You searched for the Melate Retro draw because you want to understand this specific draw: when it takes place, how the number extraction unfolds, and what the result means for your ticket. Here it is in full, with a real example taken from the most recent draw, no filler and no promises of any kind.
What is the Melate Retro draw?
The Melate Retro draw is the periodic extraction run by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública for the second-oldest game in its numeric lottery lineup. Unlike classic Melate, which works with 56 numbers, Melate Retro uses a smaller pool: 6 numbers from 1 to 39, plus a seventh additional number drawn separately. That size difference is exactly why the odds of hitting the Retro jackpot come out to 1 in 3,262,623, far better than classic Melate's. If you want the full story of why it exists, we cover its origin in what Melate Retro is and why it exists.
When is the Melate Retro draw? Days and frequency
The Melate Retro draw is held twice a week: on Tuesdays and Saturdays. That's a different rhythm from classic Melate, which draws Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, so if you follow both games it's worth keeping the two calendars straight. Looking at the recent draw calendar, the pattern holds without exception: every extraction lands on a Tuesday or a Saturday, week after week. That regularity is one of the few genuinely predictable things about the game — the schedule, not the result. It's a detail worth pinning down before you plan around it, because mixing up the two calendars is one of the most common sources of confusion among players who follow both games.
How the Melate Retro draw works, step by step
The mechanism itself is easy to describe, even though the outcome is impossible to anticipate:
- 6 balls are drawn from a pool of 39, without replacement, to form the main combination.
- A seventh, additional ball is drawn separately, also from 1 to 39, and it defines secondary prize categories (for example, matching 5 main numbers plus the additional one).
- The order the balls come out in doesn't matter for the jackpot — what counts is that your ticket contains the same 6 numbers, in any order.
- Every draw is independent of the one before it. The balls don't "remember" which numbers came out last week, so there are no overdue numbers waiting to appear and no streak you can anticipate.
If you want to see exactly where the 1-in-3,262,623 figure comes from, we walk through the full combinatorics in how Melate's odds are calculated.
Here's what the latest Melate Retro draw actually looked like
To keep this concrete rather than abstract: here's what happened in draw 1655, held on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. The main combination was 3, 14, 15, 21, 22 and 29, with additional number 18. Nobody matched the jackpot that day, so the pool — which stood at $5,000,000 MXN — carried over unchanged into the next draw.
As a descriptive curiosity, not a clue: of those six numbers, four were odd and two even, they summed to 104, and they spread across the first three tens-groups (one in 1–10, two in 11–20, three in 21–30). Those are facts describing that single draw, already in the past. They say nothing about the next draw — every extraction starts over, with identical odds across all 39 numbers. Reviewing a specific draw like this one is useful for exactly one thing: seeing what a real result looks like, in real numbers, rather than guessing at how the game plays out.
What happens to the jackpot when nobody wins the draw
When no ticket matches the full combination, the jackpot rolls over to the next draw, and the ticket price stays the same. A recent stretch of Melate Retro draws illustrates the pattern well: between draw 1646 (Saturday, June 27, 2026) and draw 1653 (Tuesday, July 21, 2026), the jackpot climbed steadily from $5,100,000 to $21,300,000 MXN across eight consecutive draws with no jackpot winner. In draw 1653 someone finally matched it, and the pool reset to its usual floor of $5,000,000 MXN for draws 1654 and 1655.
That cycle — build-up, winner, reset — is the game's normal rhythm. There's no mathematically "better" moment to play: the ticket price and the odds of matching are always the same, whether or not someone won the previous draw. To see how the prize splits across the different match categories, check Melate's prizes by number of matches.
Melate Retro draw vs. classic Melate draw
Although they share an operator and a general mechanism, the Melate Retro draw and the classic Melate draw are distinct products. Retro plays with 39 numbers on a Tuesday/Saturday schedule; classic Melate plays with 56 numbers on a Wednesday/Friday/Sunday schedule. That difference in pool size is exactly why Retro's jackpot is, in relative terms, more attainable than classic Melate's — though it's still a low-probability event either way. We break down the full comparison, format by format, in Melate vs. Melate Retro.
How to check if you won the Melate Retro draw
Once the draw has taken place, checking your ticket is a straightforward process:
- Keep or write down your ticket with the 6 numbers you chose.
- Look up the official combination for that draw at the official Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública source.
- Compare number by number — order on the ticket doesn't matter.
- Check the additional number too: it can unlock a smaller prize category even if you don't match all 6 main numbers.
For the detailed walkthrough, with every match category explained, see our full guide on how to check your Melate ticket.
Frequently asked questions
What days is the Melate Retro draw?
The Melate Retro draw is held every Tuesday and Saturday, without exception on the calendar.
How does the Melate Retro draw work?
6 balls are drawn from a pool of 39 for the main combination, plus a seventh additional ball for secondary prize categories. Every draw is independent of the ones before it.
What happens if nobody wins the Melate Retro draw?
The jackpot rolls over to the next draw and keeps growing until someone matches the full combination; the ticket price stays the same in the meantime.
How is the Melate Retro draw different from the classic Melate draw?
Retro uses 39 numbers and draws on Tuesday and Saturday; classic Melate uses 56 numbers and draws on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. That's also why their jackpot odds differ.
Where can I see the results of the Melate Retro draw?
Official results are published by Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. On this site you can also check the historical record and descriptive statistics from past draws.
Bottom line
The Melate Retro draw is an extraction of 6 numbers from 1 to 39 plus an additional one, held every Tuesday and Saturday, with each extraction completely independent of the last. Knowing the mechanism doesn't change your odds, but it does let you play on real information instead of myths. For the full picture — results, statistics and history in one place — start with our Melate Retro guide.
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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 predicts, guarantees or increases the odds of obtaining the winning numbers. Please play responsibly.