With the second drawing, therefore, tickets dropped to NT $ 5, but first prize remained NT $ 200,000. More than two decades later in January 1971, the price finally increased to NT $ 10. That same month saw the introduction of an electric lottery machine imported from France to replace the old handcranked one.
為此，從第 2 期開始，愛國獎券第一特獎獎金維持不變，但每張售價大幅降為 5 元，並且連續二十多年不曾調整，直到 1971 年 1 月才調漲為 10 元，並自當期開始，啟用法國進口的電動開獎機開獎，取代原先的手搖式開獎。