Mega-Sena Winning Numbers

Mega-Sena Winning Numbers

Brazilian people who are even remotely interested in lottery games purchase Mega-Sena tickets week after week and increase the number once a year. This is the time when the Mega Da Virada draw takes place and it is popular for awarding higher than average jackpots. The special draw is funded by withholding a small percentage of the amount collected throughout the year, and since these compound the main jackpot is frequently setting new records. Throughout the lottery’s history, it grew from R$ 64.9 million in 1999 to three times more a decade later and it is expected to climb to new highs in 2013.

Matching the winning numbers is of course a matter of luck, and with the odds standing at roughly 1 in 50 million, one needs to get really lucky to scoop the jackpot. Second tier prizes are much easier to win and the amounts are more than consolation awards, with the overall chances of winning 1 in 2298. There are two ways of selecting the numbers, with the easiest and fastest ones being the “Surpresinha”, the Brazilian equivalent of the American Quick Pick.

Despite the obvious advantages of this system, many players prefer to add the numbers themselves and focus on those who bear a special signification to them. In the search of Mega-Sena winning numbers some resort to what are known as hot, cold and due numbers which are determined based on how often they were extracted in the last years. There is no scientific evidence that choosing numbers based on this method has any impact on the odds of winning, with the more practical approach being a wheel system.