Lottery fever continued for the second day in Taiwan with total sales of all three kinds of lottery tickets topping NT$300 million yesterday.
The top prize could be much higher than the NT$45 million originally anticipated, with new estimates ranging between NT$76 million to NT$100 million.
Computerized lottery sales yesterday hit NT$83.3 million, or 1.67 million tickets, compared with NT$83 million, or 1.66 million tickets on Wednesday. The sales for mini-lotto yesterday was NT$83.3 million, compared with NT$221 million on the first day.
One undisclosed winner allegedly hit the smaller jackpot yesterday, reportedly winning NT$1 million -- first prize in mini-lotto.
The prize for the jackpot is already up to NT$24 million and the organizer said that they will not reveal the names of the winners out of privacy concerns.
"Taipei Bank (台北銀行) will not reveal the identity of the mini-lotto winner or the computerized lottery winner," said Richard Yang (楊瑞東), vice president and general manager of the bank's lottery department.
Someone has already won the first prize of NT$1 million from one of the three mini-lottos, or scratch-and-win lotto, he said. "I can only say that one winner has appeared, but the bank will not disclose who they are," Yang said.
One pundit said identity disclosure of lottery prize winners is a valid issue.
"In the US, lottery winners are disclosed to convince the general public that prizes were indeed won," said Lee Tong-how (
In most US states, except for Delaware, the names of lottery winners and their hometowns have to be disclosed to the public. However, the winners may choose not to appear at the press conference. In Spain and the UK, the identity of lottery winners have been kept strictly confidential, according to press reports.
"The reason that we do not disclose identity of winners is mostly for security reasons," said Theresa Sun (
The bank has prepared a private room where winners can receive their prizes without revealing their identity, Yang said.
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