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Lotería Nacional Unveils Huey Atlixcáyotl 60th Ticket With Oct. 5 Zodiaco Draw

Officials cast the issue as a tribute to Puebla's heritage to raise the festival's national profile.

Overview

  • Two million four hundred thousand cachitos are on sale nationwide at retail points and on miloteria.mx, priced at $20 per fracción and $400 per serie.
  • Sorteo Zodiaco No. 1721 will be held Sunday, October 5 at 20:00 with a 7 million peso Premio Mayor per serie and a 24 million peso prize pool, streamed on the Sorteos Tradicionales YouTube channel.
  • Lotería Nacional director Olivia Salomón said the commemorative ticket honors six decades of the Huey Atlixcáyotl and carries a message of pride, memory and identity across Mexico.
  • The Huey Atlixcáyotl was declared state cultural heritage in 1996 and annually gathers more than 600 dancers on Atlixco’s Cerro de San Miguel from Puebla’s ethnographic regions.
  • Puebla culture secretary Alejandra Pacheco Mex, speaking for Gov. Alejandro Armenta Mier, said the issue strengthens state identity and supports plans to position the festival as Puebla’s leading celebration.