A total of 95 tickets last night won NT$250,000 each in the inaugural draw of the Four Star lottery jackpot. The new computerized game of chance was introduced by TaipeiBank last Saturday in a bid to rekindle the public's interest in gaming.
The winning numbers yesterday were 4787.
More than a thousand tickets won the second prize of NT$25,000 each, while 10, 297 won the third prize of NT$2,000 each.
A total of NT$177 million worth of lottery tickets were sold for last night's draw, according to TaipeiBank. Four Star Lottery tickets can be purchased at any lottery retailer at NT$50 each.
The new game's winning numbers will be drawn three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
According to rules posted by TaipeiBank, the Four Star Lottery jackpot will be won when four of the ticket's digits match that of the draw.
Lottery buyers can choose any combination of numbers between 0000 and 9999.
Second prize is won when a ticket number matches the first three or the last three digits of the winning number.
Third prize is won when a bid number matches the first two or the last two digits of the draw.
For example, 1-2-3-4 are picked to be the set of winning numbers at one particular lottery draw. A ticket holder will be the lucky winner of the jackpot if his/her ticket number is 1-2-3-4. Ticket holders whose bids correspond with 1-2-3-X, X-2-3-4, 1-2-X-X or X-X-3-4 will be awarded the respective prizes.
An amount of NT$250,000 is awarded for every bid that matches the first prize digits, NT$25,000 for every bid that matches the second prize digits and NT$2,000 for every bid that matches the third prize digits. In other words, the more one bids on one set of numbers, the more one can win.
A number of lottery retailers noted that their sales for the regular computerized lottery (which is drawn every Tuesday and Friday) had dropped due to the introduction of the new lottery, but added that any revenue lost had been made up by consumers' lively interest in the new Four Star Lottery.
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