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Dear Lottery — Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about legality, draw timings, prizes, checking results, claiming winnings and staying safe.
Dear Lottery is the brand name of the daily lottery series run by the Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries. Its result announcements are popularly known as Lottery Sambad. It is a legal, government-regulated paper lottery.
Yes, in states where lotteries are permitted by law — including Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal. Whether you may participate depends on your state's laws, so check local rules first.
Three times daily: the Morning draw at 1:00 PM, the Day draw at 6:00 PM, and the Evening draw at 8:00 PM IST. Results are usually published about ten minutes after each draw.
Visit this site's homepage or the 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM result pages after the draw time, then match your full ticket number. See our step-by-step checking guide for details, and always verify against the official announcement before claiming.
The first prize is ₹1 crore in every draw. The standard prize tiers are: 2nd prize ₹9,000, 3rd prize ₹500, 4th prize ₹250 and 5th prize ₹120.
No. Dear Lottery tickets are sold only as paper tickets through authorized offline sellers. Any website or person offering to sell tickets online is fraudulent — never pay them.
Each draw carries a rotating name that changes with the day of the week. For example, the Friday 8 PM draw is called DEAR VULTURE EVENING. The name identifies the specific draw series; the winning ticket number is what matters for prizes.
Yes. Nagaland Dear Lottery draws are held every day of the week, including Sundays.
Yesterday's results are on our dedicated yesterday page, and a longer history is kept in the Lottery Sambad archive.
Present the original, undamaged winning ticket together with a government-issued photo ID at an authorized claim office. Small prizes can usually be claimed directly from the seller. Never pay an advance fee to claim — that is always a scam.
No. DearLotteryResults is an independent, unofficial informational website with no affiliation to the Nagaland State Lotteries or any government body. Always verify results with the official draw announcement.
No. Lottery draws are random and no one can know or sell the outcome in advance. Anyone offering guaranteed numbers for money is running a scam — report them and do not pay.
There is no separate lottery series called “Dear Jackpot”. “Jackpot” is the informal word for the ₹1 crore first prize — so the “Dear Jackpot result” people search for is simply the winning ticket number of the 1 PM, 6 PM or 8 PM draw.
It is just repetition — people repeat the name when searching or asking aloud to make sure they land on the right result page. One “Lottery Sambad” is enough: it always refers to the Nagaland State Lottery result announcements.
“Lottery Sambad” is the correct spelling. “Lotari songbad” is a common phonetic misspelling — both refer to the same Nagaland Dear Lottery results.
On this site's homepage or the 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM draw pages — the Nagaland State Lottery result is published about ten minutes after each draw. Always verify against the official announcement before claiming.
“Aaj ka lottery sambad” is Hindi for “today's lottery sambad” — it means the same as the dear lottery result today: the 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM winning ticket numbers for the current day.