The short answer. Open the result sheet for the exact date and draw time on
your ticket. The first prize needs the whole ticket to match, series code included. The
consolation prize is the same five-digit number in another series. The second prize is a list
of five-digit numbers, and the third, fourth and fifth prizes are lists of four-digit endings.
What do I need before I start?
Three things, all printed on your ticket: the date of the draw, the
draw time (1 PM, 6 PM or 8 PM), and the ticket number itself,
which is a series code followed by a five-digit number. The series code is a couple of digits
and a letter. Keep the ticket flat and readable while you check; most mistakes happen when
people work from memory or from a photo taken at an angle.
You also need the right sheet. Each of the three daily draws produces its own sheet, and
all three sheets for a single day look very similar at a glance. If you are not sure when the
sheet for your draw is likely to be up, our guide to
Lottery Sambad result times explains why the full
sheet often arrives the day after the draw.
Checking more than one ticket? Sort them before you open anything. Put them into piles by
date, then split each pile by draw time, so that every pile belongs to exactly one sheet. Then
work through one sheet at a time, checking every ticket in its pile against every tier before
moving to the next sheet. It sounds fussy, but it removes the most common error of all, which
is checking a ticket against a sheet it was never part of. Writing the last four digits of each
ticket on a scrap of paper also makes the long ending lists much quicker to scan.
How do I check my ticket, step by step?
- Pick the slot. Open the page for the draw time on your ticket:
1 PM, 6 PM
or 8 PM.
- Pick the date. Find the sheet for the date printed on the ticket. The slot
pages keep the most recent ten sheets; the
daily result page lists recent dates as buttons.
- Confirm the sheet matches the ticket. The sheet prints its date and a
weekday inside the draw name. Both should agree with your ticket before you compare a single
digit.
- Check the first prize. Compare the whole ticket, series code and all five
digits, character by character.
- Check the consolation line. If your five digits match the first prize but
your series does not, this is the line to read.
- Check the second prize. Compare your full five-digit number against the ten
numbers listed.
- Check the endings. Take the last four digits of your ticket and look for
them in the third prize list, then the fourth, then the hundred-number fifth prize list.
- Confirm officially. If anything matches, verify it on the official sheet
and with the operator before you do anything else.
Which part of my ticket does each prize look at?
The tiers do not all compare the same thing, and that is the source of most confusion. This
table is the whole rule in one place:
What each prize tier compares on your ticket
| Tier | What is printed on the sheet | What you compare |
|---|
| 1st prize | One ticket: series code + five-digit number | The whole ticket, series included |
| Consolation | The first-prize number, other series | Your five digits, when your series differs |
| 2nd prize | Ten five-digit numbers | All five digits of your number |
| 3rd prize | Ten four-digit endings | Your last four digits |
| 4th prize | Ten four-digit endings | Your last four digits |
| 5th prize | A hundred four-digit endings | Your last four digits |
The sheet prints the fifth prize as Rs 120 and a seller’s share of Rs 10 alongside it. For every other tier,
read the amount from the official sheet itself rather than from anything you hear second hand.
What does a real first prize look like?
Here are the latest first-prize tickets we hold, read live from our archive. Look at the
shape: a short series code, a space, then five digits. That is the shape your ticket has too.
Most recent Lottery Sambad 1 PM first prize on record: 70G 56293 on 22 Sep 2026.
Most recent Lottery Sambad 6 PM first prize on record: 91A 38000 on 22 Sep 2026.
Most recent Lottery Sambad 8 PM first prize on record: 52B 76650 on 22 Sep 2026.
To compare, read your ticket in two halves. The series code is the part only the first prize
cares about. The five digits are the part everything else cares about, and the last four of
those five are the part the three biggest lists care about. Once you think of the ticket that
way, the whole sheet becomes a set of simple lookups.
What are the mistakes people make most often?
Checking the wrong slot
A 1 PM ticket checked against the 8 PM sheet will never match, and a near-miss on the wrong
sheet means nothing. The draw time is printed on the ticket; start there every time.
Checking the right slot on the wrong day
The draw name changes every day, and weekdays repeat every seven days, so a sheet from last
week can look familiar. Match the printed date, not just the weekday or the name.
Reading endings from the front
The third, fourth and fifth prizes use the last four digits, counted from the right-hand end
of the five-digit number. The first digit of your number plays no part in those three tiers.
Stopping at the first prize
Most people look at the headline ticket, see no match and throw the ticket away. The fifth
prize list alone has a hundred endings on it. It takes a minute to check them all.
Trusting a forwarded image
Result images shared on messaging groups can be old, cropped or altered. Check against the
sheet for your date and slot, from a source that shows the date clearly.
We publish results; we do not pay them. This site is an independent archive with no link
to the Nagaland or Sikkim state lotteries or to any ticket seller. Dear Lottery is sold only
where state law allows state lotteries. If your ticket matches anything, take it to the
official operator: how, where and by when you claim depends on where you are, and only the
operator can tell you.
What should I do if my ticket matches?
Keep the ticket safe, flat and dry, and do not write on it. Take a clear photograph of both
sides for your own record. Then check the match a second time on the official result sheet
for the date and slot, and contact the official state lottery that ran the draw to ask how to
claim. The 1 PM and 8 PM draws belong to the Nagaland State Lottery and the 6 PM draw to the
Sikkim State Lottery, so the right office depends on the time printed on your ticket.
If nothing matches, that is by far the most common outcome, and it says nothing about the
next draw. Each draw is independent; there is no number that becomes “due” because
it has not come up for a while. Our piece on
whether number-guessing systems work
looks at that idea honestly.
