Taiwan Lottery Co today launched five new scratch card games to mark the Lunar New Year that offer more than NT$12.8 billion (US$405.81 million) in prizes.
Priced from NT$100 to NT$1,000, the five games feature more than 19.64 million winning tickets in total, the company said in a statement.
The new games are "NT$12 Million Grand Fortune (1200萬大吉利)," "Five Gods of Wealth (五路財神)," "Undersea Treasure Hunt (海底大尋寶)," "Big Three Dragons (大三元)" and "Year of the Horse Good Luck (馬年行大運)."
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All five games are available from today through July 6.
Tickets for the game "NT$12 Million Grand Fortune" cost NT$1,000 and offer the highest top prize among the new scratch cards, Taiwan Lottery said.
It features eight top prizes of NT$12 million and 200 second prizes of NT$1 million, both record highs, with an overall win rate of 70 percent, it said.
The NT$500 "Five Gods of Wealth" game offers eight top prizes of NT$5 million and has a total win rate of 40.72 percent, while the NT$300 "Undersea Treasure Hunt" game has more than 770,000 prizes worth NT$1,000 or more, with five top prizes of NT$3 million and a win rate of 36 percent.
The NT$200 "Big Three Dragons" game, themed around mahjong symbols, offers seven top prizes of NT$2 million and a win rate of 34 percent.
The NT$100 "Year of the Horse Good Luck" game, featuring zodiac designs, offers 150 top prizes of NT$50,000 and has a win rate of 50.1 percent, meaning roughly one in every two tickets is a winner, the company said.
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