The story of the Unified Receipt Lottery in Taiwan is a long one. It began in 1951 and coincided with the Liberty Lottery where tickets were purchased rather than printed on purchase receipts as we currently see. At that time, the winning numbers were the same for both lotteries.
The reason for starting the receipt lottery came from the Bureau of Taxation. Merchants were selling goods but not reporting the transactions, and not paying taxes on the sales. Some genius at the tax office thought of a good way to solve the problem: turn the receipts into lottery tickets so that customers would demand a receipt after a purchase. Over time people got so used to the idea that they would stop shopping at places that didn't offer the chance to win some cash.
Check the numbers below to see if luck is on your side:
The Unified Receipt Lottery numbers for the months of September and October 1999 are:
GRAND PRIZE for NT$2 million:
32321707
OTHER WINNING NUMBERS for NT$200,000 are:
02352989
29617834
33753590
34898798
66059236
First prize: NT$40,000 for the last seven digits
Second prize: NT$10,000 for the last six digits
Third prize: NT$4,000 for the last five digits
Fourth prize: NT$1,000 for the last four digits
Fifth prize: NT$200 for the last three digits
Note: According to the Bureau of Taxation, if there are any discrepancies in the above notice, the official Ministry of Finance winning number announcement will govern. Winning numbers are printed in newspapers on the 26th of the month, every two months.
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