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The Mega-Sena 2754 will draw a prize estimated at R$ 72 million this Saturday (27). The draw will take place from 8 PM (Brasília time), at the Espaço da Sorte, in São Paulo.
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Bets can be placed until 7 PM and the cost of a simple game in Mega-Sena is R$ 5 (see how to place bets and organize a pool below in this text).
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How many winners did Mega-Sena have in 2024?
In 2024, 83 Mega-Sena contests were held and in nine of them someone won the maximum prize.
In addition to the prize paid on July 4 to three bets, one from Rio de Janeiro and two from Rio Grande do Sul, a pool with 10 shares won R$ 114.1 million in Ponta Grossa (PR) on Saturday (June 8).
Mega-Sena was also drawn on May 11 for one bet from Fundão, in Espírito Santo.
One bet made in Campinas (SP) on April 25 won R$ 5.5 million. On April 20, a bet from Rio de Janeiro won R$ 102.1 million.
On March 26, a single bet from Recife (PE) won R$ 118.2 million. On March 5, a bet from Goiânia won R$ 206.4 million.
Aside from these, a single bet won R$ 6.4 million on January 6, and on February 3, another single bet won R$ 94.8 million.
See the latest results from Mega-Sena
How and until when can I bet on Mega-Sena?
Bets can be placed until 7 PM (Brasília time) on the day of the draw at lottery houses, online at this link or on the app Loterias Caixa, available for users on iOS and Android.
The slip, with six numbers marked, costs R$ 5.00 and the drawn numbers will be known at 8 PM. It’s good to remember that the chance of winning with a bet of six numbers is 50,063,860 for each one.
How to make an official pool
In addition to the possibility of making a simple bet, it is possible to create an official pool and increase your chances of snagging millions (and sharing the money in a group). It is now possible to place pool bets through the Caixa Lottery site – click this link to see how.
You can also buy an official pool from Caixa at any lottery house. Just fill in the specific field for that on the slip. In Mega-Sena, pools have a minimum price of R$ 15. However, each share cannot be less than R$ 6.
It is possible to create a pool of a minimum of two and a maximum of 100 shares. Caixa allows a maximum of 10 bets per pool, and they must have the same number of digits.
You can also buy shares of pools organized by lottery houses. However, in this case, an additional service fee of up to 35% of the share value may be charged.
You can also play through the Caixa Lottery Online site. You choose whether you want to view the selected numbers or prefer the “strong>Surprise” format, where the system randomly selects the numbers for the bet.
How to increase your chances of winning in Mega-Sena?
The chance of winning in Mega-Sena with a simple game, marking six numbers, is one in 50 million. To improve your chances of winning, players can choose to mark more numbers on the slip up to a limit of 20 numbers, but the cost of the bet increases.
Those who choose to bet 7 numbers will pay R$ 35 per game, and the chance of hitting all six numbers drops to one in 44,900. Betting 10 numbers costs R$ 1,050 and the chance of winning in this scenario goes to one in 3,900.
The maximum number of digits that can be marked on the Mega-Sena slip is 20. Playing with all of them costs R$ 193.8 thousand. (see below the value of each bet in the Mega da Virada and the chances of winning for each of them)
Cost of Mega-Sena bet and chance of hitting
| Quantity | Bet Value (R$) | Probability of hitting (1 in …) | ||
| # of numbers played | Sena | Quina | Quadra | |
| 6 | R$ 5.00 | 50,063,860 | 154,518 | 2,332 |
| 7 | R$ 35.00 | 7,151,980 | 44,981 | 1,038 |
| 8 | R$ 140.00 | 1,787,995 | 17,192 | 539 |
| 9 | R$ 420.00 | 595,998 | 7,791 | 312 |
| 10 | R$ 1,050.00 | 238,399 | 3,973 | 195 |
| 11 | R$ 2,310.00 | 108,363 | 2,211 | 129 |
| 12 | R$ 4,620.00 | 54,182 | 1,317 | 90 |
| 13 | R$ 8,580.00 | 29,175 | 828 | 65 |
| 14 | R$ 15,015.00 | 16,671 | 544 | 48 |
| 15 | R$ 25,025.00 | 10,003 | 370 | 37 |
| 16 | R$ 40,040.00 | 6,252 | 260 | 29 |
| 17 | R$ 61,880.00 | 4,045 | 188 | 23 |
| 18 | R$ 92,820.00 | 2,697 | 139 | 19 |
| 19 | R$ 135,660.00 | 1,845 | 105 | 16 |
| 20 | R$ 193,800.00 | 1,292 | 81 | 13 |