New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC LOTTERIES ACT 1996 - SECT 5

5 Meaning of “public lottery”

(1) For the purposes of this Act, "public lottery" means any lottery, and includes:

(a) a game of chance (including a game such as draw lottery or bingo) in which:

(i) persons choose or are allocated numbers, and

(ii) certain numbers are subsequently selected at random as prizewinning numbers, and

(iii) prizes are distributed to persons holding the prizewinning numbers, or

(b) a game of chance (including a game such as instant lottery) in which:

(i) certain numbers are designated as prizewinning numbers, and

(ii) persons are allocated numbers that have previously been selected at random, and

(iii) prizes are distributed to persons holding the prizewinning numbers, or

(c) a game of chance (including a game such as lotto, keno or powerball) in which persons choose or attempt to forecast, from designated numbers, fewer numbers to be drawn on a random basis, or

(d) the game known as soccer football pool in which persons choose or attempt to forecast, from designated numbers, fewer numbers that represent the outcome of soccer football matches.

(2) For the purposes of this section, "numbers" includes:

(a) symbols, or

(b) a single number or symbol, or

(c) a group or groups of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols), or

(d) a combination or combinations of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols), or

(e) a distribution or distributions of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols).

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person "chooses" numbers if the person chooses the numbers personally or if the numbers are chosen for the person.