30 answers to the most common questions about Lottery Sambad — draw timings, prizes, claiming process, tax math, and more.
Three times a day, all IST: 1:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM. The Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries publishes the PDF roughly 15 minutes after each live draw in Kohima.
The headline 1st prize is ₹1,00,00,000. After Section 194B deductions (30% TDS + 15% surcharge on TDS + 4% Cess), the take-home is ₹64,12,000.
The Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries, a department of the Government of Nagaland. The legal framework is the Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998 and the Lottery (Regulation) Rules 2010. In West Bengal, the same draws are sold as "Dear Lottery".
No. We are an independent publisher. The only authoritative source is the PDF on nagalandstatelotterysambad.com, which we link on every result page. If our numbers ever disagree with the PDF, the PDF wins.
Yesterday's Day result took 38 seconds from official publish to live on this site. The 30-day average is 47 seconds.
Under ₹10,000: take the signed ticket to any licensed seller. ₹10,000 and above: file with the Director of Nagaland State Lotteries, Kohima, with PAN, Aadhaar, photos, and a cancelled cheque. Always within 30 days of the draw. Full walkthrough on the <a href="/how-to-claim-prize">claim guide</a>.
Exactly 30 days from the draw date. Day 31, the prize moves to the state welfare fund. No grace period.
Section 194B of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Flat 30% TDS on the gross. Add 10% surcharge on TDS for wins between ₹50L and ₹1 Crore, or 15% for ₹1 Crore and above. Add 4% Health & Education Cess on (TDS + surcharge). No deductions or exemptions allowed.
No. Any WhatsApp group claiming to share early Lottery Sambad results is a scam. Results are only valid once the Directorate publishes the PDF.
Two digits and one letter. The two digits identify the print run. The letter (A through Z) sub-divides the batch. A typical draw uses 25-26 series letters across about 25 lakh tickets.
Yes. For prizes 2 through 5, only the number matters. If 12378 is in the 2nd prize list, then 95A 12378, 95B 12378, all the way through 95Z 12378 each win ₹9,000. The series-match rule only applies to the 1st prize.
₹120 each. 100 tickets per draw. That is ₹12,000 distributed in 5th prizes per draw — three times a day, so ₹36,000 in 5th prizes across all of today.
Four checks: (1) holographic seal on the back, (2) bought from a licensed Nagaland State Lottery agent, (3) ticket has a series code in the format NN[A-Z] plus a 5-digit number, (4) printed draw date matches the day of purchase.
You cannot claim. Lottery tickets are bearer instruments — whoever holds the original wins. There is no PAN-based or Aadhaar-based recovery. Photograph your tickets right after purchase.
Yes if the ticket was bought in India by a resident and then gifted. NRIs cannot legally buy Lottery Sambad tickets themselves. For tax: the same 30% TDS applies; DTAA between India and your country of residence may give you a foreign tax credit.
Yes. Monday: Rise Monday. Tuesday: Dear Tuesday. Wednesday: Singam Wednesday. Thursday: Dear Thursday. Friday: Falcon Friday. Saturday: Donar Saturday. Sunday: Stork Sunday. The prize structure is identical across all seven.
On every result page on this site, click the "📄 PDF" tab. We mirror the document on our CDN so it stays available even when nagalandstatelotterysambad.com is overloaded.
Legal in 13 states: Nagaland, West Bengal, Punjab, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Goa, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram. Banned in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand.
₹6 per ticket for standard daily draws. Festival bumpers (New Year, Holi, Diwali, Christmas) have different prices and larger prize pools.
No. As of 2026, only physical tickets sold by licensed sellers are valid. Any website or app selling Lottery Sambad tickets is a scam.
Three separate draws with their own ticket series codes. Prize amounts are identical across all three. Times are 1 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM IST.
No. You win the highest tier your ticket qualifies for, not multiple. If 47129 wins the 2nd prize (₹9,000) and also has the last four digits matching a 5th prize, you only get the ₹9,000.
Live in Kohima using mechanical draw machines, witnessed by a Government-appointed observer. The Directorate sometimes streams the draw on its official YouTube channel.
After 30 days, unclaimed prizes revert to the Nagaland State Lottery Department's welfare fund and are used for public welfare schemes.
Yes. "Dear Lottery" is the brand name used in West Bengal for the same Nagaland State Lottery draws. PDFs and winning numbers are identical. Only the printed branding differs.
Yes, as long as the purchase was legal in the state where you bought it. The claim still goes to the Directorate in Kohima. You can send documents by registered post.
Series code plus 5-digit number, like 95L 27587. The series code is two digits followed by one letter (A-Z). The ticket number ranges from 00001 to 99999.
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