lottery jackpot prize won in 1999 when someone from Salvador has won the R$64.9 million. It has given away R$52.8 million in 2007 and R$53.1 million in July 2008. This huge amount of jackpot prize was divided among two winning ticket holders.