Mega-Sena Lottery Offers R$42 Million Prize on Sunday
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Brazil's national lottery, Mega-Sena, will hold its 3080th draw this Sunday. The jackpot for this draw is estimated at R$42 million. Mega-Sena is one of the most popular lotteries in the country, and many people buy tickets every week hoping to become instant millionaires.
The draw will be broadcast live by the news channel g1, allowing viewers across Brazil to watch the numbers being chosen in real time. To win the top prize, a player must correctly guess all six numbers drawn from a set of possibilities.
Lottery draws like this one are a regular part of Brazilian culture. Many people see buying a ticket as a small, affordable chance at changing their lives completely. When no one wins the jackpot, the prize money usually rolls over to the next draw, which is often how prizes grow to such large amounts.
Although the summary does not give details about ticket prices or how many previous draws went without a winner, it is clear that this Sunday's draw has attracted significant public attention because of the size of the prize. Lotteries such as Mega-Sena are run by a government-linked institution and are a common topic of conversation, especially when the jackpot reaches tens of millions of reais.
People across the country will be watching closely to see if someone wins the R$42 million prize, or if the jackpot continues to grow for the next draw.
Vocabulary5 words
- lottery
- a game where people buy tickets for a chance to win money
- draw
- the event when winning numbers are picked
- jackpot
- the biggest prize in a lottery
- broadcast
- to show something on TV so many people can see it
- roll over
- when a prize is not won and is added to the next one
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1. 3080 2. R$42 million 3. g1
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Brazil's national lottery, Mega-Sena, will hold its 3080th _____ this Sunday. The _____ for this draw is estimated at R$42 million. Mega-Sena is one of the most popular _____ in the country, and many people buy tickets every week hoping to become instant millionaires.
The draw will be _____ live by the news channel g1, allowing viewers across Brazil to watch the numbers being chosen in real time. To win the top prize, a player must correctly guess all six numbers drawn from a set of possibilities.
Lottery draws like this one are a regular part of Brazilian culture. Many people see buying a ticket as a small, affordable chance at changing their lives completely. When no one wins the jackpot, the prize money usually _____ to the next draw, which is often how prizes grow to such large amounts.
Although the summary does not give details about ticket prices or how many previous draws went without a _____, it is clear that this Sunday's draw has attracted significant public attention because of the size of the prize.
People across the country will be watching closely to see if someone wins the R$42 million prize, or if the jackpot continues to _____ for the next draw.
Discussion questions
- Do you think lotteries are a good way to try to become rich? Why or why not?
- Why do you think large jackpots attract so much public attention?
- Have you or someone you know ever played a lottery? What happened?
- Should governments run lotteries, or should this be left to private companies?
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