The Taiwan Receipt Lottery could be your ‘jackpot’ whilst traveling in Taiwan.
Also referred to as the Uniform Receipt Lottery, Lottery tickets on receipts are ‘free’ with any purchase – a top prize of NT$10 million (around £250k / $310k USD) is up for grabs every couple of months with thousands of smaller prizes.
So next time you are shopping in a Taiwan 7-Eleven, having a coffee at Taipei 101 buying souvenirs at Carrefour, you could win the national Taiwan Receipt Lottery.
In June 2025, someone bought a NT$20 cup of tea in a 7-Eleven in Yonghe and won the NT$10million jackpot – so it can happen!
From how to play and helpful tracking apps to the prize values, here is our guide to the Taiwan Receipt Lottery / Uniform Invoice Lottery in 2025.
And remember, make sure you keep EVERY part of the receipts in Taiwan if you are serious about winning the Taiwan Receipt Lottery as prizes are announced usually a couple of months later, potentially after you’ve left Taiwan.
This article was originally published on 28 May 2024.
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What is the Taiwan Receipt Lottery?
Also known as the Uniform Invoice Lottery, the Taiwan Receipt Lottery is administered by Taiwan Ministry of Finance and is an attempt to encourage spending across Taiwan (and also encourage shoppers to buy in shops that pay their taxes).
You are given a Taiwan Receipt Lottery ticket with every purchase made in Taiwan if you are due a receipt. You should automatically receive a Taiwan Lottery Receipt with every purchase, from 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Eslite, NET and McDonalds, to tourism attractions like Taipei 101.
That said, we did see that some convenience store clerks (not many but a few) did seem to keep receipts for themselves to maybe increase their chances – so make sure you get your lottery receipt if you intend to play.
Taiwan law states that any businesses that have a monthly turnover of NT$200k must issue lottery receipt with purchases – although there are some exceptions like public transport top-up machines.
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What is the Taiwan Receipt Lottery prize amount?
In 2025, the Taiwan Receipt Lottery jackpot (Uniform Invoice Lottery) and special prize is NT$10 million for matching all 8 numbers of the special prize winning ticket – there is also a second grand prize of NT$2 million.
The full list of prizes can be found below, drawn every two months:
| Taiwan Receipt Lottery Prize Amounts | Taiwan Receipt Lottery Prize Amounts | UK / US Equivalent |
| Special Prize x 1 – match all 8 numbers | NT$10,000,000 x 1 | £250k / $310k USD |
| Grand prize x 1 – match all 8 numbers | NT$2,000,000 x 1 | £50k / $62k USD |
| First Prize x 1 – match all 8 numbers | NT$200,000x 1 | £5k / $6,200 USD |
| Second prizes – match last 7 numbers on first prize ticket | NT$40,000 | £1k / $1,200 USD |
| Third prizes – match 6 last numbers on first prize ticket | NT$10,000 | £250 / $300 USD |
| Fourth prizes – match 5 last numbers on first prize ticket | NT$4,000 | £100 / $120 USD |
| Fifth prizes – match 4 last numbers on first prize ticket | NT$1,000 | £25 / $30 USD |
| Sixth prizes – match 3 last numbers on first prize ticket | NT$200 | £5 / $6 USD |
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Can foreigners / travellers win the Taiwan Receipt Lottery?
Yes, travelers and foreigners can win the Taiwan Uniform Invoice Lottery but there is a small catch – you must be in the country to collect your winnings. So as the draw is usually held several weeks after your purchases, it may only be worth flying back to collect your winnings if it is a major prize.
To receive your Taiwan Receipt Lottery prize money, you must retain your original receipt, complete the details at the back and then submit it with ID.
For smaller prizes below NT$1,000, you can go to any of the major Taiwan convenience stores.
For bigger prizes, head to selected banks (First Commercial Bank, Agricultural Bank of Taiwan or Chang Hwa Commercial Bank), or a Ministry of Tax Taiwan branch office.
Note that 20% tax is taken from the top 6 prize categories including the special and grand prize (BOOOOO, bad taxman!)
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How often is the lottery?
The Taiwan Receipt Lottery is held every two months, with the prize announcement made on the 25th of every ‘odd’ month (ie January, March, May, July, September and November).
So for instance, if you bought something in March and April 2025 and kept the lottery receipts, the winning announcement was made on 25 May 2025.
The claim period for the Taiwan Receipt Lottery lasts for 3 months, starting from the 6th of the next month after the announcement.
So for the draw on 25 May 2025 for instance, the prize claim period is 6 June 2025 to 6th September 2025 and so on.
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How to read your lottery ticket
All of the Taiwan Receipt Lottery tickets follow a very similar format, with the shop name or attraction at the very top then the words Uniform Invoice in Mandarin below.
Below the Mandarin, you’ll see the Chinese (in this case 113 = 2024), and then the months – so in this case, 03-04 to represent March and April.
The Taiwan Receipt Lottery number is 8 digits – if you match all of these, you’ve won BIG! Get back on that plane to Taiwan now!
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Donating your lottery tickets
If you aren’t going to be around when the draw is announced (or you think it’s a faff to check), you can donate your receipt tickets to locals or hotel staff as tips – some travelers leave them to cleaning staff in their rooms as a sort of tip after they’ve gone or to their tour guides.
You will often see local elderly citizens and those less fortunate asking for the tickets outside Taiwan convenience stores so you can donate them.
We’ve stayed in a couple of hotels in Taipei (including GreenWorld) where there is a box in reception where you can leave your tickets and any winnings will (probably) get donated to Taiwan good causes (or maybe the hotel staff weekend drinks fund!).
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How to check if you’ve won the Taiwan Receipt Lottery / Apps
The winning numbers are announced on the 25th of every odd month – if you type into Google ‘Taiwan Receipt Lottery results’, there are often several news websites that will appear with the winning numbers.
Alternatively, the Ministry of Finance in Taiwan update this list of winning numbers every couple of months – it doesn’t appear in Google’s News Feed so best to bookmark if if this is your preferred resource.
There are various apps and websites where you can enter your Taiwan Receipt Lottery numbers including Colibri and Midana (the latter was recommended by one of our Taiwan Travel Tips Facebook group members as it keeps track of your receipts and is in English).
Our recommended method is to look for the big prizes first (so check your tickets first numbers against the jackpots) then go again and check the last 3 numbers for the smaller prizes. And remember to recycle your losing receipts afterwards.
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Other things to know
- Given you get a receipt / ticket for literally every purchase or convenience store visit), these can accumulate – so you may start a collection in your travel wallet or at the back of your travel book.
- Remember you need the actual ticket to claim a prize – photographs of the tickets will not suffice.
- If you win big, it is definitely worth your time to buy a flight back to Taiwan and collect your prize.
- The Taiwan Receipt Lottery is the equivalent of around 3% of the annual taxation income the Ministry of Finance receive in taxes.
- Finally, remember you’ve got to be in it to win it! And you could win big with just a small purchase – so go on, have that 7-Eleven chocolate bar or FamilyMart fizz.
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winning lottery prizes must come to Taiwan to collect. ? Is it true?
Why restaurants, attractions fee, simcard, hotels and others don’t give receipt? Thanks a lot John Lim