Terms used
101 Terms used
In this Division —
batch, in relation to tickets in a continuing lottery, means a number of tickets that have the same series number and are distinguishable from the tickets in any other batch;
closing date, in relation to a standard lottery, means the last date on which tickets may be sold or subscriptions received from entrants to the standard lottery;
compliant guarantee means a guarantee that is —
in a form acceptable to the Commission; and
issued by an authorised deposit‑taking institution as defined in the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth) section 5(1);
conducting, in relation to an unlawful lottery, includes any matter referred to in section 106(2);
continuing lottery means a continuing lottery within the meaning of subsection (2);
date of drawing, in relation to a standard lottery, means the date fixed for the drawing of, or deciding the result of the standard lottery;
drawing, in relation to a standard lottery, means the determination of the event or events which, according to the conditions of the standard lottery, decide the result;
face value, in relation to a ticket intended to be sold in a continuing lottery, means the amount for which the ticket is intended to be sold to a person taking part in the lottery;
foreign lottery means a lottery which is conducted, drawn or decided wholly or partly outside Australia, notwithstanding that the same may be legal according to the law of the place where it is conducted, drawn, or decided;
opening date, in relation to a standard lottery, means the first day on which tickets in the standard lottery may be sold or on which subscriptions in the standard lottery may be received;
prize winner, in relation to a standard lottery, means a person who wins a prize in the lottery;
quarter means a period of 3 months commencing on 1 July, 1 October, 1 January or 1 April;
relevant body, in relation to a permit holder, has the meaning given in section 104AB(2);
standard lottery means a lottery other than a continuing lottery;
ticket, in relation to a continuing lottery, means a ticket that is intended for sale in a continuing lottery;
ticket, in relation to a standard lottery, includes any document evidencing the claim of a person to participate in the chances of the lottery;
ticket holder, in relation to a standard lottery, means a person who has paid the whole price of a ticket, chance or subscription in the lottery;
unlawful lottery means a lottery declared by section 102 to be unlawful, and includes a foreign lottery conducted in the State.
A continuing lottery is a lottery in which the holders of tickets expose certain amounts or pictures or figures, letters, or other symbols that were printed on the tickets and were concealed at the time when the holders obtained the tickets in order to ascertain whether or not the presentation by them of the tickets to the person conducting the lottery will entitle them, subject to this Act and the terms and conditions, if any, subject to which the permit for the lottery is granted, to receive prizes.
The sale of a ticket in a continuing lottery to a person taking part in that lottery is not, for the purposes of this Division, a supply of the ticket.
Subject to section 102, this Division does not apply to, or in relation to, any lottery conducted under the Lotteries Commission Act 1990.
[Section 101 amended: No. 16 of 1990 s. 33; No. 6 of 2000 s. 12; No. 45 of 2002 s. 13; No. 41 of 2018 s. 22; No. 53 of 2024 s. 56.]
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