The winning number for the NT$10 million (US$339,905) special prize in the May-June uniform invoice lottery is 47406327, the Ministry of Finance announced today.
The winning number for the NT$2 million grand prize is 05579058, and the three numbers for the NT$200,000 first prize are 49912232, 73145004 and 99174704.
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Holders of invoice receipts with serial numbers matching the last seven digits of any of the first prize numbers would win the NT$40,000 prize, while those holding receipts with serial numbers matching the last six digits win NT$10,000.
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 Aug. 6 to Nov. 5.
The ministry 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 3.15 million for NT$500.
Winners of prizes up to NT$1,000 can claim them at PX Mart, Simple Mart, 7-Eleven, Family Mart, OK Mart and Hi-life convenience stores.
Prizes up to NT$40,000 can be collected in cash at credit cooperatives across Taiwan, as well as First Commercial Bank, Chang Hwa Bank and the Agricultural Bank of Taiwan, the ministry said.
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