Mega-Sena Jackpot Rolls Over to R$320 Million
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Mega-Sena is a big lottery in Brazil. People buy tickets and pick numbers.
On Tuesday, there was a draw. It is called draw number 3076.
Nobody picked the right numbers. So nobody won the big prize.
This is called an accumulation. The money moves to the next draw.
The next draw is on Wednesday. The prize will be R$320 million.
R$320 million is a lot of money. Many people will buy tickets now.
People want to check the numbers from Tuesday's draw.
The jackpot keeps growing every time nobody wins.
Vocabulary6 words
- lottery
- a game where you pick numbers to try to win money
- accumulation
- when something gets bigger because nobody takes it
- jackpot
- the biggest prize of money you can win
- draw
- the time when the winning numbers are chosen
- prize
- money or a gift you win
- ticket
- a paper you buy to join a game
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Quiz
Answer key
1. Nobody won the prize 2. R$320 million 3. On Wednesday
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Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Mega-Sena is a big _____ in Brazil.
On Tuesday, there was a _____.
Nobody picked the right numbers, so nobody won the big _____.
This is called an _____.
The money moves to the next _____.
The next draw is on _____.
The prize will be R$320 _____.
The _____ keeps growing every time nobody wins.
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