No one won the NT$136 million jackpot in Tuesday's first computerized lottery draw, and the jackpot will be rolled over to the second draw tomorrow night, according to the lottery's management at Taipei Bank.
"The first prize for the second issue will likely top NT$180 million by the time Friday comes," said Richard Yang (
But retail stores were more optimistic, predicting that the jackpot would top NT$200 million, with ticket sales spurred by the prospect of a bigger top prize.
Lottery sales yesterday were slower than Tuesday. As of 7pm last night, total sales reached about NT$65 million, compared with Tuesday's NT$265 million. The jackpot value had risen to NT$146 million by 5pm last night, an increase of NT$10 million over Tuesday night.
However sales are likely to accelerate as the time of the draw approaches at 7:55pm tomorrow.
Taipei Bank announced yesterday morning that no one won the first prize of NT$136 million, which required punters to match all six winning numbers. However, about 400,000 people did win smaller prizes varying between NT$7.17 million and NT$200.
Six winners won the second prize of NT$7.17 million, which required a match of five winning numbers and the special number. According to Taipei Bank, three of the six winners bought their tickets within Taipei City, while the other three winners purchased theirs in Taipei County, Taoyuan County and Kaohsiung County.
The bank refused to disclose the identities of the prize winners.
As many as 338 winners won the third prize of NT$159,000 each, which required matching five numbers.
Though the bank did not disclose details of the prize winners, several who were certain they were third-prize winners contacted local televisions stations.
One female winner, surnamed Hua, from Taipei City's Mucha district, told local media that she could not sleep for the whole night.
"I was thrilled with winning and just couldn't fall asleep," she told a local television news station. "However, it's only NT$150,000 and I think I have to go back to work as normal."
Another winner, surnamed Hsu, also from Taipei City, said he would donate some of his prize to charity.
"I only spent NT$50 and won the [third] prize by accident. I will give some of it to a charity organization," Hsu told a local television station.
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