On Wednesday, September 4, 2024, when Pronósticos aired draw 3948 of Melate, the jackpot was already carrying a streak of forty consecutive rollovers with no top-prize winner. That night's Melate draw 3948 results — 15, 35, 50, 51, 52 and 54, plus extra ball 28 — didn't find a winner either: the 128.7 million pesos in play carried over untouched to the next draw, and the streak climbed to 41. Here are the full numbers, how to read them if you're holding a ticket from that date, and a few particulars that rarely all show up in the same draw.
Melate draw 3948 results
The concrete part first: here's what the spinning ball produced that night.
- Draw: 3948
- Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2024
- Winning numbers: 15 – 35 – 50 – 51 – 52 – 54
- Extra ball (adicional): 28
- Jackpot in play: $128,700,000 MXN (128.7 million pesos)
- Was there a jackpot winner? No; the pot rolled over to the next draw
If the draw you're after isn't this exact one, the fastest way to find any date is the Melate results page, updated after every draw with the same detail: numbers, extra ball, and jackpot size.
How to check a ticket from that date
Finding an old ticket dated September 4, 2024 raises an obvious question: did I hit anything? The short answer is to compare, one by one, each printed number against the six above, and separately against the extra ball — which doesn't count toward the jackpot itself, but does upgrade certain lower prize tiers when it lands alongside several of the six main numbers. If your ticket is from a different date rather than this specific draw, the process is identical: only the combination you're checking against changes. For the full step-by-step, including where the draw number is printed and how to read the ticket code, see the guide to checking a Melate ticket.
The 15 that wouldn't leave: two draws in a row
There's a detail that only shows up when you compare one draw against the previous one: the 15 had already come up in the immediately prior draw, 3947, and showed up again in 3948. Repeating from one draw to the next unsettles a lot of people who play by feel — it seems to break some unwritten rule of chance — but it breaks nothing at all. Every Melate draw is an independent event: the balls carry no memory of what came out the week before, and they keep no tally of whose "turn" it is. A number can repeat two draws running or vanish for months, and both outcomes are equally possible on any given draw, no exceptions. It's the same idea behind the gambler's fallacy: believing chance has a memory when, in fact, it has none.
The 52 came back after 23 draws away
At the opposite end of the same draw sits the 52, which hadn't appeared in 23 draws — more than seven weeks without showing, counting Melate's three weekly draws. For anyone who tracks the game's statistics closely, a comeback like that after so long is exactly the kind of data point that feeds the list of most overdue Melate numbers. It's a curiosity about what already happened, not a signal about what's coming: the 52 had no more and no less probability of coming out in draw 3948 for having sat out 23 draws than any other number from 1 to 56.
Five of six numbers came from the top half of the board
Sorted low to high, the combination reads: 15, 35, 50, 51, 52, 54. Only the 15 fell below 28 — the midpoint of a 56-number board — while the other five all landed in the top half, and three of them, 50, 51 and 52, came out consecutive. The six numbers summed to 257, higher than a typical Melate combination's average, precisely because of that clustering toward the top of the board. None of these patterns can be anticipated draw to draw — whether a combination lands consecutive or scattered changes nothing about its probability — but they're exactly the kind of curiosity that surfaces when you review consecutive numbers in Melate across hundreds of draws.
A 40-draw rollover streak that reached 128.7 million pesos
What really sets draw 3948 apart isn't its six numbers — it's what the jackpot was already carrying when it was played: forty consecutive draws with nobody hitting the top prize. At three draws a week, that works out to a little over three months of continuous rollover, pushing the pot up to 128.7 million pesos. Draw 3948 didn't break the streak either: it reached 41 draws without a jackpot winner. For scale, the largest jackpot on record in Melate's history hit 639.5 million pesos in draw 2677, back in 2013 — so 128.7 million, while a considerable sum, was still well short of that ceiling. How and why these jackpots build, and what each rollover means for whoever plays the next draw, is explained in more detail in Melate's accumulated jackpot.
Frequently asked questions
What were the results of Melate draw 3948?
The winning numbers were 15, 35, 50, 51, 52 and 54, with 28 as the extra ball. The draw took place on Wednesday, September 4, 2024.
How big was the jackpot in Melate draw 3948?
The jackpot in play was $128,700,000 MXN (128.7 million pesos), built up over forty consecutive draws with no top-prize winner.
Was there a jackpot winner in draw 3948?
No. Nobody matched all six main numbers, and the pot rolled over to the next draw, extending the streak to 41 draws without a winner.
Where do I check today's Melate results?
The most direct option is the Melate results page, updated after every draw, or the official site of Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública.
How do I know if my ticket from draw 3948 won anything?
Compare each number printed on your ticket against the six winning numbers, and separately against the extra ball. For the full procedure, including how lower prize tiers are checked, see the guide to checking a Melate ticket.
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