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Up to NT$10 million up for grabs in Taiwan uniform-invoice prizes

Number of additional prizes of NT$200 reduced

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Up to NT$10 million up for grabs in Taiwan uniform-invoice prizes

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Up to NT$10 million (US$329,500) is up for grabs as the winning numbers from the uniform invoices for the months of January and February 2017 were announced Saturday.

However, the amount of extra winning combinations of three digits which could win NT$200 (US$6.5) was reduced from four to one this time.

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) lists the full numbers and the corresponding numbers on its website. Winners must fill out the form on the back of the receipt and present it with their ID card at any post office from April 6 to July 7.

The NT$10 million special prize goes to the persons who hold the uniform invoice with the number 82885130, the MOF announced.

The Grand Prize of NT$2 million (US$65,900) goes to the holders of the receipt which shows the number 59729884.

Other prizes for receipts from the period January-February go to those in possession of the uniform invoices with the numbers 04598625, 13193259 and 87827366. If all the digits on your receipt match any of the three numbers just mentioned in the right order, you have won NT$200,000.

If you have the last seven digits right, you can receive NT$40,000 (US$1,300), if you have the final six digits in the right order, you will receive NT$10,000 (US$329), and if the last five digits are the same, then the prize is NT$4,000.

With the four final digits in the right order, the holder of the uniform invoice can receive NT$1,000 and with the three last numbers right, NT$200.

If you have a uniform invoice with a number which ends in 125, you can also claim the “additional prize” of NT$200. In the past, there were up to four such combinations, but the MOF has cut them down to just one.

However, if the uniform invoice receipt does not show the amount of the sale, the winner will not be qualified to collect the prize money, the MOF said, a rule which sometimes creates confusion.

A tax of 20 percent is levied on prizes of NT$4,000 and more.