A 2023 full of prizes: the lotteries that will be trending this year

The new year means many things: new projects, new goals, new challenges, and new prizes! Because, what better way to start the new year as a millionaire? That's why in today's post, we'll take a look at the lotteries that start 2023 with the most attractive prizes for any player, or that will be trending this season for the next draws. Let's get started!

Mega Millions (USA)

The US Mega Millions lottery started 2023 at the top: with a prize that exceeds 900 million dollars, it is crowned as the lottery with the most succulent jackpot of the moment. This lottery, moreover, is always among the most popular on the planet, as it is one of the lotteries that has awarded the largest prizes worldwide. The largest jackpot that Mega Millions has handed out to date was approximately US$ 1.54 billion in 2018. Let's take a look at its most important features:

• Drawings: Tuesdays and Fridays at 23:00 pm (New York time).
• How to play: Each bet is completed by choosing 5 numbers from 1 to 70 plus 1 MegaBall number from 1 to 25.
• Odds of Winning: Each wager has a one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the first prize.
• Number of total prizes: 9
• Accumulation of prizes for the next drawing: Yes.

Superenalotto (Italy)

The Superenalotto jackpot continues and continues to grow, already exceeding 340 million euros! A prize that has been accumulating since 2021 without having left a winner in all of 2022, growing draw by draw between 1 and 2 million euros. Will 2023 reward the next winner? Let's review all the important points to play:

• Drawings: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 20:00 (Rome time).
• How to play: Each bet is completed by choosing 6 numbers from 1 to 90.
• Odds of winning: Each bet has a one in 622,614,630 chance of winning the first prize.
• Number of total prizes: 6
• Accumulation of prizes for the next draw: Yes.

Powerball (USA)

Powerball is undoubtedly the draw that set the biggest milestone of 2022, breaking the record for the largest prize ever won in a lottery: a jackpot of US$ 2,040 million that was distributed on November 7, 2022. This year, Powerball also starts with one of the biggest jackpots of the year, which already exceeds US$ 300 million. Undoubtedly, we will all be waiting to see how much the jackpot grows and expect the famous lottery of the United States to beat its own record again. This is all you need to know to play:

• Drawings: Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 22:59 (New York time).
• How to play: Each bet is completed by picking 5 numbers from 1 to 69 plus 1 Powerball number from 1 to 26.
• Odds of winning: Each bet has a one in 292,201,338 chance of winning the first prize.
• Number of total prizes: 9
• Accumulation of prizes for the next drawing: Yes.

Euromillions (Europe)

Although the famous European lottery Euromillions starts the year with a moderate jackpot that does not yet exceed 40 thousand euros, there is no denying that it is a lottery to always keep an eye on, since at any time the prize can grow up to the 240 million euros of its current cap. On July 19, 2022, it had already reached its previous cap of 230 million, so this year may be the year when Euromillions will again break its own record and may distribute the 240 million prize, which would again extend its cap to 250 million.

In addition, the Euromillions lottery has already announced a special Euromillions Big Friday draw for February 3, 2023, so a guaranteed prize of 130 million euros will be drawn on that day. We will review all the most important points:

• Drawings: Tuesday and Friday at 21:15h (Paris time).
• How to play: Each bet is completed by choosing 5 numbers from 1 to 50 plus 2 Star numbers from 1 to 12.
• Odds of winning: Each bet has a one in 139,838,160 chance of winning the first prize.
• Number of total prizes: 13
• Accumulation of prizes for the next draw: Yes (until reaching 240 million euros).

Mega-Sena (Brazil)

If we look at Latin America, there is undoubtedly a lottery that year after year is gaining more followers, and this is the Brazilian Mega-Sena, which has crowned itself as the queen of South American lotteries by distributing the largest prize to date in the continent. In its special edition of Mega da Virada last December 31, it reached the historic figure of R$ 541 million, starting 2023 with 5 new multimillionaires sharing the prize. Therefore, this year will undoubtedly be one of the trends among the drawings of 2023, and we will be waiting for it to break a new record. This is all you need to know to play:

• Drawings: Wednesdays and Saturdays at 20:00h (Sao Paulo time).
• How to play: Each bet is completed by choosing 6 numbers from 1 to 60.
• Odds of winning: Each bet has a one in 50,063,860 chance of winning the first prize.
• Number of total prizes: 3 (Sena, Quina and Quadra).
• Accumulation of prizes for the next drawing: Yes.