The winning number for the NT $10 million (US$305,274) special prize in the November- December uniform invoice lottery is 13965913, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced today.
Meanwhile, the winning number for the NT$2 million grand prize is 29892710, and the three numbers for the NT $200,000 first prize are 26649927, 59565539 and 11460822.
Holders of invoice receipts with serial numbers matching the last seven digits of any of the first prize numbers will win the NT$40,000 prize, while those holding receipts with serial numbers matching the last six digits win NT$10,000.
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Other prizes include NT$4,000 for receipts with the same last five digits as the last five digits of the first prize numbers, NT$1,000 for receipts with the last four digits matching, and NT$200 for receipts with the last three digits.
The prizes can be claimed from Feb. 6 to May 5.
Meanwhile, the MOF has also drawn prizes exclusively for cloud-based invoices.
A total of 30 cloud-based invoice receipts have been drawn as the winners of NT$1 million prizes, while 16,000 were drawn for NT$2,000, 100,000 for NT$800, and 2.45 million for NT$500.
Winners of prizes up to NT$1,000 can claim them at PX Mart, Simple Mart, 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, OK Mart and Hi- life convenience stores.
Prizes up to NT$40,000 can be collected at credit cooperatives across Taiwan, as well as First Commercial Bank, Chang Hwa Bank, and the Agricultural Bank of Taiwan in cash, the ministry said.
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