Melate draw 3621, held on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, has a detail that almost never shows up in a results recap: the number 1 landed in two consecutive draws. It had already come up one draw earlier, then appeared again in this Wednesday's combination — the kind of thing instinct says "shouldn't" happen so soon, even though probability allows it without any trouble. Layered on top of that is a number that matters more to the jackpot than to superstition: this result landed after 97 straight draws with no jackpot winner, and this draw didn't break that streak either.
Draw 3621 by the numbers
Here is the verified data for Melate draw 3621:
- Date: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
- Winning numbers: 1, 8, 9, 16, 22, and 44
- Additional number (adicional): 38
- Jackpot pool: $296,200,000 MXN
- Jackpot won? No
- Sum of the six numbers: 100
- Even / odd split: 4 even (8, 16, 22, 44), 2 odd (1, 9)
- Low / high split: 5 low numbers from the 1–28 range (1, 8, 9, 16, 22), 1 high number from the 29–56 range (44)
- Consecutive numbers: one consecutive pair, 8 and 9
The combination clustered into tight decades: three numbers in the 1–10 decade (1, 8, 9), one in 11–20 (16), one in 21–30 (22), and one in 41–50 (44). That's a more bunched-up spread than most people picture as a "typical" result — and it's exactly the kind of pattern a genuinely random draw produces at its expected rate.
Number 1, back to back: coincidence or pattern?
Of the six numbers plus the adicional in draw 3621, the standout detail is the lag data (how many draws passed since each number last appeared): number 1 had a lag of just 1, meaning it had come up in the immediately preceding draw. The rest of the combination carried much more ordinary lags: 8 had gone 7 draws without appearing, 9 had gone 13, 16 had gone 11, 22 had gone 19, 44 had gone 5, and the adicional 38 had gone 11.
A number repeating from one draw to the next isn't a signal or a trend — it's exactly what the math predicts will happen every so often. Every Melate draw is an independent event; the ball chamber doesn't "remember" what came up last week. Treating a short lag as a clue, or a long one as a number being "overdue" and therefore more likely, is the gambler's fallacy in its most common form. It's worth understanding why that intuition fails before letting it shape how you pick numbers.
A 97-draw streak with no jackpot winner
The other notable fact about draw 3621 isn't in the numbers themselves — it's in the pool. This draw landed after 97 consecutive draws in which nobody matched all six main numbers. With Melate drawing three times a week, that streak represents several months of continuous accumulation. And draw 3621 didn't end the drought either — the pool closed at $296.2 million MXN with no winner, so the streak kept growing.
Streaks this long are structurally normal given how hard it is to hit all six numbers (1 in 32,468,436 possible combinations) — not a sign that "the system" is broken or that a win is somehow due. If you want to understand how the jackpot pool builds and why it sometimes takes this long to break, the explainer on how the accumulated jackpot works covers the full mechanism. For context, the largest jackpot ever recorded in Melate's history was $639.5 million MXN, in draw 2677 back in 2013 — nearly double what was on the line this particular August 3rd.
How to check these results against your own ticket
If you played draw 3621, checking your ticket against this result is straightforward: see whether your six numbers match 1, 8, 9, 16, 22, and 44, and whether your adicional matches 38 (the adicional only applies to prize tiers that require it, not to the jackpot). The guide on reading the Melate results mask breaks down, tier by tier, which combination of matches earns which prize level — it's more nuanced than it looks at first glance.
And if you didn't keep the physical ticket, or you just want to confirm the official result before assuming a ticket won or lost, the process for checking a Melate ticket walks through the official channels step by step — steer clear of any unofficial site asking for personal data to "verify" a prize.
How likely was this exact combination?
Every six-number combination in Melate carries exactly the same odds as every other: 1 in 32,468,436. The combination 1, 8, 9, 16, 22, 44 was neither more nor less likely than 2, 15, 27, 33, 41, 56, or than 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. What changes from one combination to another isn't the probability — it's how "recognizable" the pattern looks to us. A clustered run of low numbers like this one reads differently to the eye than a spread-out combination, even though they carry identical mathematical weight.
That's the same idea behind the law of large numbers as it applies to the lottery: over a small number of draws, streaks, clusters, and repeats that look meaningful are completely normal. Only over thousands of draws does the distribution start to look genuinely uniform. For the full combinatorial breakdown of how Melate's odds are calculated from scratch, the explainer on how the probabilities are calculated walks through the detail.
Frequently asked questions
What were the results of Melate draw 3621?
The winning numbers for draw 3621, held on August 3, 2022, were 1, 8, 9, 16, 22, and 44, with adicional 38. Nobody won the jackpot in this draw.
What was the adicional number for draw 3621?
The adicional number for draw 3621 was 38. This number only determines secondary prize tiers, not the jackpot, which depends solely on the six main numbers.
Was the jackpot won in Melate draw 3621?
No. Draw 3621 closed with no jackpot winner, extending a streak that had already reached 97 consecutive draws without anyone matching all six numbers.
Where can I check the official result of a Melate draw?
The official source is Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. If you have questions about a specific ticket, the process described in how to check a Melate ticket walks you through verified steps without relying on unofficial third-party sites.
Why did number 1 come up in two straight draws in 3621?
Because every draw is independent: the odds of a number repeating from one draw to the next are no different from the odds of any other combination. It's a statistically ordinary coincidence, not a pattern that can be predicted or exploited.
If you want to explore combinations in an informed way — with no promise that any strategy improves your jackpot odds, because none does — you can generate numbers with MelateBot AI Picks and compare your ticket against the full draw history.
MelateBot is not affiliated with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública. Melate is a game of chance; no method, statistic, or pattern guarantees or improves your odds of winning the jackpot. Play responsibly and within your budget.