Every Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday night, three lotteries draw at once on the same ticket: Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita. Each one draws its own winning combination, printed on its own line of the ticket. Checking a ticket isn't just glancing to see whether "your numbers came up" on some screen - it's matching the right combination against the right draw, and that's exactly where most people slip up. Not on the arithmetic, but on reading the wrong table.
What to have on hand before you check
Before you open an app or a website, pull three pieces of information straight off the ticket itself: the draw number, the draw date, and the exact name of the game (Melate, Melate Retro, Revancha, or Revanchita). Skip identifying those three first, and any check you run afterward risks comparing your combination against the wrong draw. A ticket from three weeks ago and one from this week can share several numbers by pure statistical coincidence - with 56 possible numbers in every draw, partial overlaps between unrelated draws happen more often than people expect - and without the correct date, there's no way to tell whether that overlap means anything.
If you've never sat down and read every field on the ticket carefully - draw number, date, folio, amount wagered, play type - it's worth doing once, calmly. Our full guide to the anatomy of a Melate ticket walks through what each printed field means, and it'll save you confusion the next time you buy.
The official channels for checking results
The official result for a draw goes live the same night, after 9:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays for Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita, and on Tuesdays and Saturdays for Melate Retro. There are three practical ways to check it: the official website and app run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, which publish each game's winning combination separately, and the terminal at the point of sale where you bought the ticket, which can scan the printed code and tell you immediately whether there's a prize. None of the three requires you to do the comparison by hand, but all three depend on you having correctly identified the draw and the game - the step before this one - before you check.
If you'd rather compare number by number visually instead of relying on an automatic reader, you can use a Melate results overlay (mascarilla de resultados): a template that lays the winning combination directly over your ticket or your selection, so your eye doesn't skip or double up on a number. It's a convenience tool, not a separate official source - the result is still whatever the operator published.
Reading your ticket so you don't check the wrong game
Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita are all played with the same selection of six numbers plus one additional number, but each game draws its own winning combination independently. That means your ticket can miss in Melate and still win in Revancha, or the other way around, and the only way to know is to check each result line separately against the matching line on your ticket. Melate Retro is a completely different game, with its own draw on Tuesdays and Saturdays and its own jackpot odds (1 in 3,262,623, versus 1 in 32,468,436 for Melate); checking it against Melate's results simply doesn't apply, even if you bought both tickets the same day.
If you're still fuzzy on what separates these sibling games, we've got a full breakdown of the difference between Revancha and Revanchita that explains why there are three results where it might look like there should be just one.
Partial matches: the jackpot isn't the only category
Matching all six Melate numbers gets you the jackpot, at odds of 1 in 32,468,436 per ticket, per draw - a figure worth keeping in mind so "I almost won" doesn't get overstated in your head. But the jackpot isn't the only prize tier: there are prize levels for matching fewer than six numbers, and the additional number factors into some of those partial combinations. That means a ticket that looks like it "won nothing" at a glance, because the jackpot line doesn't match, can still carry a prize in a lower tier - and writing it off after checking only the headline combination is a common mistake.
The reliable way to not miss a prize tier is to compare all six numbers and the additional number, one at a time, against the official result - not just scan the row looking for "something that looks close." Automated checkers (the app, the official site, the point-of-sale terminal) do this full comparison for you; if you'd rather check by hand, take the time to go number by number, no shortcuts.
Why the order on your ticket doesn't match the result
One of the most common beginner mistakes has nothing to do with math - it's a formatting mismatch. The official result is always published with the six numbers sorted from lowest to highest, plus the additional number listed on its own. Your ticket, though, lists numbers in whatever order you picked them or the terminal printed them, which almost never matches the result's ascending order. Compare position by position - the first number in your row against the first number in the result, the second against the second - and you can end up concluding you won nothing when you actually have a match, just sitting in a different spot.
The right way to check isn't position-by-position, it's presence-by-presence: take each number from the official result and look for it anywhere in your row, regardless of where it sits. Do that for all six numbers plus the additional one. It's exactly what automated checkers do under the hood - which is why they never trip over this - and it's what keeps you from writing off a winning ticket just because the numbers weren't printed "in the same spot."
Watch for fake checkers and edited screenshots
Wherever there's cash on the line, fraud attempts show up, and ticket-checking is no exception. The common patterns: unofficial sites and apps that ask for personal or banking details "to verify your prize"; WhatsApp or social media messages claiming you won a specific draw, attaching a screenshot - trivially easy to edit - instead of pointing you to the official channel; and pages that copy the look of the official site on a different domain. No legitimate source will ever ask for a transfer, a "processing fee," or your full banking details just to tell you whether your ticket has a prize.
The simple rule: the official result is free to check, on the Pronósticos site and app or at the point-of-sale terminal, never through a link that arrived in a private message. For a broader look at the patterns to watch for, see our guide on Melate fraud and scams - and how to avoid them.
You confirmed you won - now what
If the comparison - official or manual - confirms your ticket has a prize, the next step isn't a single fixed one: the conditions for collecting are set by the operator and can change from one draw to the next, so we're not going to list counters, dates or requirements for you here. It's not something worth improvising on the spot, so before you go to collect, it's worth reading the full guide on how to claim a Melate prize and then asking at an authorized point of sale what applies to your own ticket. And if the checking process itself left you unsure - say you've got an older ticket and you're not confident you checked it correctly the first time - our guide on how to check your Melate ticket breaks down every step in more detail than fits here.
Hold on to the physical ticket - or the digital confirmation - until you've collected. It's the record of the bet you placed, which is why it's worth treating carefully: a photo or a screenshot reminds you which numbers you played, but it isn't the ticket. Exactly what the operator asks for at the moment of collection is set by Pronósticos and can change from one draw to the next, so confirm it at an authorized point of sale before you go.
Special cases: a shared ticket, an old ticket, and a prize that turns out to be large
If several people chipped in on the ticket
When a ticket is bought as a group, there's only one physical ticket, and whoever checks it first is the first to know the result - there's no separate "official" version for each person in the group. The sane approach is agreeing, before you even buy, on who's going to check and how the result gets shared with everyone else, regardless of what it turns out to be. If you're unsure how to organize the purchase and the eventual split before there's actually a prize to split, our guide on playing Melate as a group covers exactly that.
If it's a ticket from weeks or months ago
Checking an old ticket has no deadline - you can look up a past draw's result anytime, as long as you know the exact draw number and date. What does have a deadline is claiming, not checking; those are two separate steps with two separate sets of rules. If you just found an old ticket and aren't sure whether it's still eligible to claim, check how long you have to claim a Melate prize before assuming it's expired.
If the prize turns out to be a big one
Checking itself is the same for any ticket, but what comes after isn't always: the figure announced as the prize and the money you actually end up with don't have to be the same number, because tax treatment applies to lottery prizes in Mexico. Exactly what it is and how it is applied isn't something we should assert here. It's worth understanding that before you get to the window, not after; our guide on taxes on Melate prizes develops the topic.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I officially check Melate results?
On the official website and app run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, or at the terminal of any authorized point of sale, which can read your ticket directly. Steer clear of unofficial sites promising a "faster" check.
Can I check my ticket without an internet connection?
Yes. The terminal at the point of sale where you bought the ticket can scan the printed code and tell you instantly whether there's a prize, no app or mobile data required.
Are Melate and Revancha results the same combination?
No. Melate, Revancha, and Revanchita each draw their own winning combination, even though they're played together on the same ticket, the same night. Check each line separately.
What if my ticket has one number that looks right but I'm not sure it counts as a prize?
Compare all six numbers and the additional number against the official result for your ticket's exact draw and date - not just the one number you happened to recognize. Official checkers run this full comparison automatically.
How long do I have to check and claim a winning ticket?
A limit exists, but the one that sets it is each draw's official announcement, not this page; read our guide on how to claim a Melate prize and then confirm the date that applies to your own ticket at an authorized point of sale before you go.
Checking your ticket carefully is half the process; picking your numbers with some rigor is the other half. If you want a selection based on analysis of past draws - with no promise that it'll win, because nobody can honestly promise that - generate your combination with MelateBot's AI Picks at /precios.
MelateBot is an independent tool and is not affiliated with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública or any government entity. Melate is a game of chance: no method, app, or analysis guarantees or improves your odds of winning the jackpot. Play responsibly, and only with money you can afford to lose.