Draw 3998 of Melate wasn't just any Sunday: it landed on December 29, 2024, the year's final draw night, when half the country was already cooking a New Year's Eve dinner and the other half was digging up ticket stubs from the holidays. The winning combination was 5, 7, 18, 20, 29 and 42, with 31 as the bonus number, over a jackpot of 109.7 million pesos that nobody managed to break that night. The no-winner streak, already at 32 straight draws, stretched one round further just before the year closed out.
Melate 3998 Results: The Winning Numbers
Here's how the draw was officially recorded:
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Draw number | 3998 |
| Date | Sunday, December 29, 2024 |
| Winning numbers | 5 - 7 - 18 - 20 - 29 - 42 |
| Bonus number | 31 |
| Jackpot | $109,700,000 MXN |
| Was the top prize won? | No; the jackpot rolled over to the next draw |
The numbers are listed in ascending order, not in the physical order the balls dropped during the broadcast. The bonus number — 31, in this case — is drawn alongside the six main numbers but only determines secondary prize tiers; the top prize depends solely on matching the six main numbers, regardless of the bonus.
How Melate Results Actually Get Published and Confirmed
It's worth explaining the process, because not every "result" circulating on a Sunday night is equally reliable. The draw airs live Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays around 9:00 p.m. central Mexico time, and at that moment the numbers are still provisional until Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública validates and publishes them as the official result. That's the figure that actually matters for checking a ticket — not whatever number someone posted mid-broadcast, but the confirmed combination.
For draw 3998, that combination is long settled and won't change: it's the one in the table above. If instead you're after the most recent draw — this week's, not one from years back — always check Melate's updated results, which is refreshed draw by draw with the current date and jackpot.
What the Main Numbers and Bonus Number Actually Mean
Melate draws six main numbers from a range of 1 to 56, plus a seventh ball — the bonus number — pulled from the same drum. Matching the six main numbers, in any order, is the only path to the top prize; the bonus number comes into play for tickets that already matched some of those six, bumping them into a higher prize tier. In other words: the 31 drawn in sorteo 3998 wasn't competing for the jackpot that night, but it could have upgraded the prize for tickets with partial matches. If you're still getting familiar with the mechanics — how a ticket is filled out, what play modes exist — we cover it in full in how Melate is played.
The 32-Draw Streak Behind the Jackpot
The 109.7 million pesos on the line in draw 3998 didn't appear out of nowhere: it was the product of 32 consecutive draws without anyone matching the top prize. Since 3998 produced no winner either, the streak reached 33, and the jackpot kept climbing into the first draws of 2025. That's how Melate's rollover works: it grows draw after draw while the top prize goes unclaimed, and resets completely the moment someone matches all six numbers.
For a closer look at that mechanism — how the growth is calculated, what happens when the jackpot reaches historic figures — see how Melate's accumulated jackpot works. And if what interests you is the combination itself — why its sum came out unusually low, how the numbers spread across decades, which one had gone the longest without appearing — we already broke that down number by number in Melate Sorteo 3998: results, winning numbers and analysis.
Thirty-two draws without a winner sounds like a lot, and it is, but it's worth putting it against the real odds of matching all six: 1 in 32,468,436, the total number of possible combinations when choosing six numbers out of 56. That figure doesn't shift because a jackpot has been building for weeks, or because a draw happens to fall at year-end; it's exactly the same for draw 3998 as it was for Melate's very first draw back in 1994, or for whichever draw is coming up this weekend. Long streaks like this one happen simply because the game is designed to make hitting the top prize genuinely rare.
How to Check If a Draw 3998 Ticket Won
If you still have a physical ticket from that date — it's not unusual for one to turn up months later in a wallet or a drawer — compare it number by number against the table above: 5, 7, 18, 20, 29 and 42, plus bonus number 31. Matching a certain number of them, with or without the bonus, corresponds to different prize tiers, not just the jackpot, so it's worth checking even if you didn't hit all six. The full process, step by step, including what to do if your ticket did win, is in how to check your Melate ticket.
Frequently Asked Questions
What were the results of Melate draw 3998?
The results of draw 3998, played Sunday, December 29, 2024, were the numbers 5, 7, 18, 20, 29 and 42, with 31 as the bonus number. That draw's jackpot was $109,700,000 pesos.
Melate 3998 results: was the top prize won?
No. Nobody matched all six main numbers in draw 3998. The jackpot came from 32 consecutive draws without a winner, and since it wasn't awarded that night either, the streak reached 33, with the rollover carrying into the first draws of 2025.
Where can I see the full Melate 3998 result, including analysis of the combination?
This page has the official result — numbers, bonus number and jackpot — exactly as confirmed for that draw. If you're also after the statistical breakdown of the combination (sum, parity, decade spread, overdue numbers), we cover that separately in this draw in detail.
Can the draw 3998 result predict the next draw?
No. Every Melate draw is independent of the ones before it; the balls have no memory of what came out last week, last month, or years ago. Reviewing a result like 3998's is useful for understanding the game and its history, but no past pattern increases the odds of matching numbers in a future draw.
When is the next Melate draw?
Melate draws happen Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, around 9:00 p.m. central Mexico time. For the most recent draw and current jackpot, check Melate's updated results.
Why was draw 3998 held on December 29 instead of the 31st?
Because Melate keeps its fixed Wednesday-Friday-Sunday schedule all year round, without adjusting it for the holidays. December 29, 2024 fell on a Sunday, which made it the final draw of the 2024 calendar; the next one, already in January 2025, followed the same three-draws-a-week pattern.
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