Melate's all-time record was set on July 31, 2013. Draw 2677 paid out a jackpot of $639.5 million pesos — the largest in the game's history — after 113 consecutive draws in which nobody matched all six numbers. That night produced a winning Melate ticket worth a fortune, and it also produced, as every draw does, winning tickets in the lower prize tiers. Those are the ones this guide is about, because those are the ones that get thrown away: someone compares their six numbers, sees three matches, decides nothing happened, and never cashes the ticket before the deadline passes. Winning at Melate almost never looks like what makes the news.
Not every winning ticket looks like one
When people picture a winning Melate ticket, they almost always imagine all six numbers matching and a figure with a lot of zeros. It's an understandable image — that's how the jackpot looks on the news — but it leaves out the vast majority of real winning Melate tickets, which week after week didn't match all six numbers and still get cashed without any trouble.
Melate pays prizes across several categories, from matching all six numbers — the jackpot — down to the most modest tier, usually two matches plus the additional number. In between there are five-, four- and three-match levels, each with its own "plus additional" variant. If you compared your numbers and matched three, four or five, regardless of whether you also hit the additional, you're already holding a winning ticket; just not the tier that makes the news. We break down the full structure, what each level means, and why the additional number only boosts some categories, in Melate prizes by number of matches.
This misunderstanding has a real cost. Someone who matched three numbers doesn't recognize that as "winning" because it doesn't match the mental image of the jackpot, and simply puts the ticket away — or throws it out. The first step toward not losing a small prize is simply knowing it exists.
How to read your ticket before comparing
Before comparing anything, you need to know what to look at. A Melate ticket has several printed fields — folio, draw number, draw date, the numbers you played, active add-ons (if you also entered Revancha or Revanchita) — and mixing one up with another is the most common way to think you lost when you actually compared the wrong draw. If you bought the ticket several days before the draw, for instance, it's easy to get the date wrong when checking online.
It's worth spending a few minutes understanding each field, especially if it's your first time playing or the ticket has been sitting around for a while. We go field by field through what each piece of information contains and what it's for in our guide to the anatomy of a Melate ticket.
How to confirm you have a winning Melate ticket
The process itself is simple, but it's worth doing it in order so you don't skip a category:
- Find the draw number and date printed on your ticket — they're the anchor for looking up the right result.
- Check the winning numbers for that specific draw in the Melate results or directly on the official Pronósticos site.
- Compare your six numbers against the six drawn, one by one, without rushing.
- Check the additional number separately: it doesn't count toward the jackpot, but it can bump you up a category if you matched five, four, three or two numbers.
- If you played Revancha or Revanchita with the same combination, compare those too: they're independent draws and prize pools with their own winners.
If you'd rather not do the comparison by hand, MelateBot has a full guide — with a built-in tool — to check your Melate ticket in seconds, loading the real results from recent draws. It's information, not a guarantee: the source that always has the final word is Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública.
Confirming you won is the start, not the finish
Confirming you have a winning Melate ticket isn't the end of the process, it's the start of one with a deadline. Melate prizes have to be claimed within a limit that each contest's official rules set out; what that limit is, how it is counted and what exactly happens once it ends are not things we are going to assume here — confirm it at an authorized point of sale or with the official source before you take any date for granted. We won't invent the exact number of days or how they're counted here: that's always in the current rules published by Pronósticos, and we cover the rest of the detail in how long you have to claim a Melate prize.
One detail is worth taking seriously: a Melate ticket isn't registered to your name anywhere. Treat it like cash: if you lose it or hand it to someone else, you lose the proof of your play, and that proof cannot be rebuilt from a photo or from your word alone. That is why losing a winning ticket — on the street, in the laundry, during a move — means, in practice, being left with nothing to present. Who can collect and what they are asked for is set by each draw's official rules, so confirm it at an authorized point of sale before taking anything for granted. If that's happened to you, or you're worried it might, check our recommendations in what to do if you lose your Melate ticket: there are a few things worth trying, and a lot more you can do before it happens.
You confirmed you won — now what?
Once you're sure — numbers compared, correct draw, ticket in good shape — the most important thing is not to put it off. Keep the ticket somewhere fixed and dry, not in the wallet that goes everywhere every day, and start the claim process as soon as possible. We wrote a full planning guide, from the first steps to the most common mistakes people make after winning a large prize, in what to do if you win Melate.
The exact claim process — where, with what, and how long it takes — is set by Pronósticos and can change, so we won't invent it here: we cover it with current information in how to claim a Melate prize, including the warning to be wary of anyone who asks you to pay up front or to hand over your ticket so they can "handle" the claim for you.
The numbers behind a winning ticket
It's worth keeping the real scale of the game in mind. The probability that a ticket wins Melate's jackpot is 1 in 32,468,436 — the total number of possible combinations when choosing 6 numbers out of 56. Draws are held Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays around 9:00 PM, always organized by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública.
The biggest example in Melate's history illustrates just how much a winning ticket can mean: draw 2677, in 2013, paid out a jackpot of $639.5 million pesos, the game's record. Someone held, that night, one of the most valuable winning Melate tickets ever issued — and that ticket carried no special mark either, until someone compared it against the drawn numbers.
How often a jackpot-winning ticket actually exists
It's worth putting a number on this, because it changes how you read your own ticket. MelateBot's historical database holds 2,166 Melate draws between December 9, 2007 and August 16, 2026. Across that entire span, somebody matched all six numbers in 71 draws — roughly one in thirty. Narrow it to recent years and the ratio tightens further: of the 834 draws held since January 2021, the jackpot fell in 21, about one in forty. At three draws a week, that works out to something like four jackpot-winning tickets a year in the whole country.
The interesting part is the other side of that number. In the remaining 2,095 draws nobody took the jackpot — and every single one of them still produced winning tickets in the lower categories. When the news says "no winner", it is not saying there were no prizes. It is saying one very specific thing: no ticket matched all six numbers, so the pool rolls over to the next draw. If you ever filed a ticket away unchecked because you heard that phrase, all you did was file away an unchecked ticket.
The jackpot figure is not what your ticket is worth
The pool announced before each draw applies to the six-match category only, and it swings enormously from one week to the next. Since January 2021 the announced pool has averaged around $122 million pesos, with a floor of $30 million every time it resets. None of that describes what a three- or four-match ticket pays — which is precisely the kind of winning ticket most people are actually holding.
The 2013 record illustrates the mechanism better than any explanation. Draw 2675, on July 24, played for $627 million; draw 2676, on July 28, for $632.5 million; draw 2677, on July 31, for the $639.5 million somebody finally took. Three days later, draw 2678 on August 4, 2013 opened at $30 million — the floor. That six-hundred-million-peso drop inside a single week is not an anomaly; it is exactly how the pool works: it grows draw after draw while nobody matches six, and it falls back to the minimum the moment somebody does. We walk through it in detail in the Melate accumulated jackpot.
From the announced prize to money in hand
Your ticket doesn't tell you what you'll actually collect either, and between the announced figure and the money that finally reaches you there's a step that catches a lot of people off guard: tax treatment. In Mexico, lottery and raffle prizes count as income, and that affects what ends up in your hands. What this page won't do is invent how it's calculated or what rate applies: that's exactly the kind of rule that changes, and getting it wrong here is costly.
Confirm the current tax treatment directly with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, and for your specific situation — especially with a large prize — talk to a qualified accountant or tax advisor before taking any figure at face value. We go deeper on this in taxes on Melate prizes, with the same recommendation: always verify with the official source.
What this page cannot tell you
There are three figures an informational site has no business inventing, and this one won't:
- The exact validity period for your draw. The number that governs is in the rules of the specific contest you played, published by Pronósticos, and it can vary — we're not going to guess it here.
- Where and how a prize gets paid, based on its amount. Those rules are set by the operator and can change; the current process is in how to claim a Melate prize and, to confirm it, directly with Pronósticos.
- The exact percentage applied when you're paid. That's current tax information and it can change; confirm it with Pronósticos and with a qualified tax advisor.
What we can give you precisely is each draw's numbers, date and jackpot, plus the reasoning to read them. Everything else — amounts, deadlines and paperwork — confirm at the official source before making any decision with money attached.
Mistakes that make you lose a winning ticket
Losing a prize is almost never about bad luck at the draw: it's almost always an avoidable mistake, and the same handful of them repeat over and over.
- Comparing against the wrong draw. If you bought the ticket several days before it played, it's easy to get the date wrong when looking up the result and wrongly conclude you lost.
- Ignoring the additional number. Many people compare only the six main numbers and stop there, without checking whether the additional bumps them up a category.
- Discarding a ticket with few matches. Thinking that "only" three numbers doesn't count as winning is, as we saw, the costliest mistake of all: it does count.
- Storing the ticket somewhere that damages it. Wallet, pants pocket, the washing machine. A stained, torn or illegible ticket can be rejected at the payment point with no obligation on the operator's part to honor the prize.
- Letting time pass. Every day that goes by without checking your tickets is a day less of the time you have left to act, and that time is not indefinite. We are not going to quote you a number of days, because the limit for each draw is set out in its own official terms — confirm it at an authorized point of sale or with the official source, and treat checking early as the only part of it you control.
None of these mistakes have anything to do with the luck of the draw; they all happen afterward, in the part that's actually up to you.
Frequently asked questions
How do I know if I have a winning Melate ticket?
Find the draw number and date on your ticket, check the winning numbers for that specific draw in the official results or on MelateBot, and compare them one by one against your six numbers and the additional number. Any match from two numbers plus the additional already counts as a winning ticket.
Do winning Melate tickets include prizes below six matches?
Yes. Melate has several prize categories, not just the six-number tier. Matching five, four, three or even two numbers plus the additional also makes you a winner in that category, even though the amount is much smaller than the jackpot.
Where are the results published so I can check my ticket?
The official source is Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. MelateBot also publishes each draw's results shortly after it happens, so you can compare without searching multiple sites.
How long do I have to claim a winning ticket?
There's a validity period set out in the rules of each contest, published by Pronósticos; we won't invent the number here because it can change. Best not to wait to find out: check your tickets as soon as you can and act right away if you confirm a prize.
What happens if I lost a ticket I think was a winner?
Because a Melate ticket isn't registered to your name, claiming the prize without it is very difficult. Check our guide on what to do if you lose your ticket: it covers both prevention and the limited options that exist afterward.
Can I check a winning ticket from past draws, not just the most recent one?
Yes, as long as you kept the draw number and date printed on the ticket. Melate results stay available draw by draw, so you can compare a ticket from weeks ago just like one from the most recent draw; the only difference is making sure you check the correct draw, not the newest one.
If nobody won the jackpot, is my ticket worth anything?
Yes, and this is the single most common confusion. "No winner" only means that no ticket matched all six numbers. Of the 2,166 Melate draws recorded since 2007, 2,095 ended with no jackpot winner — and every one of them still paid out lower-tier prizes. Check your ticket anyway.
Is the announced jackpot what I would take home?
Not exactly. The announced pool covers only the six-match category, and it's a gross figure: what you actually take home changes once current tax treatment is applied, and we won't invent that here — confirm it with Pronósticos and a tax advisor. The pool also moves a great deal from draw to draw: since January 2021 it has averaged around $122 million pesos, with a $30 million floor, so a headline number you saw months ago doesn't describe the draw you actually played.
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