On Saturday, November 21, 2015, draw No. 572 of Melate Retro finally paid out a jackpot after the pot had gone unclaimed for nearly five months: 41 straight draws, dating back to late June, without a single six-number match. It's the longest winless streak on record in Melate Retro's history, more than sixteen years of draws deep, and it's a good place to start, because it captures exactly what this archive can — and can't — tell you: it won't forecast the next draw, but it can tell you with precision how often, or how rarely, the jackpot has actually paid out over time.
What the history of Melate Retro is (and isn't)
The history of Melate Retro is, at its core, the complete record of everything that's happened since the game began: the date of each draw, the six main numbers, the additional number, the accumulated jackpot, and whether or not anyone won it that night. That record starts at draw No. 1 and hasn't skipped a beat since.
Worth clarifying up front what it isn't: a tool for guessing the next draw. It's an honest snapshot of what already happened — useful for checking an old ticket, settling a question about a date, or simply understanding how often someone actually wins. No past pattern changes the odds of the next draw, since each one is independent — something we cover in more depth in what Melate Retro is and why it exists.
Since draw No. 1: June 1, 2010
The record starts on Tuesday, June 1, 2010. That first year was a partial one — only 61 draws, compared with the 104 or 105 that became typical in full years, since the Tuesday-and-Saturday schedule didn't start until June. Since then, Retro has logged 1,655 documented draws, with one notable exception: 2020 saw only 72, well below the usual pace, coinciding with the months when much of the country's public activity was disrupted by the pandemic. Outside that anomaly, Retro's calendar has been remarkably steady — two draws a week, year after year, with no long gaps.
The 41-draw drought: the longest gap on record
Back to where we started: draw No. 530, on Saturday, June 27, 2015, paid out a $41,000,000 MXN jackpot. Nobody matched all six numbers again for the next 41 draws — nearly five months of consecutive Tuesdays and Saturdays in which the jackpot only grew. By the time draw No. 572 came around, on November 21, 2015, the pot had climbed to $44,500,000 MXN, and that night, finally, someone won it. It's the longest winless streak documented anywhere in Melate Retro's history.
It wasn't an isolated stretch, either. Barely five months earlier, draw No. 530 had itself just ended a 39-draw drought, dating back to a win on February 7, 2015. Between February and November of that year, Melate Retro paid out its jackpot only three times in 104 draws — 2015 is, by a wide margin, the driest year in the entire record.
The biggest jackpot the archive has ever recorded
At the other extreme sits the largest jackpot Melate Retro's history has ever produced: $68,000,000 MXN, reached on draw No. 1,541, Tuesday, June 24, 2025 — and someone won that one too, the same night. Next to classic Melate's all-time record ($639,500,000 MXN, draw 2677 in 2013), it's a modest figure; that tracks, since Retro spreads its numbers across only 39 positions instead of 56, so its jackpots tend to find a winner sooner. That difference in scale is exactly what separates the two games, and we break it down in Melate vs. Melate Retro.
How often someone actually wins
In total, Melate Retro's history shows 154 draws with a jackpot winner out of 1,655 held so far — roughly one in every ten or eleven draws pays out the full pot. That ratio isn't constant year to year: 2024 closed with 17 wins, the highest in the record, while 2015, as we just saw, had only 3. Spread across sixteen years, though, it lands close to that average. The right way to read this number is as a description of what already happened, not a promise about what comes next. Every draw starts from zero, with no memory of the 41, the 3, or the 17 wins that came before it.
How to look up a specific draw in the Melate Retro record
It depends on how far back you want to go. For recent draws, MelateBot's results section shows the latest Retro draws, pulled directly from the official record. If what interests you is how the game has behaved over time in general, the stats section covers those patterns.
Now, if you're after one particular draw from years back — an old ticket found in a drawer, that draw an uncle swears he nearly won — it's worth being honest: unlike classic Melate, which does have its own individual page for every draw inside the blog archive, Melate Retro doesn't yet have that same draw-by-draw breakdown published on MelateBot. To verify a specific result from, say, 2015 or 2018, the source that holds the complete record since draw No. 1 is Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública directly.
What the record doesn't change (the myth worth clearing up)
There's one reading of this history worth dismantling: the idea that after a long winless streak, a jackpot is somehow "due," as though a bigger accumulated pot raised the odds of matching it. It doesn't work that way. Every draw carries exactly the same probability — 1 in 3,262,623 — no matter how many draws the jackpot has gone unwon. The archive is useful for looking backward, not for guessing forward. No pattern, however striking it looks in hindsight — like the 41-draw drought that opened this piece — changes that probability.
Frequently asked questions
Since what year does Melate Retro's history go back?
Since draw No. 1, held Tuesday, June 1, 2010 — the date the game began, and the starting point of its entire record.
How do I check Melate Retro's history if I found an old ticket?
For recent draws, MelateBot's results section. For an older draw that isn't there, the reference is Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, which holds the complete official record since 2010.
What's the longest drought in Melate Retro's history?
41 consecutive draws without a jackpot winner, between draw No. 531 and draw No. 572 (June 27 to November 21, 2015), according to our draw records.
Does Melate Retro's history predict the next numbers?
No. It's an honest record of what already happened, useful for checking tickets and understanding the game's past behavior, but every draw is independent: no historical pattern raises the odds of the next one.
What's the difference between the history of Melate and the history of Melate Retro?
They're separate records for two different games: Melate's series starts in 2007 with numbers 1 to 56, while Retro's starts in 2010 with numbers 1 to 39. You can check classic Melate's history in this guide.
In the end, the history of Melate Retro is exactly that: an honest sixteen-year archive of droughts, record jackpots, and years that were more or less generous with winners. None of it improves your odds for the next draw, but it does help you play with your feet on the ground. If you decide to play, do it with judgment — generate balanced combinations with MelateBot AI Picks.
This content is informational and for entertainment purposes. MelateBot is not affiliated with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. Melate Retro is a game of chance: no method, pattern, or historical statistic predicts, guarantees, or increases the odds of obtaining the winning numbers. Please play responsibly.