Brazil’s Lotomania Lottery Review

Here’s what you need to know about Brazil’s Lotomania Lottery. This review includes answers to frequently asked questions. It also includes valuable information about the lottery you should know before you buy your next ticket.

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What Is Lotomania Lottery?

Lotomania is a Brazilian lottery game. As with other lotto games in Brazil, CAIXA is the authority running it.

When Does Lotomania Lottery Draw?

Lotomania draws weekly on Tuesday and Friday at 8:00 pm Brasilia Time. These days correlate with other lottery draws in Brazil – there’s a lottery draw every day.

Lotomania’s first draw was on 02/10/1999.

How Much Does a Lotomania Lottery Ticket Cost?

A single Lotomania lotto line, with 50 picks, costs R$ 2.50, or about US$ 0.47/€ 0.38.

How Do You Play Lotomania Lottery?

In each lotto line, you pick 50 numbers from a range of between 00 and 99 (100 numbers to choose from). This makes for a slightly exhausting numbers pick.

How Much Is Lotomania Lottery Jackpot?

Lotomania’s minimum, or starting, jackpot is R$ 400,000. The jackpot rolls over to the next draw in case there’s no winner.

On March 2013, two lucky winners shared the highest jackpot ever on Lotomania. They won R$ 41,253,202.68 – just over US$ 8,100,000 or over € 6,700,000.

Lotomania’s record-breaking winning jackpots

Accumulated Prizes:

1. On 30/03/2013, draw #1335, two winners guessed the lucky numbers – 02, 03, 11, 24, 28, 29, 31, 40, 52, 53, 56, 60, 61, 75, 76, 81, 83, 90, 92, 93 – and shared a jackpot of R$ 41,253,202.68.
   The two winners came from:
   • Manaus – Amazonas (AM)
   • Mossoró – Rio Grande do Norte (RN)
2. On 19/04/2014, draw #1444, one increadibily lucky winner guessed the winning numbers – 03, 05, 12, 16, 23, 24, 27, 33, 35, 41, 46, 62, 81, 83, 85, +87, 89, 91, 98, 99 – and won a jackpot of R$ 37,261,929.79.
   The winner came from São Luís – Maranhão (MA).
3. On 26/03/2016, draw #1644, one winner guessed the lucky numbers – 04, 06, 21, 27, 29, 30, 41, 46, 56, 58, 61, 65, 66, 76, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 98 – and won a jackpot of R$ 35,480,875.28.
   The winner came from São Paulo – São Paulo (SP).

Individual Prizes:

1. On 19/04/2014, draw #1444, one winner guessed the lucky numbers – 03, 05, 12, 16, 23, 24, 27, 33, 35, 41, 46, 62, 81, 83, 85, +87, 89, 91, 98, 99 – and won a jackpot of R$ 37,261,929.79.
   The winner came from São Luís – Maranhão (MA).
2. On 26/03/2016, draw #1644, one winner guessed the lucky numbers – 04, 06, 21, 27, 29, 30, 41, 46, 56, 58, 61, 65, 66, 76, 81, 82, 83, 87, 89, 98 – and won a jackpot of R$ 35,480,875.28.
   The winner came from São Paulo – São Paulo (SP).
3. On 30/03/2013, draw #1335, one winner guessed the lucky numbers – 02, 03, 11, 24, 28, 29, 31, 40, 52, 53, 56, 60, 61, 75, 76, 81, 83, 90, 92, 93 – and won a jackpot of R$ 20,626,601.34.
   The winners came from:
   • Manaus – Amazonas (AM)
   • Mossoró – Rio Grande do Norte (RN)

What Are the Chances of Winning Lotomania Lottery?

The odds of winning Lotomania’s jackpot are 1 in 11,372,635, and the odds of winning any prize are slightly higher than 1 in 112.

Prize Tier	Picks to Match	Winning Odds	Winning Odds %
1	Match 20	1:11,372,635	0.00000879
2	Match 19	1:352,551	0.000283
3	Match 18	1:24,235	0.00412
4	Match 17	1:2,776	0.036
5	Match 16	1:472	0.211
6	Match 15	1:112	0.892
7	Match 0	1:11,372,635	0.00000879
	Any	n/a

Summary

This extreme lottery – picking 50 numbers is daunting – didn’t deliver any highlights in over 5 years. No jackpot records were broken.

An interesting feature of this lottery is a win if a player matches no numbers. You have to be extremely lucky or extremely unlucky to win this lottery’s highest-tier prize.

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