Caixa Econômica Federal opened betting for Mega da Virada 2024 last Monday (11). The special Mega-Sena lottery contest, number 2,810, promises to pay out a record prize of R$600 million.
This value exceeds last year’s value (R$588,891,021), becoming the highest in the modality. The draw will be held on December 31st.
Prize and possibilities
If just one player wins the entire prize and applies the amount to Caixa Econômica Federal’s savings account, he or she will receive approximately R$3.4 million in the first month of income.
Furthermore, the total prize money allows the winner to stay for more than two years in the most expensive hotel in the world, which charges R$750,000 per night.
The grand prize winner can also purchase approximately 1,430 420,000 super sports cars.
How to bet on Mega da Virada
As with other special Loterias CAIXA contests, the Mega da Virada main prize does not accumulate. If no one matches the 6 numbers in the main range, the prize is divided between those who match the 2nd range, who match 5 numbers.
The process continues like this, following the rules of the sport. Considering all Mega da Virada prize tiers, the total prize pool for winners of all tiers could exceed R$1 billion.
Bets can be placed with a specific Mega da Virada steering wheel in more than 13 thousand lottery outlets spread across Brazil, the Loterias Caixa portal, and the app for IOS and Android, in addition to Caixa’s Internet Banking.
The value of a simple bet, with 6 numbers, costs R$5.00.
Pool
To organize a pool, the player must buy shares in pools that lottery companies offer. In these cases, the lottery may charge an additional service fee of up to 35% of the quota value.
Additionally, shares are available for purchase online, with a fixed additional service fee of 35% of the share value. Thus, the bettor has several options to participate in the pools, but must be aware of the fees associated with each choice.
The syndicate is the bettor’s way of placing group bets. Just fill in the appropriate field on the steering wheel or ask the lottery attendant. In Mega-Sena, prizes have a minimum price of R$15.
However, each share cannot be less than R$6. It is possible to hold a pool of at least two and a maximum of 100 shares. The bettor can place a maximum of ten bets per pool. In the case of a pool with more than one bet, all of them must contain the same number of prediction numbers.
