This country runs a massive lottery where shopping receipts are also tickets
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There is a country where pretty much every receipt you get is actually a lottery ticket, and you could end up with some big money in your pocket.
For a lot of people, getting a receipt after shopping has become a thing of the past. Many with refuse a paper one on the basis that they won’t need it, while some stores have opted to send email versions instead.
However, if you live in Taiwan, the receipts are actually pretty useful. In fact, the majority of receipts printed actually enter you into a regular lottery, where you can win sizable prize money too.
TikToker Evan Edinger flagged the process in his video on August 12, with the jackpot coming in at 10 million New Taiwan Dollars – which is about $31,000 or £23,000.
Taiwan has a lottery where the tickets are your shopping receipts
The scheme started back in 1951, and draws happen on the 25th of every second month. However, only receipts from businesses with a monthly turnover of over NT$200,000 are eligible. Yet, that’s not a problem if you’re regularly visiting 7-Eleven or a restaurant chain.
Matching all of the eight numbers will net you the 10 million top prize, but you can actually win money by matching as little as three numbers.
“The program actually pays for itself, so much so that it was reported after the first year of this program being implemented, tax revenue increased by 75%,” the TikToker noted.
Tourists can also take part, you just have to make sure you’re keeping hold of your receipts and actually in the corner when it comes time to claim the winnings. If you don’t, the Ministry of Finance is just going to keep hold of it.
Unlike a normal lottery, you aren’t paying for a ticket; you’re just paying for an item and getting the receipt from that. So it sort of feels ‘free’ to enter, but you’ve got to keep ahold of the receipts for two months.
Over in the US, a man won his local lottery for the second time by accidentally buying the wrong ticket. He might want to try his luck in Taiwan.
