Photo: Rafa Neddermeyer / Agência Brasil The Mega-Sena is the most important lottery in the country. This is because he earns thousands of reais in prizes every week, changing the lives of several people. As the end of the year approaches, it is impossible not to think about Mega da Virada, which will break all records in prize amounts in this edition: an incredible R$550 million.
However, the lottery has already awarded exorbitant prizes on other occasions, both in the special year-end edition and in the traditional edition.
Want to know more about Mega-Sena's biggest prizes? So read this text until the end and check it out!
How the Mega-Sena prize pool works The Mega-Sena prize pool includes bettors who match 6, 4 or 3 tens. The more numbers you match, the bigger the prize you will win in the Mega-Sena contest.
If no one manages to reach the maximum prize range, which is 6 dozens, the prize will be transferred to the next competition. This increases the final lottery value.
This just doesn't happen during Mega da Virada, a special edition of Mega-Sena that takes place every end of the year.
The price is not accumulated in this edition. This way, if no one gets the Sena right, that is, 6 tens, the prize goes to whoever gets 5 or 4 numbers right.
The 7 biggest prizes of the Mega-Sena The Mega-Sena is popular because it is one of the lotteries with the biggest prizes in the country and in this regard it only competes with Mais Milionária. Even so, it’s Brazilians’ favorite!
Check out the biggest prizes in lottery history below!
2015 In seventh place we can mention the 1764 contest, which awarded the incredible prize of R$ 205,329,753.89.
A very lucky player managed to score 6 tens in the competition that took place in November 2015.
2019 In sixth place is the prize pool of more than R$ 289,420,865.00 from the 2150 competition.
In this case, only 1 person managed to take home the full prize from the May 2019 draw.
2017 In fifth place, the biggest Mega-Sena prize was R$306,718,743.68, awarded in the 2000 contest.
On that occasion, 17 people shared the millionaire prize from the Mega da Virada 2017 edition.
2022 In fourth place, we can mention the incredible prize of R$317,853,788.54 awarded during a traditional edition of the lottery in October 2022.
Competition 2525 awarded prizes to 12 people who were guaranteed a real life change with this jackpot.
2020 In third place, in competition 2,330, referring to Mega da Virada 2020, a prize of R$ 325,250,216.44 was awarded.
Only two people were included in this edition, each receiving more than 150 million reais.
Mega da Virada 2021 2021 also appears in this ranking of the biggest Mega-Sena prize pool with a value of R$ 378,124,727.48, referring to game 2,440.
Furthermore, only two people were awarded, each guaranteeing more than 180 million reais.
2022 Firstly, we cannot fail to mention the 2022 edition of Mega da Virada, which yielded the biggest lottery prize to date.
In match 2550 the value was an incredible R$541,969,966.29. In this way, 5 people received an incredible amount of more than 108 million reais for each of them.
How to increase your chances of winning the Mega-Sena Prize? To win at Mega-Sena you need to bet on more than just intuition. With the right strategy and a little luck, you could become the next winner.
To achieve this, it is worth investing in a series of strategies:
Developments: focus on more numbers to increase the chance of success; Closures: eliminate repeated combinations of games; Pay attention to the statistics: see which tens are most and least drawn in the lottery; Participate in prizes: buy which and how many shares you want, and participate in different prizes; Play online with Mega Lotteries: use smart tools to optimize your chances of winning. By following all these tips, the chance of winning is much greater than you imagine. What are you waiting for? Compete for Mega-Sena now!