Withdrawal of unsold lottery tickets
17BF Withdrawal of unsold lottery tickets
This section applies to a lottery if a person takes part in the lottery through lottery tickets that are printed to enable the person to find out immediately whether the person has won a prize.
Example—
a lottery known as instant scratch-its
A lottery operator may withdraw all unsold lottery tickets for a drawing in the lottery—
if the drawing for the lottery can not proceed in a way that is substantially consistent with the prize structure for the drawing because of the way the tickets have been printed; or
if the wording on the tickets is ambiguous or may result in confusion about a person’s entitlement to a prize; or
if prizes included in the prize structure for the lottery are no longer—
available; or
of any value; or
on the closure of the lottery; or
if the chief executive considers it appropriate in all the circumstances to withdraw the tickets.
Example for subsection (2)(c)(ii)—
some of the prizes for the drawing are tickets to a sporting event, but the event is held before all lottery tickets have been sold
If lottery tickets for a drawing in the lottery are damaged or stolen, the lottery operator—
may withdraw the tickets; and
must advise the chief executive of the withdrawal.
The lottery operator must not withdraw tickets under subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) without the chief executive’s approval.
Despite subsection (4), the lottery operator may withdraw tickets under subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) without the chief executive’s approval if it is not practicable to obtain the chief executive’s approval before the withdrawal.
If the lottery operator withdraws tickets under subsection (2)(a), (b) or (c) without the chief executive’s approval, the lottery operator must, as soon as practicable after the withdrawal, seek the chief executive’s approval.
As soon as practicable after lottery tickets are withdrawn under subsection (2)(a), (b), (c) or (e), the lottery operator must advertise the withdrawal in a newspaper circulating generally in the State, and may advertise the withdrawal in any other way.
If lottery tickets are withdrawn under subsection (2), the withdrawal remains effective until—
the chief executive decides the tickets—
are available for sale; or
are to be destroyed; or
if the chief executive refuses to approve a withdrawal sought under subsection (6)—the chief executive’s refusal.
In this section—
instant scratch-its has the meaning given by the rule.
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