Lottery Sambad Prize Structure: Every Tier Explained
The Lottery Sambad prize structure tier by tier: first prize and consolation, ten second prize numbers, and the third, fourth and fifth prize endings.
Published 5 November 2026 · the numbers in this guide are read live from our archive.
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The short answer. A Lottery Sambad sheet carries six tiers. The first prize
is one ticket, printed as a series code and five digits. The consolation prize covers that
same number in other series. The second prize lists ten whole five-digit numbers. The third
and fourth prizes list ten four-digit endings each, and the fifth prize lists a hundred.
The structure is the part people skip, and it is the part that decides whether a ticket is
worth anything. Two tickets can look equally close to the first prize and be in completely
different positions, because the tiers do not all compare the same part of your number. Read
the ladder once and the whole sheet makes sense afterwards.
What are the Lottery Sambad prize tiers?
The six tiers printed on a Lottery Sambad sheet, top to bottom
Tier
What the sheet prints
What has to match
Entries
First prize
One ticket: series code plus a five-digit number
The whole ticket, series code included
One
Consolation
The first prize number, for other series
The same five digits in a different series
One number
Second prize
Ten five-digit numbers, with no series code
All five digits, in order
Ten
Third prize
Four-digit endings
The last four digits of your number
Ten
Fourth prize
Four-digit endings
The last four digits of your number
Ten
Fifth prize
Four-digit endings, in a long block
The last four digits of your number
One hundred
That ladder is printed on the sheet itself, which is the only document that settles a tier.
Here is the newest one in our archive, with the whole structure visible on a single page:
The newest 8 PM sheet we hold. The first prize and consolation sit at the top, the ten second-prize numbers below them, and the three blocks of endings fill the rest of the page.
Which part of my number does each tier compare?
Three different comparisons are going on, and knowing which one applies saves the mistake that
costs people a genuine lower prize.
The whole ticket
Only the first prize works this way. The series code and all five digits have to be the
ticket on the sheet. One ticket in the draw satisfies it.
The whole number, series ignored
The consolation prize and the second prize work on the five digits alone. Your series code
is irrelevant in both, which is why the second-prize block prints no series codes at all.
The last four digits
The third, fourth and fifth prizes compare endings. The series and the leading digit of your
number drop out of the question entirely, so any ticket ending in a listed four digits wins
in that tier.
A practical consequence: check from the bottom of the sheet upwards if you are in a hurry. The
endings cover far more tickets than the lines above them, so if your number is going to appear
anywhere, it is most likely to be down there. The
step-by-step ticket checking guide turns
that into a routine.
The three comparisons also answer the question that comes up most often on messaging groups:
somebody holds the first-prize five digits, finds a different series code on their ticket, and
cannot work out whether they have won. They have, in the consolation tier, and the exact ticket
on the sheet took the first prize. Nothing about the series code makes one of those two tickets
a mistake; the structure was built to produce both.
Why does the fifth prize block fill half the sheet?
Because it holds a hundred entries where the tiers above it hold ten or one. A four-digit
ending has ten thousand possible values, so a block of a hundred of them covers a hundred of
those ten thousand, in every series printed for that draw. That is the entire reason the fifth
prize produces the overwhelming majority of winning tickets in any draw, and the reason that
block is the one worth reading slowly.
It also explains the shape of the document. A sheet that looks mostly like a wall of
four-digit numbers is not padded out: the bottom tier genuinely needs that much room, and the
blocks above it are short because they are supposed to be.
There is a useful side effect for spotting a doctored sheet. The entry counts are part of the
format, so a sheet with two first-prize tickets, a second-prize block of three numbers or a
thin fifth-prize block is wrong before you check a single digit against it. We run that count
on every sheet before publishing it, alongside confirming that the weekday printed in the draw
name matches the date, and it is a check anyone can repeat in a few seconds.
An earlier sheet from the same slot. The tier structure is identical down to the entry counts; every number inside it is different.
What do the tiers pay?
One figure is printed plainly enough to repeat: the sheet shows the fifth prize as Rs 120,
with Rs 10 marked beside it for the seller of the winning ticket. That second figure is a
share for whoever sold the ticket, not an extra prize for the person holding it, and it is
misread constantly.
For every other tier, read the amount from the official sheet for your own draw. We deliberately
do not restate them here, because amounts belong to the state lottery and change without
telling a results archive, and a stale number on a page like this one would be worse than no
number at all. The same goes for anything about how and where a prize is claimed: that is the
operator’s business, and the official sources at the end of this guide are where to ask.
Is the structure the same in all three draws?
The shape is identical in the 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM slots, even though the 6 PM draw is run by
the Sikkim State Lottery and the other two by the Nagaland State Lottery. Same six tiers, same
entry counts, same comparisons.
The three slots, which state lottery runs each, and the latest first prize we hold
What is not shared is the draw itself. Every slot has its own draw number, its own daily draw
name and its own winning tickets, and no result in one slot has any bearing on another. The
same is true from one day to the next: each draw is independent, so a tier that produced a
near miss yesterday is no closer today.
The newest 6 PM sheet, run by the Sikkim State Lottery. Different header, identical ladder of tiers underneath it.The newest 1 PM sheet. Reading the three slots side by side is the easiest way to see that the structure is a format, not a feature of one draw.
Where do I read the tiers for my own draw?
Open the sheet for your slot and date and read it directly. The
daily result page carries all three of the day’s
draws, while the 1 PM,
6 PM and
8 PM pages each keep the last ten sheets for one
slot. Every sheet opens at full size, which is what makes a hundred endings legible on a
phone.
If the document itself is unfamiliar, our guide to
reading a Lottery Sambad result
sheet goes through the header, the draw name, the date and the draw number in order, and
explains why the weekday printed inside the draw name is worth checking against the date.
The official sheet decides, not this page. We are an independent archive. We do not
sell tickets, we are not connected to the Nagaland or Sikkim state lotteries or to any
distributor, and we cannot confirm, claim or pay a prize. Dear Lottery and Lottery Sambad
tickets are sold only where state law allows state lotteries, and the rules depend on where
you are. Take prize, tax and claim questions to the official operator.
Lottery Sambad results
Every sheet is archived here as an image, with the first-prize ticket beside it.
A sheet prints six things: the first prize, the consolation prize, the second prize, and the third, fourth and fifth prizes. The first prize is a single ticket, the second prize lists ten whole numbers, and the last three tiers list four-digit endings.
A hundred four-digit endings, which is why that block fills so much of the sheet. Any ticket from any series whose number ends in one of those four digits wins in that tier, so the fifth prize produces far more winners than any tier above it.
It covers the first prize number sold in a different series. The first-prize line therefore settles two tiers at once: the exact ticket takes the first prize, and the same five digits in any other series take the consolation.
The sheet prints the fifth prize as Rs 120, with Rs 10 marked separately for the person who sold the ticket. We do not restate the other tiers: read those from the official sheet for your own draw, and treat the state lottery as the only authority on what is paid.
Yes, the shape is the same in all three slots, even though two of them are run by the Nagaland State Lottery and one by the Sikkim State Lottery. Each draw is still separate, with its own draw number, its own draw name and its own winning tickets.
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