17AX

Winning multi-week or twinpick lottery tickets and exchange receipts

Current

(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

a person, for payment of a prize in a drawing of a lottery, gives a paper ticket to a lottery operator or lottery agent; and

(b)

the ticket is for an entry in a drawing of the lottery, bought on the basis of a multi-week sale or twinpick sale; and

(c)

the ticket is still current for 1 or more drawings of the lottery (the remaining drawings of the lottery).

(2)

If the lotteries computer system identifies the ticket as a prize-winning ticket (the original ticket), the lottery operator or lottery agent—

(a)

may use a gaming terminal to print the word ‘winner’ on the original ticket; and

(b)

must—

(i)

return the original ticket to the person; and

(ii)

pay the prize to the person; and

(iii)

give the person another ticket for the remaining drawings of the lottery (the exchange receipt).

(3)

The exchange receipt must state—

(a)

the date and time the exchange receipt was given to the person; and

(b)

the number or numbers identifying the remaining drawings of the lottery; and

(c)

if the person has entered the drawing of the lottery as a registered player—the person’s player card number; and

(d)

if the person has used the person’s registered numbers for the entry—the person’s registered numbers; and

(e)

if paragraph (d) does not apply—the numbers selected in the entry; and

(f)

if the entry is a standard entry, or system entry, for powerball—the powerball number; and

(g)

if the entry is a powerhit entry—an indication the entry is a powerhit entry; and

(h)

if the entry is a syndicate share—an indication the entry is a syndicate share and the number of syndicate shares; and

(i)

the name of the lottery agent or lottery operator who gave the exchange receipt; and

(j)

the receipt number and bar code for the exchange receipt; and

(k)

other information the lottery operator considers appropriate for the remaining drawings of the lottery.

(4)

The exchange receipt is taken to be the person’s paper ticket for the remaining drawings of the lottery.

(5)

In this section—

powerball has the meaning given by the rule.

powerhit entry has the meaning given by the rule.

registered numbers—

(a)

for a registered player for a lottery, means the numbers that the player has registered under the rule; or

(b)

for a lottery agent, means the numbers that the lottery agent has registered under the rule.

standard entry has the meaning given by the rule.

system entry has the meaning given by the rule.

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