No Winner for Quina Jackpot, But Four Players in Paraná Win Up to R$60,000
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The Quina is a lottery game in Brazil.
People choose numbers and hope to win money.
On Sunday, there was a big draw called Quina 7145.
Nobody won the top prize. The top prize is called the jackpot.
The jackpot was R$51 million. That is a lot of money.
Four bets from Paraná almost won. Paraná is a state in Brazil.
These four bets got four numbers correct, but not five.
They did not win the jackpot, but they still won money.
Each of these four bets won up to R$60,000.
People can play the lottery in many cities.
The news story shows which cities had winning bets.
Next time, the jackpot will be even bigger.
Many people will try again to win.
Vocabulary15 words
- lottery
- a game where you pick numbers to try to win money
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a game
- draw
- the time when winning numbers are chosen
- bet
- money or a ticket you use to try to win a prize
- prize
- money you win in a game
- numbers
- the figures people choose to try to win
- state
- a big part of a country, like Paraná in Brazil
- win
- to get a prize
- money
- what people use to buy things
- ticket
- a small paper you buy to play the lottery
- million
- a very big number: 1,000,000
- correct
- right; not wrong
- result
- the answer or the numbers from a game
- city
- a big town where many people live
- player
- a person who plays a game
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Answer key
1. A lottery game in Brazil 2. It was 51 million reais 3. No
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
The _____ is a lottery game in Brazil.
On Sunday, there was a big draw called Quina _____.
Nobody won the top prize. The top prize is called the _____.
The jackpot was R$ _____ million.
Four bets from _____ almost won.
These four bets got _____ numbers correct, but not five.
They did not win the jackpot, but they still won _____.
Each of these four bets won up to R$ _____.
People can play the lottery in many _____.
Next time, the jackpot will be even _____.
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