a special drawing called mega da virada is held on new year's eve every year. the drawing is extremely popular among brazilians because of its large jackpot. regular mega-sena draws throughout the year put aside 5% of the proceeds for mega da virada. record mega da virada jackpot is the 306,7 million jackpot from 2018 drawing. unlike a regular draw, the mega da virada jackpot doesn't accumulate even if nobody scores 6 numbers. it instead goes to people who scored 5 numbers.