 Lottery Winner Makes Taiwanese History
as the Donor of the Greatest Sum to the Largest Number of
Charities
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 20, 2010) -- The Taiwan
Power Lottery winner of NT$490 million back in June yesterday donated a total
of NT$100 million to 19 different charities...........Subscribers
‘Scratched’ Lottery Ticket Recall
Extended
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 13, 2010) -- The Ministry
of Finance (MOF) yesterday asked Chinatrust Commercial Bank to extend a recall
for problematic lottery tickets after the police cracked down on a crime
syndicate that allegedly sold “scratched” lottery tickets to
retailers..................Subscribers
Study Conducted On
Lottery Winners
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 6, 2010) - Taiwan
Lottery has analyzed the faces of 1,414 winners of large cash prizes in the
lottery, and compiled information on the characteristics of those most likely
to win prizes of NT$5 million (US$157,000) or more......Subscribers
Tax Agency Says Lottery Has
Created 200 Millionaires
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 5, 2010) - The
Taxation Agency at the Ministry of Finance yesterday said that more than 200
millionaires had been created by winning the grand prize of the uniform invoice
lottery since the agency added two more grand prizes in 2008..........Subscribers
Taiwan Lottery 2010
Sales Forecast To Top NT$80 Billion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 1,
2010) - News sources reported today that the Taiwan Lottery Co. said Tuesday it
expects its revenue for 2010 to exceed NT$80 billion (US$2.5 billion) as it
plans to unveil new games and to extend its daily selling
hours...................Subscribers
Regulation Mistake
Causes Taiwan's Sports Lottery Deficit, Says Analyst
TEIPEI, Taiwan (March 5, 2010) - A regulation mistake is the main reason
that led to the poor performance of Taiwan's sports lottery revenue, but the
sports lottery still has the potential to make a better
showing........................Subscribers
After 16 Rollovers Super
Lotto Winner Nets NT$820 Million
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (March
2, 2010) – According to media reports a Kaohsiung County player yesterday
won the Super Lotto jackpot worth NT$820 million, marking the third largest win
recorded in Taiwan.............................Subscribers
Sports Lottery Operator's
Deposit to Be Forfeit If It Quits
TAIPEI, Taiwan (March 2, 2010)
- The Taiwan Sport Lottery Corp.'s (TSL) deposits of NT$650 million (US$20.29
million) will be forfeit if it terminates a contract with the Sports Affairs
Council (SAC) to run the lottery, a sports official said
Tuesday.......................Subscribers
Sports Council to Look
Into Problems Facing Sports Lottery
TAIPEI, Taiwan (March
1, 2010) - The Sports Affairs Council will look into the problems facing the
operator of the country's sports lottery (see Tuesday’s Lottery Insider
report), a local media source reported sports official said on
Monday.......................Subscribers
Sports Lottery Seeks
Government Bailout
TAIPEI, Taiwan (March 1, 2010) –
According to local media reports the Taiwan Sport Lottery Corp. is seeking
remedy measures with the Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council after posting
losses of over NT$500 million (US$15.58 million) in
2009......................Subscribers
Committee Rejects Sports
Lottery Rules
TAIPEI, Taiwan (December 31, 2009) - The
legislature’s Education and Culture Committee yesterday again rejected
rules governing the appropriation of the Sports Development Fund because
lawmakers had doubts about the programs that the fund would
subsidize........................Subscribers
Taiwanese Game Hit By
Betting Probe
TAIPEI, Taiwan (October 28, 2009) –
According to a local media report a prosecutor’s spokesman said on Tuesday
that authorities have detained six people on suspicion of accepting bets that
prompted deliberately poor performances from baseball
players.................Subscribers
Lottery Players Find New
Way to Scratch
TAIPEI, Taiwan (October 6, 2009) -- A
growing number of lottery ticket retailers may be breaking the laws banning
gambling when they offer a special deal allowing customers to gamble against
the betting stations....................Subscribers
Gambling-Related Stocks
Drop On Public Opposition
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 29,
2009) -- Astro Corp. and Firich Enterprises Co., gambling-related stocks, fell
in Taipei trading after residents voted against a Taiwan government plan to
introduce casinos in the outlying Penghu islands......................Subscribers
Taiwanese Voters Reject
Proposal To Build Casinos
MAKUNG, Taiwan (September 26,
2009) -- Residents of Taiwan's Penghu group of islands on Saturday voted
against hosting a new casino, following the repeal of a law banning such
gambling facilities...............Subscribers
Taiwan Lottery Earns
NT$1.96 Billion in June
TAIPEI , Taiwan (August 6, 2009) -
The Taiwan Lottery Company, a subsidiary of Chinatrust Financial Holding Co,
made a profit of NT$1.962 billion in June, bringing its total earnings to
NT$46.417 billion as of that month since it took over as the nation's exclusive
Public Welfare Lottery
issuer in January 2007..................Subscribers
Welcome to Visit Firich
Enterprises at Compuex Taipei on June 2-6, 2009
TAIPEI,
Taiwan (May 2009) -- Welcome to join the 29th Taipei International Technology
Show, the largest trade show in Asia. We are cordially invitating you to be our
guest and join us to explore the new dimension in POS systems from FEC at the
upcoming Computex exhibition.
The latest developments for all your POS
needs containing POS systems, POS monitors, Box PCs, and Wall-mounted products
will be on display. The exhibition is from the 2nd to 6th of June 2009 in
Taipei. Please reserve your time and visit us at L701, L703, L801, L803 at the
Taipei Nangang Exhibition Hall. We are looking forward to seeing you
there.
SOURCE: Firich Enterprises
Co., Ltd.
Taiwan Lottery Scores
Earnings of NT$1.664 Billion in March
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May
8, 2009) -- Taiwan Lottery Co., Ltd. raked in earnings of NT$1.664 billion in
March alone, and its aggregate profits recorded between January 2007 and March
2009 amounted to NT$41.327 billion, according to statistics released by the
firm yesterday..................Subscribers
Invoice Lottery To Add Two Grand Prizes To
Draw
TAIPEI, Taiwan (September 4, 2008) -- The Taxation
Agency under the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday that it will add two
more grand prizes to the bi-monthly uniform invoice lottery, beginning
from.................Subscribers
Lottery Retailers Want
Online Betting
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Friday, March 7, 2008) --
Dozens of lottery retailers in Kaohsiung staged a protest in the southern port
city on Wednesday, demanding the right to offer ‘online
betting’ once the island's sports lottery goes on
sale................Subscribers
Taiwan POS Maker Firich
Looks to Sports Lottery Market in China
TAIPEI, Taiwan
(March 3, 2008) -- Firich Enterprises, a Taiwan-based maker of POS (point of
sale) equipment/devices, will supply sports lottery machines and peripheral
hardware to China-based Beijing Telenet Information Technology (TIT) on a
strategic-alliance basis.............Subscribers
Taiwan Lottery to Boost
Super Lotto Jackpot as Part of its Lunar New Year Promotion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (February 6, 2008) -- Taiwan Lottery Co announced yesterday
that it would add an extra NT$200 million (US$6.24 million) to the Super Lotto
jackpot tomorrow as part of its Lunar New Year promotion.................Subscribers
Activists Claim Sports
Lotteries Will Hurt Welfare Programs
TAIPEI, Taiwan
(January 30, 2008) -- Advocates of social welfare programs have urged the
Sports Affairs Council (SAC) to establish a law to regulate the issuance of
sports lotteries....................Subscribers
Lottery Created 31
Billionaires Last Year, Operator Says
TAIPEI, Taiwan
(January 12, 2008) -- The nation's computerized Public Welfare Lottery created
31 billionaires and 61 millionaires last year, the lottery's operator said on
Thursday..............Subscribers
Taiwan Gaming Machine
Maker Astro to Set Up Animation Art Design Center in China
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 9, 2008) -- Astro, a Taiwan-based developer of
arcade/casino gaming machines, will invest US$3 million to establish a
subsidiary in Xiamen, southeastern China..........Subscribers
CTCB May Miss Last
Year's Lottery Sales Target
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 5,
2008) -- Sales of Public Welfare Lottery tickets were estimated to be NT$64
billion (US$1.97 billion) last year, lottery operator China Trust Commercial
Bank said yesterday................Subscribers
Cabinet Approves
Amendment to the Statute for Public Welfare Lotteries
TAIPEI, Taiwan (December 6, 2007) -- The Cabinet approved an amendment to
the Statute for Public Welfare Lotteries yesterday that stipulates 80 percent
of the surplus money made from the sports lottery should be designated for
hosting international sports competitions and developing physical
activity..................Subscribers
NTUST Opens Lottery,
Gaming Research Center
TAIPEI, Taiwan (November 30, 2007)
-- The National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) established
yesterday the first Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming
in Taiwan to conduct the research on the thriving gaming
business..............Subscribers
Five Share
Second-Highest Jackpot Ever Seen in Local Lottery History
TAIPEI, Taiwan (December 5, 2007) -- A grand prize of up to NT$1.27 billion
in the Big Lotto last night was jointly shared by five lucky winners, with each
winning NT$254.9 million, according to Taiwan Lottery Co.................Subscribers
Taiwan Government to
Put Opening of Casino Industry on Hold
TAIPEI, Taiwan
(October 9, 2007) -- The government will not open up the casino industry for
the moment due to the absence of relevant legal framework and a lack of public
consensus..............Subscribers
Public Welfare Lottery
Profits Reach Nearly NT$10 Billion in Eight Months
TAIPEI,
Taiwan (October 8, 2007) -- As reported Taiwan
Lottery Co. (TLC) announced that aggregate profits earned from the issuance
of public welfare lottery tickets ran close to NT$10 billion in the first eight
months of the year................Subscribers
Sports Lotteries to Go
Head-to-Head with Public Welfare Lottery
TAIWAN (September
26, 2007) -- Statistics released by the Ministry of Finance show that in the
first quarter of 2007, registered sales of lottery tickets were NT$14.16
billion, down from NT$16.56 billion a year ago.......Subscribers
Taiwan-Based
Manufacturer to Expand Production Capacity in China
TAIPEI,
Taiwan (September 10, 2007) -- ICP Electronics, a Taiwan-based manufacturer of
industrial PCs (IPCs), will expand the production capacity of Armorlink SH
Corporation, its subsidiary.........Subscribers
Gambling Prospects to
be Examined at Taipei Summit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Aug 23, 2007)
-- The Taiwan Gambling & Entertainment Summit 2007 is scheduled to be held
in Taipei City on Monday with the aim of examining ..........Subscribers
CPBL Scandal Will Not
Affect Lottery Plan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (August 28, 2007) -- A
recent scandal involving five professional baseball players who allegedly
rigged games in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) will not affect
...........Subscribers
Bidders Set Sights on
Second Phase of Lottery
KOREA (July 10, 2007) -- The first
phase of the Lotto business managed by Kookmin Bank and the
Korea Lottery Service for the past five years
will end ............Subscribers
POS Maker Firich to
Invest in Singapore-Listed LottVision for China Market of Lottery
Machines
TAIPEI, Taiwan (July 5, 2007) -- Firich
Enterprises, a Taiwan-based maker of POS (point of sale) equipment/devices, on
July 4 announced the signing of ..........Subscribers
Sports Lottery Moves
Forward
TAIPEI, Taiwan (June 1, 2007) -- The Ministry of
Finance is expected to select the issuing bank for the much-anticipated sports
lottery by September 10, while the lotto operations should be launched by April
15 next year..........Subscribers
Taiwan Lottery Co
Releases Statistics on Lottery Winners
TAIPEI, Taiwan (May
24, 2007) -- Since the Taiwan Lottery Co started issuing lottery tickets on
January 1, it has created........Subscribers
Finance Ministry to
Announce Request for Proposals for Sports Lottery
TAIPEI,
Taiwan (April 30, 2007) -- The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is scheduled to sit
down with four banks interested in issuing sports lottery tickets on Wednesday
in preparation..........Subscribers
Lottery Company
President Resigns
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Apr 14, 2007) -- Taiwan
Lottery Company president Chang Ruu-tian has reportedly resigned amid
complaints that.........Subscribers
New Lottery Operator
Promises to Smooth Out Initial Teething Problems
TAIPEI,
Taiwan (January 3, 2007) -- Taiwan Lottery, a subsidiary of Chinatrust
Financial Holding Co, took over from Taipei Fubon Bank as the nation's
exclusive Public Welfare Lottery issuer and started lotto
operations............Subscribers
Operator Unveils New
Lottery Games and a New Method of Announcing Results
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 2, 2007) -- Taiwan Lottery Co.is reported to have
officially taken over the administration and operation of Taiwan's public
welfare lotteries yesterday........Subscribers
Lottery Prepares for
Change Over
TAIPEI, Taiwan (January 1, 2007) – Taiwan
Lottery Co.officially took over the administration and operation of Taiwan's
public welfare lotteries on News Years Day...........Subscribers
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