On Sunday, August 9, eighteen straight Melate draws without a jackpot winner ended in a single night: someone matched all six numbers and walked away with a 59.5-million-peso pot. Sunday didn't decide the outcome — no day of the week does — but it was the third and final draw of the weekly cycle, the one many players simply call "el Melate del domingo" because it's the one watched as a family, the one that closes the week, and the one that, draw after draw, carries the anticipation of the two before it. This guide explains exactly what the Sunday draw is, how it fits into Melate's weekly rhythm, and what does — and doesn't — change compared with Wednesday or Friday.
Sunday, the third draw of Melate's week
Melate is drawn three times a week — Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, around 9:00 p.m. — run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. The exact time, and how to confirm it before buying a ticket, is covered in what time Melate airs. Of the three, Sunday has its own identity in everyday speech: people say "I'm playing Sunday's draw" the same way they'd say "Sunday's game," even though the ticket bought Wednesday plays by exactly the same rules. Part of that identity comes from the calendar: Sunday isn't a workday, so whole families sit down to watch without the next-morning rush, and a good share of the week's tickets get bought precisely on Saturday, running errands.
What happened last Sunday: a streak that broke
So this doesn't stay abstract, take draw 4250, Sunday, August 9, 2026: the numbers were 1, 2, 23, 38, 47 and 55, with bonus number 35. The six numbers summed to 166; two were even and four odd; three fell "low" (1–28) and three "high" (29–56); and there was exactly one consecutive pair, 1 and 2. One more detail: 23 had also come out in the immediately previous draw — its lag was zero — while 2 and 55 hadn't appeared in nine draws. These are descriptions of the past, not a signal of anything: every draw is independent of the one before it.
What does tell a real story is the streak that ended that night. Before the August 9 draw, eighteen straight draws had gone by with nobody matching all six numbers — a long streak, though far from a record — and that's what pushed the jackpot to the 59.5 million pesos split by whoever won. That's how a rolled-over jackpot works: every draw without a winner pushes it higher, while the ticket price stays the same. For perspective, the largest jackpot in Melate history reached 639.5 million pesos, in draw 2677 back in 2013 — August's, streak of 18 and all, stayed well below that.
Is Sunday a different draw, or just "the same Melate"?
It's the same game, all three times. Same 56 balls, same 6-numbers-plus-bonus format, same 1-in-32,468,436 odds of taking the jackpot, whether it's Wednesday, Friday or Sunday. The one thing that sets the Sunday draw apart is that, if you bought the combined ticket, that same night also draws Revancha and Revanchita — two add-on games with their own six balls and their own jackpot — exactly as on Wednesdays and Fridays. The difference between the two, and how their prizes build up, is explained in Revancha and Revanchita.
Two mix-ups worth clearing up about "Sunday's Melate"
Is it the same thing as Melate Retro?
No, and the mix-up is understandable — both games share the word "Melate" and both sit close to the weekend, but they're separate products run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. Melate Retro draws on Tuesdays and Saturdays, not Sundays, and runs on its own numbers and its own odds: 1 in 3,262,623 for the jackpot, a very different figure from Melate's 1 in 32,468,436. If you bought a ticket for Sunday's draw, you played Melate — and, if you chose the combined ticket, Revancha and Revanchita along with it — never Retro, which sits on a completely separate calendar. The full breakdown of how it works is in Melate Retro, worth a look if you've ever wondered why your Sunday ticket never turns up when you search Retro results.
Playing it as a family or a group: what to agree on beforehand
Of the three weekly draws, Sunday is the one most often played as a group. On weekdays most people buy their own ticket on their own account, but come the weekend it's common for a family, a group of coworkers or a circle of friends to pool money and buy tickets together ahead of the 9:00 p.m. draw. There's nothing wrong with playing as a group — it's arguably part of what makes Sunday's draw fun to watch together — the mistake is not settling the rules before the money changes hands, while nobody yet knows whether there's a prize to split. Before anyone pays in, the group should agree on who holds the physical ticket (or whose account it's registered under, if it's digital), who's contributing how much, how a prize gets divided if there is one, and what happens if someone drops out midweek. A photo of the ticket shared in the group chat before the draw airs is a cheap way to avoid arguments afterward. The full mechanics — including how a shared prize actually gets claimed — are covered in playing Melate as a group.
Why Sunday specifically — a bit of history
Today's rhythm — Wednesday, Friday, Sunday — hasn't always looked like this. Melate's draw days and times have shifted more than once since the game relaunched in 2007, a history covered in how Melate has changed since 2007. What has stayed constant is Sunday itself: even as the rest of the calendar moved around it, the Sunday draw kept being the one that closes the week and the one most people associate first with the word "Melate."
Is Sunday's draw luckier?
No. That's probably the real question behind this search, and the short answer is that the day of the week changes nothing. Every draw is an independent event: the balls don't "remember" what came out Wednesday, and nothing builds up just because a draw happens on a Sunday. Believing that a day, a number or a streak is somehow "due" has a name — the gambler's fallacy — explained in depth in the gambler's fallacy. The 18-draw streak that broke on August 9 didn't make that particular Sunday "more likely" either: at some point, statistically, someone was always going to match all six.
The Sunday ticket: mechanics beginners get wrong
Common mistakes when buying or filling out the ticket
Buying a Melate ticket is simple, but Sunday sees a handful of mistakes more often than the weekday draws do, mostly among first-time players or people who only buy occasionally. The most common is confusing the sales cutoff with the draw time itself: points of sale, physical and online alike, stop selling minutes before 9:00 p.m., not exactly at that hour, and cutting it close on a Sunday — when more people are buying at the last minute — can mean walking away with no ticket at all. The second is not checking the printed ticket against the numbers you meant to mark: the machine prints exactly what was filled in on the slip, not what the player had in mind, so matching all six numbers "from memory" on a misfilled ticket is worth nothing if the actual numbers are off by even one. The third is not deciding ahead of time whether you want the combined ticket — Melate plus Revancha and Revanchita — or Melate alone: Sunday, like Wednesday and Friday, offers both, and there's no changing it once the ticket has printed. And the fourth, simpler but still common, is not keeping the ticket or the digital receipt somewhere it'll still be available days later, in case confirming a prize takes a while.
Play just Sunday, or all three draws in the week?
It's a real decision a lot of newer players face: buy a ticket only for Sunday, or buy for all three weekly draws — Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The answer comes down to what you're actually looking for, not which draw is "luckier" — none of them are; see the gambler's-fallacy section above. Playing only Sunday concentrates the spending into one event a week, is easier to budget for, and suits anyone who'd rather watch it as a family occasion without thinking about the game the rest of the week. Playing all three multiplies the number of independent chances to win — three separate events, each carrying the same 1-in-32,468,436 odds, not one event with stacked-up odds — but it multiplies the spending in exactly the same proportion: no draw is "cheaper," and none pays out better per peso wagered. The only real difference between playing one draw or three is how often you pay and how often you take part, not the odds on any single ticket.
How to get ready for Sunday's Melate draw
- Buy your ticket with time to spare: points of sale usually stop selling minutes before the draw, not exactly at 9:00 p.m.
- Confirm the exact time for your time zone if you're outside Mexico City.
- Check the result on the site's live results page as soon as the draw ends, or on the official Pronósticos site.
- If you play Revancha and Revanchita, check all three results — they land together, but they're three separate combinations.
And if you decide to play the next Sunday draw, do it with a clear budget: no combination — not the one that came out on August 9, not any other — has better odds of repeating than any other.
If you win on a Sunday: the practical wrinkle of claiming on a non-business day
Winning on Sunday carries one practical consequence that doesn't apply the same way midweek: it's the only one of the three draws that falls on a non-banking day. Not every prize is collected the same way — where payment happens, in what form, and against what requirements is set by the operator and can change over time, so this page won't assume any of it for you — but one thing is decided by the calendar rather than by any rulebook: whatever part of the process depends on a bank or an administrative office does not move on a Sunday night, because those doors don't reopen until the following Monday. That doesn't alter the total time you have, which runs from the draw date and is set in the rules published for each draw rather than by habit or hearsay — but it does mean Sunday night is for confirming the result, not for getting anything settled. It's worth planning around: check the result Sunday, confirm your ticket matches, keep the paper intact and in good condition, and ask Pronósticos directly how your case proceeds as soon as the business week starts. The full timeline, draw by draw, is covered in how long it takes to get paid on a Melate prize.
Frequently asked questions
What is Sunday's Melate?
It's Melate's third weekly draw — the same game drawn Wednesday and Friday too, with the same 56 balls, the same 6-numbers-plus-bonus format, and the same odds of winning the jackpot.
What time is the Sunday Melate draw?
Around 9:00 p.m., the same as Wednesday's and Friday's draws. The result is usually published within the hour after.
Where can I see the results of Sunday's Melate draw?
On this site's live results page or the official Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública site. Forwarded screenshots or old posts aren't a reliable source.
Does Sunday have better odds than Wednesday or Friday?
No. The odds are identical all three days: 1 in 32,468,436 for the jackpot. The day of the week changes nothing.
What happens if nobody wins on Sunday?
The jackpot rolls over to the next draw, Wednesday. That's exactly how the August 9 jackpot reached 59.5 million pesos, after eighteen straight draws without a winner.
Whether you've been tracking the jackpot Sunday after Sunday or you're trying to understand for the first time how this draw fits into the week, Melate del domingo is nothing more — or less — than that: the same game, the same format, carrying the symbolic weight of closing the cycle. If you decide to play, do it with judgment: generate your combinations with MelateBot AI Picks.
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