Caixa Econômica Federal announced this Saturday (31) that this year’s Mega da Virada prize went from R$ 500 million to R$ 540 million. This is the highest amount paid in the history of the draw.
The value of 2021 was R$ 378.1 million, which was until then the largest in the Brazilian lottery.
“Mega da Virada will go down in history with the biggest prize of all time!”, announced Caixa on social media.
Mega da Virada will go down in history with the biggest prize of all time!
Staying out of this? Bet up to 5pm on the lotteries, at https://t.co/Ld5GvWHe6Gon the CAIXA Lotteries app, on the CAIXA Internet Banking or CAIXA app for bank customers, and compete for the mega prize! pic.twitter.com/V8lfGT1rzu
— BOX (@Box) December 31, 2022
Bets can be placed until 5 pm (Brasília time), this Saturday (31), at more than 13,000 lottery outlets in the country or via the Loterias Caixa application or website.
Bank customers can also participate via Internet Banking. The draw takes place on the same date, starting at 20:00.
The value of the single bet, with six numbers, is R$ 4.50.
See below how much it costs to place more numbers in the same game and the probability of success:
- Numbers: 6 Value: BRL 4.50 Probability: 1 in 50,063,860
- Numbers: 7 Value: BRL 31.50 Probability: 1 in 7,151,980
- Numbers: 8 Value: BRL 126.00 Probability: 1 in 1,787,995
- Numbers: 9 Value: BRL 378.00 Probability: 1 in 595,998
- Numbers: 10 Value: BRL 945.00 Probability: 1 in 238,399
- Numbers: 11 Value: BRL 2,079.00 Probability: 1 in 108,363
- Numbers: 12 Value: BRL 4,158.00 Probability: 1 in 54,182
- Numbers: 13 Value: BRL 7,722.00 Probability: 1 in 29,175
- Numbers: 14 Value: BRL 13,513.50 Probability: 1 in 16,671
- Numbers: 15 Value: BRL 22,522.50 Probability: 1 in 10,003
- Numbers: 16 Value: BRL 36,036.00 Probability: 1 in 6,252
- Numbers: 17 Value: BRL 55,692.00 Probability: 1 in 4,045
- Numbers: 18 Value: BRL 83,538.00 Probability: 1 in 2,697
- Numbers: 19 Value: BRL 122,094.00 Probability: 1 in 1845
- Numbers: 20 Value: BRL 174,420.00 Probability: 1 in 1,292
(With information from Douglas Porto)
Source: CNN Brasil
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