InnovaFest 2026 Lotería Nacional commemorative lottery ticket Mérida Yucatán, Digi Mart USA News (Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico): Through Sorteo Mayor No. 4035, Lotería Nacional issued a commemorative ticket for “InnovaFest 2026, the new era of innovation in Mexico,” recognizing the strategy in public, private and academic innovation promoted by Mexico’s Secretaría de Economía in coordination with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI) and state governments.
The ticket was presented during the 2026 gathering in Mérida. Secretary of Economy Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Yucatán Governor Joaquín Díaz Mena, Lotería Nacional Director General Olivia Salomón, IMPI Director General Vidal Llerenas Morales and InnovaFest coordinator Cecilia Bañuelos Barrón took part, accompanied by Morelos Governor Margarita González Saravia, whose state will host the next event.
Ebrard said innovation is the process for changing Mexico’s future and stressed the importance of intellectual property. He cited Mexico’s growth as an exporter in semiconductors, computing, data center equipment and artificial intelligence-related industries, and said the initiative invites young people and companies in Yucatán, Campeche and Quintana Roo to participate.
Governor Díaz Mena said Yucatán is opening its doors to innovation from across Mexico and pointed to the Renacimiento Maya project as a driver of development and shared prosperity. Salomón said Lotería Nacional was proud to join the celebration, noting that 3.6 million tickets will circulate nationwide.
Salomón said the institution’s focus on science and technology supports sovereignty and shared prosperity under President Claudia Sheinbaum’s leadership. She emphasized that the people behind inventions and projects are central to InnovaFest.
IMPI Director Vidal Llerenas Morales said the institute promotes mechanisms to protect national creations, encourage technology transfer and turn knowledge into solutions. He reported that IMPI has received 15,500 international patent applications and 2,500 national applications, and that the institute reduced patent grant resolution time to 12 months.
Cecilia Bañuelos said Mexico has the talent to create its own solutions and that the effort aligns with the Plan México initiative, which aims to increase national technology content in global value chains and strengthen domestic suppliers.
Sorteo Mayor No. 4035 carries a top prize of 21 million pesos across three series and a distributable prize pool of 66 million pesos. Three million 600 thousand tickets will be available through authorized sales points, miloteria.mx and the MiLotería app, and the draw will be streamed on Lotería Nacional’s institutional YouTube channel, Sorteos Tradicionales.
