As the largest country in South America, Brazil plays a major role in the continent's poker scene.

Based on its population and the number of land-based casinos alone, the United States is the country with more poker players than any other in the world. People travel from all over the world to experience a live poker game in the States, and online poker is searched for over 27,000 times a month in the US alone!

The Mega-Sena is the largest lottery in Brazil, organised by the Caixa Econmica Federal bank since March 1996.