I won the lottery!

Well, kinda. When you walk into a store and buy something, even if you don't want the receipt, the clerk will insist you take it. I asked a Taiwanese friend why and he said every receipt is a lottery ticket. But why? The plot thickens...

My receipts. I didn't notice how many of them were from 7-11 until now.

The government wants to encourage businesses to report all earnings. So to do that, they instituted this scheme where the receipts which businesses print out will be part of a national lottery. That way customers will have a vested interest in getting a printed receipt of their transaction.

The list of winning numbers and the prizes to be had

The 'lottery' runs every two months, and depending on how many numbers on the ticket match the winning numbers, you could win between NT$200 (currently about US$6 or €4.6) and, if you win the 'grand prize', NT$2mn (about US$59,000 or €44,650). Not bad.

Can you spot the winning number?

Well, I just won 200NT. But it was worth saving all those receipts, right?