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Six Tickets Split R$1.09 Billion Mega da Virada After Delayed New Year’s Day Draw

Caixa attributed the postponement to an unprecedented last‑minute surge in bets that pushed systems to record transaction peaks.

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Overview

  • The winning numbers were 09, 13, 21, 32, 33, 59 in contest 2,955 held on the morning of January 1.
  • Three winning bets were placed at outlets in João Pessoa (PB), Ponta Porã (MS) and Franco da Rocha (SP), and three were electronic; the Ponta Porã ticket was a 10‑share pool and the Franco da Rocha ticket had 18 shares.
  • Each winning ticket will receive R$ 181,892,881.09; 3,921 bets won the quina for R$ 11,931.42 each and 308,315 won the quadra for R$ 216.76 each.
  • Caixa reported about 122 million bets generating roughly R$ 3.053 billion in receipts, with peaks of up to 120,000 transactions per second online and 4,745 per second in lottery shops.
  • The draw, originally set for 22:00 on December 31, was rescheduled to 10:00 on January 1 for operational adjustments, and reporters noted complaints about canceled or unprocessed bets and slow incident communication.