Mega-Sena Draws Numbers for Contest 3045
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Brazil's Mega-Sena lottery held its latest draw on Sunday, for contest number 3045.
The Mega-Sena is one of the most popular lotteries in Brazil. Millions of people buy tickets, hoping to win a large cash prize.
In each draw, six numbers are chosen from a larger set. Players who match some or all of these numbers can win money, depending on how many numbers they get right.
For contest 3045, 43 bets placed in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul matched four numbers, a result known as the quadra.
A quadra prize is smaller than the top prize, which is given to players who match all six numbers, known as the sena. There is also a middle prize for matching five numbers, called the quina.
The report did not give details about winners of the top sena prize for this contest, or about the exact prize amount for the quadra winners in Mato Grosso do Sul.
Lottery results like these are published soon after each draw, so players across Brazil can quickly check their tickets.
The Mega-Sena is run by Caixa, Brazil's federal savings bank, which also organises several other national lottery games.
Draws normally take place a few times each week, and prize money that is not won often rolls over to the next contest, making future jackpots even bigger.
For many Brazilians, checking the Mega-Sena results has become a regular weekend habit, even though the chances of winning the main prize are very low.
Vocabulary9 words
- Mega-Sena
- a very popular lottery game played in Brazil
- lottery
- a game where players try to win money by matching numbers
- draw
- the event when winning numbers are chosen
- bets
- amounts of money or tickets used to enter a lottery
- quadra
- a prize for matching exactly four numbers
- sena
- the top prize for matching all six numbers
- quina
- a prize for matching exactly five numbers
- results
- the official numbers and winners after a draw
- Caixa
- Brazil's government-owned bank that runs the lottery
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Answer key
1. 43 bets from Mato Grosso do Sul matched four numbers 2. A prize for matching four numbers 3. False
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Brazil's Mega-Sena lottery held its latest _____ on Sunday, for contest number 3045.
The Mega-Sena is one of the most popular lotteries in Brazil. Millions of people buy _____, hoping to win a large cash prize.
In each draw, six numbers are chosen from a larger set. Players who _____ some or all of these numbers can win money.
For contest 3045, 43 bets placed in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul matched four numbers, a result known as the _____.
A quadra prize is smaller than the top prize, which is given to players who match all six numbers, known as the _____.
The report did not give details about _____ of the top sena prize for this contest.
Lottery results like these are _____ soon after each draw, so players across Brazil can quickly check their tickets.
The Mega-Sena is run by Caixa, Brazil's federal _____ bank, which also organises several other national lottery games.
Prize money that is not won often _____ to the next contest, making future jackpots even bigger.
Discussion questions
- Do you have lotteries in your country? How do they work?
- Would you like to play a lottery like the Mega-Sena? Why or why not?
- Why do you think lotteries are so popular around the world?
- What would you do with a big lottery prize if you won one?