The Sunday Mega-Sena draw (concurso 3036) and Saturday Powerball drawing both failed to produce a jackpot winner, pushing their respective top prizes significantly higher and fuelling consumer interest across multiple continents. In Brazil, the absence of a six-number match means the next Mega-Sena draw on Tuesday will offer an estimated R$78 million, while in the United States, the Powerball jackpot swelled to $633 million (an estimated $277.3 million cash option) for Monday’s drawing.

Despite no grand-prize winners, thousands of players secured secondary prizes. In Brazil, dozens of tickets matched five numbers, each earning R$28,109.79. Winning quina bets were registered in cities including Curitiba, Londrina, Recife, and Brasília, with some placed via online banking. Powerball’s Saturday draw saw six tickets match all five white balls, claiming the $1 million secondary prize, with winning tickets sold in states from Michigan to Texas.

Across the southern cone, Argentina’s Quini 6 also captured attention with an estimated combined jackpot approaching 10.1 billion pesos ahead of its Sunday draw, though final results were pending. The accumulation reflects the game’s multi-modal structure, where the traditional first-draw prize alone exceeded 5.5 billion pesos. In Mexico, daily draws like Chispazo and Tris continued to award smaller, fixed prizes, while the monthly Zodiaco Especial offered an 11-million-peso top prize.

The onward march of jackpots brings into focus the eventual tax burden for winners. Analysis from financial outlets indicates that a U.S. Powerball winner opting for the lump sum would face immediate federal withholding of 24%, with the top 37% marginal rate reducing the net payout to roughly $174.7 million, before state-level deductions that can claim an additional 10% or more in states like New York—though some jurisdictions such as Texas and Florida levy no lottery taxes.

The next milestones are Tuesday’s Mega-Sena draw and Monday’s Powerball draw, both of which are likely to attract heavy betting as jackpots continue to rise. Quini 6’s next scheduled draw is Wednesday, when the exact prize pool will be confirmed after a full accounting of Sunday’s sales and any smaller-tier winners.