As Kaohsiung was experiencing lottery fever, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) announced, on the basis of the lottery regulations, that it was slapping fines of NT $ 1.5 million on both the KMG and the bid-winning company.
就在高雄市熱鬧滾滾發行彩券的同時，財政部卻依照彩券發行條例，對高雄市政府與和鼎公司各開出一張一百五十萬元的行政罰鍰。