Every Melate ticket that adds Revancha and Revanchita prints the same row of six numbers three times, in three separate blocks on the same slip — and a good number of players only check the first one. They pay for all three chances, compare their combination against a single published result, and toss the ticket without realizing two more results were still waiting to be checked. Revancha and Revanchita are not hard to understand; the problem is that the ticket itself never explains what each block represents, and almost nobody stops to read it carefully before deciding whether it is worth keeping.
What you are actually buying when you add Revancha and Revanchita
Melate, in its base form, is a 6-out-of-56 game plus one additional number that multiplies certain smaller prizes. Buy only Melate, and your ticket enters one draw: the one held Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday around 9:00 p.m., run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública.
Revancha and Revanchita are optional add-ons to that same play, not separate games that require picking different numbers. Check the Revancha box, the Revanchita box, or both, and the system takes the same six-number combination you already chose for Melate — unchanged — and enters it into an additional draw held the same day, with its own prize pool and its own prize table. You choose once, but that choice competes in more than one draw if you pay for the add-ons.
What actually differentiates Revancha from Revanchita — which draw produces which winning combination, and how the two relate to each other — is a separate question worth reading on its own in our full Revancha vs. Revanchita comparison. This article focuses on something simpler but just as easy to miss: what actually prints on your ticket when you buy the full package, and how to read it without losing a result.
In practical terms, this also shows up in what you pay. The cost of adding Revancha and Revanchita gets added to the base Melate price as additional entries, not as a discount for reusing the same combination. The system does not charge you less for repeating numbers you already picked: each product you add is billed as a full entry into its own draw, with its own prize pool. That is the same logic behind why the ticket needs three result blocks — if they are three separately paid entries, they need to be separately checkable.
A quick anatomy: three blocks on one ticket
A Melate ticket with Revancha and Revanchita is not three separate slips of paper — it is three sections printed on the same receipt. The first corresponds to Melate and usually sits near the top, alongside the folio number, the date, and the draw number. Below it, typically in a smaller block or a separate column, sit the Revancha and Revanchita sections, each repeating your same six-number combination.
This guide is not a substitute for reading the whole receipt: elements like the barcode, the amount paid, the validation folio, or the point-of-sale cutoff each have their own logic and are worth understanding on their own, not just the result blocks. That is what our full anatomy of the Melate ticket covers, breaking down every printed element line by line. What matters here is narrower: learning to spot the three result blocks before you throw the ticket away, because they represent three independent chances at a prize, not one chance printed three times.
The folio and barcode, by contrast, are shared: they identify the whole ticket, not one particular block. That is why, when you check your play — at a point of sale, on the official site, or through an app — you usually enter that same folio once, and the system shows you the three results tied to it, each under its own heading. Confusing a shared folio with a shared result is another common source of mistakes: one folio can lead to three different outcomes.
Why they exist as separate products, not one bigger prize
It helps to understand the logic behind the design, not just memorize that there are three blocks. If Revancha and Revanchita simply enlarged the Melate prize when your combination matched, there would be no need for two additional named products — a bigger jackpot would do the job. Instead, they are separate draws, with their own extractions, precisely because they offer something different: more chances for the same combination to produce a favorable result, without touching the odds of the main Melate draw itself.
It is worth stating plainly: adding Revancha and Revanchita does not improve your odds of winning the Melate jackpot. Those odds — 1 in 32,468,436 — do not change because you bought add-ons; they are fixed for the Melate draw itself. What the add-ons do is stack additional, independent draws on top, where that same combination gets another chance to match a different result. They are separate draws, not a multiplier on the main one, and understanding that distinction is what explains why the ticket needs to print three results instead of one larger one.
Same numbers, three draws that do not mix
Here is the part that trips people up most: choosing your numbers once does not mean the result is the same across all three blocks. Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita are independent draws. Each one pulls its own winning combination, during the same televised event, but as separate extractions. Your combination not matching the Melate result says nothing about whether it matched — partially or fully — the Revancha or Revanchita result.
That has a practical consequence: you cannot check a single block and assume you already know the outcome of the other two. It is an understandable mistake — after all, it is the same ticket and the same combination — but the independence of the draws is exactly why three blocks get printed instead of one. If all three shared a result, Revancha and Revanchita would not make sense as separate products; they would simply be the same prize repeated.
One question this raises: can the exact same six numbers come up as winners in more than one of the three draws? In theory, yes — each extraction is drawn independently from the same pool of 56 numbers, and nothing prevents two separate draws on the same day from partially or fully overlapping. In practice it is not something to expect or build any math around, and the ticket will not flag it for you either: it still shows three separate blocks, never merged, so the only way to notice a coincidence like that is by checking all three results, not assuming one tells you about the others.
It is worth restating because it is the foundation for everything else in this article: a ticket with all three products represents three entries into three distinct draws, run the same day, using the same base combination, but with results determined separately.
The most common mistake: checking one block and tossing the ticket
The pattern repeats week after week: someone buys Melate with Revancha and Revanchita, pays the extra cost for both add-ons, checks the Melate block — usually the most visible one, or the first one shown in a checking app or website — finds no match, and discards the ticket without checking the other two blocks.
This is not a claim that checking all three blocks changes your odds of winning; it does not. Melate remains a pure game of chance, and no checking habit alters a result that has already been drawn. What it does change is whether you find out about a prize you already won and already paid for the chance to win. If you bought the full package, you already covered the cost of all three entries; leaving two of them unchecked is not caution, it is simply leaving money you already spent unverified. Our guide to common mistakes when playing Melate covers this and other frequent slips, most of them avoidable with one extra minute of attention.
The same mistake shows up in digital form, not just on paper. Some checking apps and websites default to showing the Melate result and require an extra tap — a tab, a dropdown — to reveal the Revancha and Revanchita results. Check quickly from your phone without noticing that second tab, and you end up in the same spot as someone who tossed a paper ticket without turning it over: you checked one third of what you bought and treated the rest as settled.
How to check all three results without missing one
The most reliable way to check a ticket with all three products is to avoid relying on memory or eyeballing a comparison against a poster or a broadcast. Official checking channels — the Pronósticos website, a results app, or the point of sale itself — are organized to show Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita results separately, precisely because they are separate draws. Our guide on how to check your Melate ticket walks through the process step by step, including which details from the ticket you will need on hand (folio, date, draw number) so the check is exact and does not depend on comparing numbers from memory.
If you follow your plays regularly, it makes sense to lean on tools built for that instead of checking poster by poster every week. We cover several options, with their advantages and limits, in our comparison of apps versus websites for following Melate. No tracking tool changes the draw result or improves your odds; all it does is lower the chance that a real prize goes unnoticed because you checked one block and assumed the rest.
A simple order helps you avoid skipping a block, no matter which channel you use:
- Locate the folio and draw date printed on the ticket before you start.
- Check the Melate block first and note whether there was a full or partial match.
- Move on to the Revancha block, even if the Melate block did not match.
- Check the Revanchita block separately; do not assume the result based on the other two.
- If any block matches, keep the physical ticket or digital folio in good condition until you claim it.
If you win on more than one block: what to expect
Because Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita are independent draws, they are also independent prizes. It is possible — though not something to expect or to build any calculations around — to match one block's result and not another's, or even to match more than one on the same day. Each winning block is evaluated and paid according to its own prize table, not combined into a single payout or treated as a bonus on top of the main result.
This applies to smaller prizes too, not just each draw's jackpot. Each block — Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita — has its own prize table for different match levels (matching 3, 4, or 5 of the six numbers, for example), and those levels are evaluated independently in each one. A ticket can end up with a smaller prize on one block and none on the other two, or with smaller prizes on more than one at the same time; there is no rule that groups or excludes them from each other.
The claims process does not change just because a ticket has add-ons: it is still the same physical ticket or digital folio you need to keep and present. We cover that full process — from the first steps to the amounts that apply at each prize level — in how to claim a Melate prize. What matters for this article is simple: do not treat a ticket as settled just because one of its three blocks did not match. Check all three, and if one did, keep it in good condition until you claim it.
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to add Revancha and Revanchita to my Melate ticket?
No. They are optional add-ons with an extra cost on top of the base Melate price. You can play Melate alone, without either one, with no penalty or restriction. Many players only add Revancha and Revanchita on draws where they decide to spend a little more; it is not a weekly obligation.
Do Revancha and Revanchita use the same numbers I picked for Melate?
Yes. You do not choose separate numbers for each product: the combination you marked (or that came from Quick Pick) for Melate is the same one entered into Revancha and Revanchita if you add them. You also cannot add Revancha or Revanchita to a different combination than the one you already played on Melate: they always ride along, never replace it.
Can I win Revancha or Revanchita without winning Melate?
Yes, because they are independent draws with their own results. Not matching the Melate result says nothing about what happened in the other two blocks.
Where do Revancha and Revanchita results appear on my ticket?
In separate blocks on the same receipt, usually below the Melate block. The exact layout can vary by point of sale or purchase channel, but all three results are always printed or shown separately.
Can I add Revancha and Revanchita to a Melate Retro ticket?
Retro is a different game, with its own draw on Tuesdays and Saturdays and its own odds. Revancha and Revanchita, as described here, are add-ons to regular Melate; do not confuse the two when you buy.
If you are about to pick your combination for the next draw — with or without Revancha and Revanchita — you can generate it in an organized way with MelateBot AI Picks. It does not change your odds of winning; it is simply a way to keep your plays organized instead of jotting numbers on a scrap of paper.
MelateBot is not affiliated with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita are games of chance; playing does not guarantee any prize. Play responsibly.