Of the total intake from wholesale lottery ticket sales, 45.67 % is actually used for prizes. Another 15 % is used to cover the cost of printing and distribution. The rest goes into the national budget.
特殊狀況時，以一○八六期來說，一百萬張獎券，每張十五聯，共一千五百萬聯，每聯售價也由平常的五十元提高為一百元，總收入達十三億五千萬元，提出其中百分之四十五點六七為獎金，百分之十五為印刷成本與銷售佣金，淨入五億三千多萬元。