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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 ...
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 Uniform Invoice or Unified Invoice (統一發票 pinyin: Tǒngyī fāpiào), is a type of standardized receipt in Taiwan that is issued by merchants for selling products and services, kept by both seller and consumer, with a 8-digit number for each one, for taxation purposes, managed by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of China (Taiwan) existing in many form such as hand-written 2 ...
For the record: 7:38 p.m. Aug. 5, 2024: A previous version of this article misspelled the name of Taiwanese viewer Chen Hsien-yi as Chen Hsi-yi.. Taiwan's first gold medal Sunday at the 2024 Paris ...
Rescuers in Taiwan scrambled to free dozens of people trapped in highway tunnels after the island was struck by its strongest earthquake in 25 years Wednesday, killing at least nine and injuring ...
The Chinese Taipei team is scheduled to consist of 67 athletes. [3] The 67 athletes represented the largest team the NOC has sent to the Asian Winter Games . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Short track speed skater Lin Chun-chieh and ice hockey player Lin Yang-chi were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. [ 6 ]
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [26] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Sea in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
Taoyuan Taiwan Beer Leopards: 85–97: Taipei Taishin Mars: Taipei City; 19:00 (UTC+8) Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 12–32, 19–25, 30–22 Pts: Lin Sin-Kuan 21 Rebs: Williams 14 Asts: Gao Jin-Wei 6 boxscore: Pts: Miller 26 Rebs: Robinson 15 Asts: Ting Sheng-Ju 4 Arena: Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium Attendance: 2,942