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The first French lottery was created by King Francis I in or around 1505. After that first attempt, lotteries were forbidden for two centuries. They reappeared at the end of the 17th century, as a "public lottery" for the Paris municipality (called Loterie de L'Hotel de Ville) and as "private" ones for religious orders, mostly for nuns in convents.
Gambling in Taiwan is prohibited by the Criminal Code of the Republic of China. [1] State-run lotteries, like the Uniform Invoice lottery , are the only legal form of gambling on mainland Taiwan . The construction of casinos on some off-shore islands was legalized in 2009, though to date none have been built.
The lottery drawing in Taiwan held on the 25th of every odd-numbered month, i.e., January, March, May, July, September and November. Six sets of eight-digit numbers are drawn and announced in a 'live' televised ceremony presented by an emcee, during which four models roll out the winning numbers from hand-turned lottery machines.
The Patriotic Lottery (Chinese: 愛國獎券; pinyin: Àiguó jiǎngquàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ài-kok Chióng-koàn; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Oi-koet Chióng-khèn) was a Taiwanese state-run lottery that was active between 1950 and 1987. It was conceived to fund budget shortfalls after the tumultuous 1940s, with the first drawing of 10,000 tickets held in ...
CTS News and Info (Chinese: 華視新聞資訊台; pinyin: Huáshì Xīnwén Zīxùn Tái; Wade–Giles: Huashih Hsinwen Tzuhsün T'ai) is a digital television 24-hour news channel operated by Chinese Television System (CTS) in Taiwan. It used to be CTS Recreation (Chinese: 華視休閒頻道) until September 10, 2012.
TaiwanPlus is a public media company based in Taipei.Launched on 30 August 2021, it offers live streaming and an international television channel, delivering a variety of content, including news, lifestyle features, technology, travel shows, entertainment programming, cultural insights, food content, and documentaries.
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Beijing Television (BTV) 北京电视台 . BTV Beijing Channel; BTV Satellite Channel; BTV Arts Channel; BTV Science and Education Channel; BTV Entertainment Channel; BTV Finance Channel