Kerala Lottery vs Dear Lottery: Not the Same Lottery
'Kerala Dear' isn't one lottery. How Kerala State Lotteries (3 PM, ₹50) differ from the Dear draws of Nagaland and Sikkim (1, 6 and 8 PM), and how to check the right result.
There is no lottery called "Kerala Dear". Kerala State Lotteries is the Kerala government's own lottery: one draw a day at 3 PM in Thiruvananthapuram, ₹50 tickets, with names such as Bhagyathara, Karunya and Samrudhi. Dear Lottery is the name used by Nagaland (1 PM and 8 PM) and Sikkim (6 PM) for their daily draws, with names such as Dear Vision, Dear Elite and Dear Lucky. A Kerala ticket is never in a Dear result and a Dear ticket is never in a Kerala result. Kerala tickets are sold only through authorised agents in Kerala, and Kerala's lottery department says there is no online sale.
Side by side
| Kerala State Lotteries | Dear Lottery | |
|---|---|---|
| Run by | Government of Kerala (lottery department under the Taxes Department) | Government of Nagaland (1 PM, 8 PM); Government of Sikkim (6 PM) |
| Running since | 1967 | Current daily schedule in use since at least November 2025 |
| Draws per day | One | Three |
| Draw time | 3 PM | 1 PM, 6 PM, 8 PM |
| Where drawn | Gorky Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram | In Nagaland for Nagaland draws, in Sikkim for Sikkim draws |
| Weekly ticket price | ₹50 | ₹7 |
| Weekly first prize | ₹1 crore | ₹1 crore |
| Names | Bhagyathara, Sthree Sakthi, Dhanalekshmi, Karunya Plus, Suvarna Keralam, Karunya, Samrudhi | Dear + a name, different for each weekday and each time slot |
| Where sold | Only through authorised agents and sellers in Kerala; no online sale | Through stockists and retailers in states that allow them |
The one thing they share is the ₹1 crore weekly first prize, which is probably why so many searches combine the two names.
Kerala's weekly schedule
Kerala runs a different lottery each day of the week, all drawn at 3 PM.
| Day | Kerala lottery |
|---|---|
| Monday | Bhagyathara |
| Tuesday | Sthree Sakthi |
| Wednesday | Dhanalekshmi |
| Thursday | Karunya Plus |
| Friday | Suvarna Keralam |
| Saturday | Karunya |
| Sunday | Samrudhi |
Kerala also runs bumper draws through the year — Christmas–New Year, Summer, Vishu, Monsoon, Thiruvonam (Onam) and Pooja — with first prizes in crores. The Thiruvonam bumper is the largest; in 2023 its first prize was ₹25 crore.
Kerala results are labelled with the lottery's code and draw number — for example, the Karunya draw of 24 October 2026 was KR-773. Winners are checked against the Kerala Government Gazette.
Dear's weekly schedule
Dear has three draws a day, each with its own name for each weekday:
| Day | 1 PM (Nagaland) | 6 PM (Sikkim) | 8 PM (Nagaland) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
A regular Dear ticket number is a series code of two digits and a letter, then five digits — for example 74J 42058. Our weekly draw names guide covers older names that still appear on some tickets.
How to tell which lottery your ticket is
Look at the front of the ticket:
- The state. A Kerala ticket is printed by the Government of Kerala. A Dear ticket says Nagaland State Lotteries or Sikkim State Lotteries. Every state lottery ticket must carry the issuing state's imprint and logo under section 4(b) of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998.
- The name. Kerala names (Karunya, Bhagyathara…) never start with "Dear". Every regular Nagaland and Sikkim draw does.
- The time. 3 PM is Kerala. 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM are Dear.
- The price. ₹50 on Kerala's weekly tickets; ₹7 on regular Dear tickets.
Then check the result from the same state, for the same date and the same draw.
Can you buy a Kerala ticket outside Kerala, or online?
Not legitimately. In October 2025 Kerala's lottery department warned the public about fake online and app-based sales. It said there is no online sale and no tie-up with any website or mobile application, and that Kerala tickets are sold only through authorised agents and sellers within the state.
Winners from outside Kerala face extra checks. When four men from Tamil Nadu — where all lotteries are banned — won Kerala's ₹25 crore Onam bumper in 2023, their payout was held up while the department examined their documents and a complaint that the ticket had been sold through a black-market racket. The department said it can verify only whether a ticket was sold through an authorised agent. The reported take-home on that prize, after agent's commission and taxes, was about ₹14 crore.
Can you buy Dear tickets in Kerala?
Public reporting suggests not. Kerala runs its own lottery and has resisted other states' lotteries for years. Onmanorama reported that Kerala's GST department rejected a company's application to sell the Nagaland lottery in the state, because it did not meet the conditions of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act — the organising state had not supplied the information on printing, sales and draws that section 10 requires.
If someone offers you "Dear lottery" tickets in Kerala, or "Kerala lottery" tickets in another state, treat it as an unofficial sale.
Why "Kerala lottery sambad" searches show Dear results
"Sambad" means "news" in Bengali, and "lottery sambad" is now used for almost any lottery results page. Many of these sites put Kerala, Nagaland and Sikkim results side by side, often under one "today's result" heading. That is how searches like "kerala lottery sambad" and "kerala dear result" come about.
The fix is simple: a 3 PM result is Kerala's, and a 1 PM, 6 PM or 8 PM result is Dear's. If a page shows a Dear sheet for a "Kerala" query, it is the wrong lottery for a Kerala ticket.
Where to check each result
- Kerala: the Kerala State Lotteries department and the Kerala Government Gazette. Winning tickets must be surrendered within 30 days of the draw date.
- Dear: Nagaland State Lotteries (1 PM and 8 PM), Sikkim State Lotteries (6 PM), or our 1 PM, 6 PM and 8 PM result pages, which show each official sheet.
Claiming a prize from each
The claim goes to the state that printed the ticket, under that state's rules.
Kerala tickets. Winners check their number against the Kerala Government Gazette and must surrender the winning ticket within 30 days of the draw date. Out-of-state winners should expect their documents to be examined closely, as the 2023 Onam bumper case showed. Kerala's large prizes are reported net of the selling agent's commission as well as tax.
Dear tickets. Prizes up to ₹10,000 are paid by an authorised lottery shop. Larger prizes are claimed from Nagaland (1 PM and 8 PM tickets) or Sikkim (6 PM tickets). Nagaland's window is also 30 days from the draw, and it needs the original ticket, its claim form, PAN, Aadhaar, bank details, photographs, attested copies and an affidavit. Our prize claim guide has the addresses.
In both cases, prizes above ₹10,000 are paid after 30% TDS under section 393(3) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.
If you can't tell which lottery a ticket is from
- Find the state's name and logo on the front.
- Read the draw time: 3 PM is Kerala; 1, 6 or 8 PM is Dear.
- Read the name: anything starting with "Dear" is Nagaland or Sikkim.
- If you still can't tell, ask the shop that sold it — and don't send a photo of the number to strangers online.
Scams that use both names
Fraudsters use whichever lottery name sounds familiar. In September 2026 police in Mangaluru, Karnataka registered a case after a man paid ₹3.81 lakh in instalments to callers who told him he had won ₹8 lakh in the "Kerala Lottery". They asked for "tax" before releasing the prize, then said the prize had doubled and asked for more. Nothing was ever paid out.
The rules for spotting this are the same for Kerala and Dear:
- You cannot win a lottery you did not buy a ticket for.
- No state lottery asks for money to release a prize. Tax is deducted from the prize, not paid in advance.
- No real lottery contacts winners by WhatsApp with a UPI QR code.
Report such calls on the national cybercrime helpline, 1930, or at cybercrime.gov.in.
18+ only. Lottery is a game of chance; play only with money you can afford to lose. Lottery Sambad Today publishes Nagaland and Sikkim Dear results only and is not affiliated with any state lottery.