Three times a day, at 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM sharp, lakhs of people across India stop scrolling and start checking one thing: the Nagaland State Lottery result. Most players know it by its ticket brand, the Dear Lottery, or by the name printed across every results chart in the country, Lottery Sambad.
This page gives you the winning numbers for all three draws as soon as the official gazette is published, plus everything the result sites usually skip: the full prize chart, the exact claim procedure with documents, how much tax actually gets cut from a ₹1 crore win, and how to spot the fake “you’ve won” calls that follow every big draw.
Bookmark it. The numbers below are refreshed after every single draw.
Today’s Nagaland State Lottery Result — 28 August 2026
Winning numbers appear here shortly after each official draw closes.
| Draw | Time (IST) | 1st Prize (₹1 Crore) Winning Number |
|---|---|---|
| Dear Victory Friday (Morning) | 1:00 PM | Updating (refresh shortly) |
| Dear Crown Friday (Day) | 6:00 PM | Updating (refresh shortly) |
| Dear Horizon Friday (Night) | 8:00 PM | Updating (refresh shortly) |
Official gazette & result PDFs: nagalandlotteries.com
One thing before you celebrate or tear up your ticket: match the complete number, the series, the draw name and the date against the official gazette, not just the last few digits. Thousands of tickets share partial digits. The gazette is the only document the department honours at claim time.
Nagaland State Lottery at a Glance
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Run by | Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries, Finance Department, Govt. of Nagaland |
| Started | 1972 (one of India’s oldest legal state lotteries) |
| Ticket brand | Dear Lottery |
| Draw days | Every day, all 7 days |
| Draw times | 1:00 PM, 6:00 PM, 8:00 PM IST |
| Ticket price | ₹6 (some newer series are printed at ₹7; the MRP on the ticket face is final) |
| First prize | ₹1 Crore per draw |
| Result source | Official gazette PDF on nagalandlotteries.com |
| Claim window | Submit within 30 days of the draw; unclaimed prizes forfeit after 90 days |
What Exactly Is the Nagaland State Lottery?
The Nagaland State Lottery is a paper lottery run directly by the state government under the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998. The Finance Department’s lottery branch in Kohima organises the draws, publishes the results in an official gazette, and pays out the prizes. It has been running since 1972, which makes it older than most things people bet on in this country.
The tickets themselves carry the “Dear” branding, which is why you’ll hear players say Dear Lottery and Nagaland State Lottery in the same breath. They mean the same draws.
And then there’s “Lottery Sambad”. Sambad means news in Bengali, and the name comes from the results chart that publishes multiple state draws together, three slots a day. Here’s a detail almost every result site gets wrong: on the current Sambad chart, the 1 PM and 8 PM draws belong to Nagaland, while the 6 PM slot is actually the Sikkim State “Dear” draw. Earlier that evening slot belonged to West Bengal. Players treat all three as one family because the ticket format, price and prize structure are nearly identical, but the organising state printed on your ticket is what matters when you claim.
Draw Timings and the Weekly Schedule
Draws happen live at 1:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM IST, every day of the week, holidays included. The official gazette PDF usually lands 15 to 20 minutes after each draw closes, so if it’s 1:05 PM and you can’t find the result yet, nothing is wrong. It’s being printed.
Each time slot carries a different name for each day of the week. Your ticket will have the draw name printed on it, so use this table to know exactly which result to check:
| Day | 1:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 8:00 PM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | Dear Rise | Dear Legend | Dear Clover |
| Tuesday | Dear Shine | Dear Prestige | Dear Destiny |
| Wednesday | Dear Spark | Dear Regal | Dear Dream |
| Thursday | Dear Star | Dear Supreme | Dear Fame |
| Friday | Dear Victory | Dear Crown | Dear Horizon |
| Saturday | Dear Vision | Dear Elite | Dear Lucky |
| Sunday | Dear Wish | Dear Empire | Dear Magic |
The department refreshes these series names from time to time (older charts show river names like Meghna and Godavari). The time slots never change, though. If a name on your ticket doesn’t match the table, go by the draw time and date printed on it.
Prize Chart: What a ₹6 Ticket Can Actually Win
Every draw pays out six prize tiers. This is the current structure for the Nagaland draws:
| Prize | Amount | Winning Tickets per Draw |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Prize | ₹1,00,00,000 (₹1 Crore) | 1 |
| Consolation | ₹1,000 | 659 |
| 2nd Prize | ₹10,000 | 6,600 |
| 3rd Prize | ₹500 | 66,000 |
| 4th Prize | ₹250 | 66,000 |
| 5th Prize | ₹120 | 6,60,000 |
A quick note on those numbers, because honesty matters more here than hype. Close to 8 lakh tickets win something in a single draw, which sounds huge, but crores of tickets are printed per draw and the overwhelming majority of wins are the ₹120 tier. Exactly one ticket in the entire country takes the crore. That’s the deal you’re accepting for ₹6, and it’s worth knowing it plainly.
The consolation prize goes to tickets that carry the same number as the 1st prize winner but in a different series. So if the winning number pops up on your ticket with another series letter, you’re still taking home ₹1,000.
How to Check Today’s Result the Right Way
There are four reliable ways, in order of trustworthiness:
- The official gazette PDF on nagalandlotteries.com. This is the legal document. Every claim is verified against it, so this is the version to trust when money is on the line.
- Established result portals and newspapers. Lottery Sambad and similar charts republish the same gazette numbers within minutes. Fine for a quick check, but confirm on the official PDF before you claim anything.
- Your retailer’s board. The shop that sold you the ticket pins up the result after every draw and can physically check your ticket. Old school, still dependable.
- The live draw itself. Draws are conducted publicly with appointed judges, and the process is streamed and recorded, which is part of why this lottery has survived five decades.
What to skip: numbers forwarded on WhatsApp and Telegram. Edited screenshots of result PDFs are a running scam, and a doctored image has ruined more than one celebration. Cross-check everything.
How to Buy a Ticket (and Where It’s Legal)
Tickets are sold through authorised retailers and agents, the small counters you see with Dear posters, mostly across West Bengal, the North-East and other permitting states. You pay ₹6 (₹7 on some series), pick your ticket, and keep it safe. That slip of paper is a bearer instrument: whoever holds it owns the prize, and there is no duplicate if you lose it.
Now the legal part, and please read this before buying. Lotteries are a state subject in India. Thirteen states currently permit them: Nagaland, West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Kerala, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab and Goa. But permitting lotteries is not the same as permitting this lottery. Kerala and Maharashtra, for instance, run their own draws while restricting the sale of other states’ tickets. And in states like Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and most of the rest of India, lottery sale is banned outright.
The simple test: if Nagaland Dear tickets are not being sold legally through authorised retailers in your state, you cannot legally buy or play them there. Also, no official direct-to-public online sale of these paper tickets has been confirmed by the department, so treat “buy Dear lottery online” apps and websites with heavy suspicion. Most are unauthorised at best.
You must be 18 or older to buy a ticket or claim a prize. No exceptions.
Won Something? Here’s How to Claim Your Prize
First, before anything else, sign the back of your ticket. It’s a bearer instrument, and a signature ties it to you. Keep it flat, dry and untorn, because the Directorate rejects mutilated tickets.
Then follow this path:
- Verify your full number, series, draw name and date against the official gazette PDF.
- Small prizes (the lower tiers) can usually be settled through the authorised retailer or agent you bought from.
- Prizes above ₹5,000 must be claimed through the Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries, Kohima, using the official claim form PDF.
- Attach the documents: the original winning ticket, the filled claim form, passport-size photographs (3 copies), PAN card, Aadhaar or other government ID, your bank details, and a court affidavit of ownership attested by a First Class Magistrate for high-value claims.
- Submit within 30 days of the draw date, either directly or through the nodal officer/authorised distributor channel. Under the official lottery rules, prizes left unclaimed for 90 days are forfeited to the state government, and the department is under no obligation to entertain you after that.
Big claims take time. Verification of a 1st prize ticket runs through the printing press and central server records, so a crore-level payout commonly takes several weeks after submission. That’s normal, not a red flag.
[IMAGE 4 — Claim process steps] Alt text: Steps to claim Nagaland State Lottery prize money with claim form and documents
How Much Tax Is Cut From Lottery Winnings?
This is where winners get their surprise. Under Section 194B of the Income Tax Act, any lottery winning above ₹10,000 attracts TDS at 30%, which becomes roughly 31.2% once the health and education cess is added (more with surcharge on very large amounts). Lottery income is taxed at this flat rate regardless of your income slab, and you can’t claim the usual deductions against it.
In plain numbers: win the ₹1 crore first prize and expect somewhere around ₹69–70 lakh to actually reach your bank account. You’ll still need to report the winning in your ITR under “Income from Other Sources” for that year. For a crore-level win, spend a few thousand on a chartered accountant before you spend on anything else. Cheapest good decision you’ll make that week.
Lottery Scams to Watch Out For
Every popular draw drags a scam economy behind it, and the Nagaland State Lottery is no exception. Four patterns come up again and again:
The “you’ve won” call. Someone phones or messages saying your number won a prize in a lottery you never entered, and you just need to pay a processing fee or GST to release it. Real lottery departments never call winners, and they never ask for money to release a prize. Deductions happen from the prize, not before it.
Number sellers. People selling “guaranteed” or “leaked” winning numbers on Telegram, YouTube and Instagram. Draws are conducted publicly under appointed judges, and nobody, anywhere, can predict the outcome. Anyone selling tomorrow’s number is selling air, and their business model is your ₹500, not your jackpot.
Edited result PDFs. Doctored screenshots that make your ticket look like a winner (usually followed by an offer to “process” your claim for a fee) or make a scammer’s ticket look valid. Only the gazette on the official site counts.
Fake apps and online sellers. Apps claiming to sell official Dear tickets digitally or accept “online plays” on the draw. With no confirmed official online sale, these operate outside the system, and your money has no protection there.
[IMAGE 5 — Result verification on official gazette] Alt text: How to verify Nagaland lottery result on official gazette PDF
A Quick Word on Playing Responsibly
A ₹6 ticket is entertainment. A daily habit of twenty tickets is a leak. The maths of any lottery favours the organiser by design, so set a small fixed amount you’re fine losing, treat a win as a bonus rather than a plan, and never borrow to play or chase losses with bigger buys. If playing has stopped feeling optional, that’s the signal to stop and talk to someone you trust.
FAQs About the Nagaland State Lottery
What time is the Nagaland State Lottery result declared today? Draws close at 1:00 PM, 6:00 PM and 8:00 PM IST every day, and the official gazette PDF is published around 15–20 minutes after each draw.
What is the first prize in the Nagaland Dear lottery? ₹1 crore per draw, which means three separate ₹1 crore prizes are up across the day’s 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM draws.
Is Lottery Sambad the same as the Nagaland State Lottery? Mostly. Lottery Sambad is the popular results chart that publishes the day’s three “Dear” draws together. The 1 PM and 8 PM draws are Nagaland’s; the 6 PM slot on the current chart is the Sikkim State draw.
How much is a Nagaland State Lottery ticket? ₹6 for most series, with some newer series printed at ₹7. The price on the ticket face is the final word.
How much tax is deducted on winnings? 30% TDS applies on any prize above ₹10,000 under Section 194B, effectively about 31.2% with cess. A ₹1 crore win leaves you roughly ₹69–70 lakh in hand.
Can I buy Nagaland lottery tickets online? No official direct online sale of these paper tickets has been confirmed by the department. Buy only from authorised physical retailers in states where the sale is legal, and avoid apps claiming to sell official tickets.
What happens if I lose my winning ticket? Nothing can be done. The ticket is a bearer instrument and the only proof of your claim; there are no duplicates. Sign the back the moment you buy it and keep it safe.
Is the Nagaland State Lottery legal in my state? It’s a legal, government-run lottery, but each state decides what can be sold within its borders. If authorised retailers aren’t legally selling Dear tickets in your state, you can’t legally play from there. Check your state’s rules first.
Disclaimer: GrowSphereX Media is an independent publisher and is not affiliated with the Government of Nagaland or the Directorate of Nagaland State Lotteries. Results on this page are published for information only after the official draw; always verify winning numbers against the official gazette PDF before making any claim. Lottery rules and tax laws change; confirm current rules with official sources. Lottery involves financial risk and is restricted to persons 18 and above, in states where it is legal. Play responsibly.