Not one number fell in the 31-to-50 range — twenty numbers straight, empty — on the night of Sunday, March 6, 2022. That was Melate's Sorteo 3557: the winning combination was 5, 6, 12, 21, 53 and 55, plus adicional 15, arriving after the jackpot had gone 33 straight draws without a winner and built a $101.6 million peso prize pool. The top prize wasn't claimed that night either. Here are the full Melate Sorteo 3557 results — the numbers, the jackpot, the streak behind it, and how to check a ticket from that date — with the detail a combination this particular deserves.
The 33-Draw Streak Behind Sorteo 3557
Thirty-three. That's how many consecutive draws Melate had gone without paying out its top prize by the time Sorteo 3557 was held. At three draws a week — Wednesday, Friday, Sunday — that streak works out to a little over two and a half months without a single ticket matching all six numbers. Every draw that goes unclaimed rolls the prize fund into the next one, so the jackpot kept growing draw after draw until it reached $101,600,000 Mexican pesos that night.
That's not the largest jackpot Melate has ever paid out — the record still belongs to Sorteo 2677 in 2013, which reached $639.5 million pesos — but 101.6 million was enough to drive ticket sales and attention. What doesn't change, no matter how large the pot gets, is the probability of any single ticket: 1 in 32,468,436, fixed for every possible combination in every draw, rolled over or not. You can read more about how that mechanism works in our guide to Melate's accumulated jackpot, and the full breakdown of odds by prize tier in the odds of winning Melate.
Sorteo 3557 didn't break the streak. As the table below shows, the top prize went unclaimed again that night, extending the rollover at least one more draw.
Melate Sorteo 3557 Results: The Full Record
Here's the official record for the draw, ready to check against any ticket:
| Detail | Result |
|---|---|
| Draw | 3557 |
| Date | Sunday, March 6, 2022 |
| Main numbers | 5 — 6 — 12 — 21 — 53 — 55 |
| Adicional | 15 |
| Sum of the 6 numbers | 152 |
| Even / Odd | 2 even, 4 odd |
| Jackpot that night | $101,600,000 MXN |
| Prior draws without a winner | 33 |
| Was the jackpot won? | No |
Melate is operated by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública and involves picking six numbers from 1 to 56 plus an adicional; the top prize requires matching all six main numbers, in any order — the adicional isn't part of that combination, though it does count toward lower prize tiers. For a full walkthrough of the mechanics, see our guide on how to play Melate.
A Combination With Two Empty Decades
The six numbers in Sorteo 3557 add up to 152 — nearly 20 points below the theoretical average for a random 6-number combination out of 56, which sits around 171. A sum that low usually reflects a cluster of small numbers, and this draw is a clean example: four of the six numbers — 5, 6, 12 and 21 — fall in the lower half of the board (28 or below), while only two — 53 and 55 — belong to the upper half.
Broken down by decade, the pattern is even sharper: two numbers in the 1-10 band (5 and 6), one in 11-20 (12), one in 21-30 (21), none at all in either 31-40 or 41-50, and two in 51-60 (53 and 55). Two entire decades of the board — twenty numbers between them — went unrepresented in the winning combination. On parity, the result leaned odd: four odd numbers (5, 21, 53, 55) against two even (6, 12).
None of these patterns had anything to do with whether the draw produced a winner — the odds of matching the jackpot are identical for every possible combination, regardless of its sum, parity, or how it splits across decades — but they do describe, precisely, what this particular combination looked like.
The 5-6 Pair and Number 21's Return After 15 Draws
Tucked inside the combination is a consecutive pair: 5 and 6 came out together. That's not unusual — most Melate draws historically include at least one such pair — but it's worth noting because, alongside the rest of the profile, it helps describe just how distinctive this combination was.
The more striking figure belongs to number 21. Before Sorteo 3557, 21 hadn't appeared in 15 straight draws — the longest absence of any number in the winning set. By contrast, the adicional, 15, had just appeared in the immediately preceding draw: its lag was zero. Two numbers from the same night, with completely opposite recent histories.
It's worth being precise about what that lag actually means: nothing, in terms of future probability. Melate has no memory; the spheres don't track how many draws a number has gone without appearing. The fact that 21 had been "overdue" for 15 draws gave it no better chance of showing up in Sorteo 3557 than any of the other 56 numbers on the board — and it gives no number an edge in the draw that follows, either. A lag is a curious fact about the past, useful for describing a draw that already happened, never a signal about the next one.
How to Check Your Sorteo 3557 Ticket
If you have a ticket from that date — or found one tucked away years later — checking it is straightforward:
- Compare your six main numbers against 5, 6, 12, 21, 53 and 55. Order doesn't matter.
- Check the adicional separately: 15. Matching it along with several main numbers can still qualify for a lower prize tier, even without all six.
- Verify the draw number and date printed on the ticket before trusting the comparison — with years gone by, it's easy to confuse one draw with a nearby one.
- Don't write off partial matches: Melate pays out across several tiers — five main numbers plus the adicional, five, four or three — with amounts that depend on that specific draw's ticket sales, not just the jackpot.
For the complete verification and claim process, including what to do if your ticket did win, see our guide on how to check a Melate ticket.
Where to Check Results for Other Melate Draws
If the draw you're looking for isn't 3557, the full archive — numbers, adicional and jackpot for every date — is available in our Melate results section, updated after every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday draw. For the most recent draw, the official source is always Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, the body that operates the game; treat any other version circulating on social media with caution until you can confirm it there or against a source that cites the exact date and draw number.
Frequently Asked Questions
What were the results of Melate Sorteo 3557?
The winning numbers were 5, 6, 12, 21, 53 and 55, with adicional 15. The draw was held on Sunday, March 6, 2022.
Melate Sorteo 3557 results: was the jackpot won?
No. No ticket matched all six numbers in Sorteo 3557. The jackpot had already gone 33 consecutive draws without a winner, and since it wasn't claimed that night either, the streak extended at least one draw further.
What was the jackpot for Melate Sorteo 3557?
The jackpot that night was $101,600,000 Mexican pesos, built up over 33 prior draws without anyone claiming the top prize.
How do I check my Sorteo 3557 ticket?
Compare your six numbers against 5, 6, 12, 21, 53 and 55, and check the adicional 15 separately. The full step-by-step is in our guide on how to check a Melate ticket.
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