South America Lotteries


When most people think of South America, images of tropical weather, paradise beaches and lush jungles spring to mind. And they are true to what one can find in most countries in this part of the American continent. But what more and more has become a part of folk’s imagination about this continent is the fervor with which people play online lotteries in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and other countries throughout South America.

Gambling, and in lotteries in particular, have been an everyday past time for most people in South America; lotteries have the power to attract people from all walks of life and their popularity increases each year.

Mega Sena Lotto

In Brazil, for instance, there are more than ten different varieties of lottery games, one being the king of all: The Mega Sena. Mega Sena not only is the most popular lottery game in Brazil, it is also the one with the highest jackpots.

Recently, another phenomenon has taken Brazilian appetite for lotteries: the Mega Sena online which gives players the possibility of buying their Mega Sena ticket over the Internet. It has been a tremendous success due to the fact that it enables Brazilian expats (and other nationalities as well) to partake in this lottery game.

Navidad and other Christmas Lottery Raffles

Another online phenomenon sweeping across the South American Continent has been the number of players who are taking advantages of online technology and sharing in the excitement of the El Gordo de Navidad draws, Spain’s crème de la crème of national lotteries. With the possibility of purchasing the billete de Navidad online (online tickets for the El Gordo), literarily millions of people in these Spanish-speaking countries are joining in the lottery Christmas festivity of the Spaniards.