A total of 21 receipts with the NT $10 million (US$317,460) special prize-winning number 29268886 were issued in May and June as part of Taiwan’s invoice lottery, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said yesterday.
There were 16 receipts issued with the number 12912565 that won the invoice lottery’s NT$2 million grand prize, the ministry said
The ministry released the winning invoice lottery numbers for the May-June period on Friday last week.
Photo: Clare Cheng, Taipei Times
In addition to the two most coveted prizes, the three numbers for the NT$200,000 first prize were 04667172, 12999667, and 77607087.
Holders of receipts whose serial numbers match the last seven digits of the first-prize numbers win NT$40,000, while those with invoices whose serial numbers match the last six digits win NT$10,000.
Other prizes are NT$4,000 for receipts with the last five digits of the first-prize numbers, NT$1,000 for receipts with the last four digits, and NT$200 for invoices with the last three digits.
The ministry was still checking through the winning receipts and would release a detailed winning list Tuesday afternoon.
The government instituted the uniform invoice lottery to give consumers an incentive to ask for the receipts, formally known as “uniform invoices,” to prevent tax evasion by businesses and boost tax revenues.
Each receipt includes a 5 percent business tax (a value added tax) collected by the government and provides a clear record of each company’s sales revenue.
As of Tuesday, major convenience store chains operated by President Chain Store Corp (統一超商), Taiwan FamilyMart Co (全家便利商店) and Hi-Life International Co (萊爾富) and PX Mart Co's (全聯實業) supermarket chain had disclosed the winning receipts issued by their stores in the May-June period.
The four retailers said they issued eight of the receipts with the special prize winning number and six of the receipts with the grand prize winning number during the two-month period.
President Chain, which runs the 7-Eleven stores around Taiwan, said its outlets issued four receipts with the winning special prize number and three with the winning grand prize number.
Its four receipts that won the NT$10 million special prize were issued in Daxi District (大溪) in Taoyuan, Wuci District (梧棲) in Taichung, Nangang District (南港) in Taipei, and Beigang Township (北港) in Yunlin County. Those receipts were for purchases of NT$72 to NT$100.
FamilyMart said it issued two receipts with the winning special prize number and one with the winning grand prize number.
The two receipts with the special prize number were issued in Beitou District (北投) in Taipei and Shuilin Township (水林) in Yunlin County and were for purchases of NT$112 and NT$140, respectively.
Hi-Life said it issued one receipt each with the special prize number and grand prize number, with the special prize receipt issued in Hukou Township (湖口) in Hsinchu County for a purchase of NT$15.
PX Mart also issued one receipt each for the two biggest prizes, with the special prize receipt issued in Fengshan District (鳳山) in Kaohsiung for a purchase of NT$444.
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