Punjab's lottery department pulled the winning numbers for its high value Dear 200 Monthly draw on September 5, 2026, and one ticket holder has walked away with a top prize of Rs 1.5 crore. The draw was carried out from the Camp Office in Ludhiana starting at 6:00 pm, and the full results are expected to be out shortly after the draw wraps up.
A bumper prize built around a Rs 200 ticket
The Dear 200 Monthly lottery is not one of Punjab's regular smaller draws. Every ticket for this particular lottery was sold at Rs 200, but the payout attached to it is far bigger than what buyers get from the state's everyday lottery schemes, with the top prize going all the way up to Rs 1.5 crore. That gap between the ticket price and the potential winnings is exactly what has made this monthly draw one of the more closely watched lottery events that Punjab runs through the year, and it explains why so many people track the Camp Office draw each time it comes around.
Dear 50 Jackal keeps its regular Saturday slot
Alongside the bumper draw, Punjab also declared the results of its regular Saturday lottery, Dear 50 Jackal, on the same day. Unlike the Dear 200 Monthly draw, this is one of the state's routine weekly lotteries that runs every Saturday, giving ticket holders a second set of results to check on September 5, 2026.
Where you claim your prize depends on how much you have won
Punjab's lottery rules split the claim process into three separate tiers based on the size of the prize, and winners need to know which one applies to them before they try to collect their money. If the winning amount comes to less than Rs 10,000, the ticket can be encashed at any designated retailer or lottery shop in Punjab, without any need to visit a government office. Winners whose prize falls between Rs 10,000 and Rs 1 lakh have to go a step further and submit their lucky ticket directly at the Punjab State Lottery Office rather than at a local shop. For anyone winning more than Rs 1 lakh, the process moves up again, and the ticket must be submitted at the Directorate of Lotteries under the Punjab government, since prizes of that size are handled at the state's central lottery authority rather than at a regional office.
The paperwork winners are required to carry
Whichever tier a winner falls into, the ticket alone is not enough to complete the claim. Along with the lottery ticket, the rules require a specific set of supporting documents to be submitted together
- The original winning ticket, which must be signed on the reverse side.
- A photocopy of the Aadhaar card or another valid government identity document.
- Bank account information, provided either as a copy of the passbook or a cancelled cheque.
These documents exist so that the lottery authorities can verify both the identity of the person claiming the prize and the bank account into which the winning amount will eventually be transferred, which is why incomplete paperwork can hold up an otherwise valid claim.
A strict window to submit the ticket
Winners do not have an unlimited amount of time to come forward. Under the scheme's own rules, every ticket has to be submitted within a window of 30 to 90 days from the date of the win. That means anyone holding a winning Dear 200 Monthly or Dear 50 Jackal ticket from this September 5, 2026 draw needs to move on the claim process well within that period rather than setting the ticket aside, since the rules of the scheme tie the deadline directly to the date the prize was declared.
