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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 ...
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.
A lottery is a form of gambling which involves selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random. Lotteries are outlawed by some governments, while others endorse it to the extent of organizing their own national (state) lottery.
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.
Year Date Event 1603: Chinese scholar Chen Di spends some time at the Bay of Tayouan (which Taiwan takes its name from) during a Ming dynasty anti-pirate mission and provides the first significant description of Taiwanese aborigines [7]
4-Digits (abbreviation: 4-D) is a lottery in Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia. Individuals play by choosing any number from 0000 to 9999. Then, twenty-three winning numbers are drawn each time. If one of the numbers matches the one that the player has bought, a prize is won.
Acting Taiwan People's Party chair Huang Kuo-chang is elected in an internal by-election to lead the party and fill out the unexpired term of his predecessor, Ko Wen-je, until 2026. [ 11 ] 21–25 February – The Taipei Dome hosts Pool A of the World Baseball Classic 2025 Qualifiers .
In 1988, Taiwan lifted media controls, and Liberty Daily was rebranded as Liberty Times. Immediately following the liberalisation, the United Daily News and the China Times faced a steep decline in sales after raising their prices. In contrast, Liberty Daily, which kept its price at NT$10, saw its readership surge from 14.2% to 21.7%.