One Winning Ticket Takes Brazil's Mega-Sena Jackpot
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One ticket won the big prize in the Mega-Sena lottery.
Mega-Sena is a famous lottery in Brazil. People buy tickets and choose numbers.
The draw was called contest 3043. In this draw, six numbers came out.
One bet matched all six numbers. This bet won the big jackpot.
The Mega-Sena also has smaller draws. Contest 3045 happened on a Sunday.
In that draw, 43 bets from the state of MS got four correct numbers. This is called a quadra.
Many people play Mega-Sena every week. They hope to win money.
The lottery company shows the numbers after every draw. People check their tickets to see if they won.
Vocabulary15 words
- lottery
- a game where you pay money and can win a prize
- draw
- the moment when winning numbers are chosen
- bet
- money and numbers you choose to try to win
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a game
- MS
- short name for a state in Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)
- quadra
- when you get four numbers correct in Mega-Sena
- contest
- one single lottery game or draw
- prize
- money you win in a game
- numbers
- the six numbers picked in the lottery
- ticket
- the paper you buy to play the lottery
- won
- past tense of win; got a prize
- state
- a big part of a country, like Mato Grosso do Sul
- Sunday
- one day of the week
- match
- to be the same as something else
- money
- what people use to buy things or win in games
Quiz
Answer key
1. Six 2. Sunday 3. Getting four numbers correct
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
One ticket won the big prize in the Mega-Sena _____.
Mega-Sena is a famous lottery in _____. People buy tickets and choose numbers.
The draw was called _____ 3043. In this draw, six numbers came out.
One bet matched all six numbers. This bet won the big _____.
The Mega-Sena also has smaller draws. Contest 3045 happened on a _____.
In that draw, 43 bets from the state of _____ got four correct numbers. This is called a quadra.
Many people play Mega-Sena every week. They hope to win _____.
The lottery company shows the numbers after every draw. People check their _____ to see if they won.