In addition to the million-dollar prize for those who hit six tens in Mega-Sena, another great privilege is the Federal Government. Even though there are no taxes on the prize, the winner only keeps a portion of the amount collected by Caixa Econômica.
Taking the 2024 Mega da Virada as an example, the value of R$635,486,165.38 of the prize paid represents only 62% of the amount collected by the lottery. In the rest of the draws, the prize pool is even smaller, at 43.79%.
The other 56.21% of lottery revenue remains with the Federal Government, being transferred to social programs and used to maintain lottery services.
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How is the lottery revenue divided?
- 43,79%: Awards;
- 19,13%: Lottery funding;
- 17,32%: Social Security;
- 6,8%: National Public Security Fund (FNSP);
- 3%: National Penitentiary Fund (FUNPEN);
- 2,91%: National Culture Fund (FNC);
- 2,46%: Ministry of Sports;
- 1,73%: Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB);
- 1%: State sport departments;
- 0,96%: Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB);
- 0,46%: Brazilian Club Committee (CBC);
- 0,22%: Brazilian Confederation of School Sports (CBDE);
- 0,11%: Brazilian Confederation of University Sports (CBDU);
- 0,04%: Brazilian Committee of Paralympic Clubs (CBCP);
- 0,01%: National Federation of Clubs (Fenaclubes).
This entire operation is supported by Law 13,576/2018, which determines which institutions are covered by the transfer of lottery funds by the Federal Government.
Lottery billing
In 2023, according to Portal Invest News, Caixa raised a total of R$23.43 billion from lotteries, with Mega-Sena being the main source of income, followed by Lotofácil. As a result, R$11.05 billion was allocated to programs such as those mentioned above.
- Mega Sena: R$9.6 billion;
- Lotofácil: R$7.3 billion;
- Which one: R$3.4 billion;
- Lotomania: R$787 million.
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