First of all, because drawings 1,086, 1,121, and 1,151 fell on Chinese New Year, the Bank of Taiwan, the lottery ticket issuer, made the pot for first prize a little sweeter. The media predicted that the public would scramble to buy lottery ticket sheets and if somebody became the sole winner on one of them, they would become filthy rich.
首先是 1086、1121、1151 這 3 期，因為適逢農曆春節，發行單位台灣銀行提高特獎獎金，由於擔心民眾搶購大全張會獨得獎金、變成暴發戶，在媒體登高呼籲下，銀行從善如流，將大全張拆賣，卻也造成蒐藏上的困難。