Taipei: An NT$6 (US$0.19) food delivery fee turned into a NT$10 million windfall for one lucky individual in Taiwan's November-December uniform invoice lottery, as revealed by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) on Wednesday. This minimal expenditure was the lowest among the 17 special prize-winning receipts in this lottery period.

According to Focus Taiwan, the MOF announced the winning numbers for the lottery, held for the November-December period, on January 25. The winning number for the special prize was 97023797, while the NT$2 million grand prize number was 00507588. Additionally, three numbers were declared for the NT$200,000 first prize: 92377231, 05232592, and 78125249.

Sung Hsiu-ling, head of the MOF's Taxation Administration, stated that out of the special prize winners, ten individuals spent less than NT$100 to claim the NT$10 million prize. Notably, a consumer who spent NT$11 on a ride-sharing GoShare motorcycle and another who spent NT$23 at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Taichung were among the winners.

Furthermore, a shopper who bought rice wine for NT$45 at a Show Ba Department Store in Kaohsiung also won the special prize. The highest expenditure among the 17 special prize-winning receipts was NT$5,913, recorded at a Costco store in Taipei's Neihui District for items like cherries and clothes.

The MOF reported that 115 consumers won prizes varying from the NT$10 million special prize to the NT$1 million special cloud receipt prize, with a total prize value exceeding NT$234 million. Of these winners, 85 received their receipts digitally through the cloud, as per the ministry's data.

For the November-December lottery period, the MOF will disburse an additional NT$3.29 billion in prize money to other winners. Prize claims can be made by the winners from February 6 to May 5. The uniform invoice lottery, conducted every two months, is part of an initiative to encourage consumers to collect sales receipts and combat tax evasion, funded by 3 percent of annual business tax revenues incorporated into the prices of goods and services as per Taiwan's tax regulations.