What Is Lottery Sambad? A Beginner's Guide
"Lottery Sambad" is one of the most-searched phrases in India, but it is not a single lottery or a government body. It is the everyday name people use for a cluster of daily state-run lottery draws whose results are published together — most famously the Nagaland and Sikkim state lotteries. This guide explains what the term covers and how the results actually work.
Where the name comes from
"Sambad" means "news" or "bulletin". The name grew out of the daily result bulletins that report these draws, and over time it became the shorthand people type into a search box to find today's numbers. So when someone searches "Lottery Sambad today", they are really asking for the latest published state-lottery result.
Which draws it covers
In practice the term is anchored to three daily draws, each run under a different state's lottery department and all timed to Indian Standard Time (IST):
- 1:00 PM IST — the afternoon Nagaland State Lottery (Dear) draw.
- 6:00 PM IST — the evening draw (Sikkim State Lottery, often searched as Dhankesari).
- 8:00 PM IST — the night Nagaland State Lottery (Dear) draw.
These are legal lotteries run by their respective state governments under India's lottery regulations. The individual games carry "Dear"-branded names that rotate by day of the week, but the time slots stay fixed.
What Lottery Sambad is not
- It is not an official government website or a single national lottery — it is a search term for state-lottery results.
- It is not a ticket shop: tickets are sold only through licensed physical sellers in the states where these lotteries are legal.
- It is not a prediction service. No site can tell you tomorrow's number, because each draw is independent.
We are an independent results aggregator. We are not an official lottery operator and have no affiliation with any state lottery. We publish each verified result only after at least two independent public sources agree on it, and we always recommend confirming a number against the official government bulletin before acting on it.
Frequently asked
Is Lottery Sambad an official government lottery?
No. "Lottery Sambad" is the popular search term for daily state-lottery results (mainly Nagaland and Sikkim). We are an independent aggregator, not an official operator, and we say so on every trust page.
How many Lottery Sambad draws are there each day?
Three: at 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM IST, every day of the week including weekends and most holidays.