A NT$15 carton of chocolate flavored milk bought from a vending machine at a riverside park in New Taipei was among the winning receipts in Taiwan’s July-August uniform invoice lottery, the Taxation Administration said Wednesday.
The receipt won the NT$10 million Special Prize, one of 17 awarded in the latest draw. Another 17 receipts won the NT$2 million Grand Prize.
The agency said six of the NT$10 million winning receipts were for purchases of less than NT$100, including a NT$36 beverage bought at a 7-ELEVEN in Yilan County’s Toucheng Township.
Photo: Clare Cheng, Taipei Times
The winning number for the NT$10 million Special Prize is 53960536, while the NT$2 million Grand Prize number is 51509866, according to the Taxation Administration.
The Ministry of Finance’s website listed the three First Prize numbers as 43074088, 22870220 and 38253117.
Matching all eight digits of a First Prize number secures NT$200,000, while prizes of NT$40,000, NT$10,000, NT $4,000, NT$1,000 and NT$200 go to those who match the last seven, six, five, four and three digits, respectively.
The redemption period for the July-August prizes runs from Oct. 6, 2025, to Jan. 5, 2026, the agency said.
Taiwan’s “uniform invoice lottery” is a government program to combat tax evasion by using official receipts as lottery tickets, encouraging consumers to request them and businesses to issue them.
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