How to Play Mega-Sena?
Many lottery players who don’t live in Brazil are attracted by the prospect of winning millions in the country’s most popular lottery but face two obstacles. For starters, this lottery has an original drawing system which outsiders have difficulties in understanding, as the numbers are extracted in pairs from two different drums. The other obstacle resides in the sheer acquisition of tickets, a problem that could be easily solved by purchasing the tickets with a respectable online lottery vendor.
To play the Caixa Mega Sena players need to purchase a lottery slip which has three rows and at least six numbers on one or all of them. It is possible to select seven, eight, nine or more numbers although in exchange of boosting chances players will be paying slightly more. The odds of scooping the jackpot are relatively small with one in 50 million tickets being tagged as a winner, but it is more likely to take home the second tier prize which is also alluring. The winners have only 90 days to claim their prizes which is a relatively short period of time compared to what most lotteries worldwide deem as acceptable.
In terms of sheer amounts, Mega-Sena is one of the best paying lotteries in the world with records being set in 2009 in the regular draw and 2010 for the Mega da Virada. On the bright side, prizes are awarded in a lump payment and they are tax-free, which means that the winners don’t have to settle for the annuity to receive as much as possible from what they’ve won. The money distribution goes as follows: 35% will fuel the jackpot, while 38% will be equally divided between second and third tier prizes.
