Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not conduct a lottery unless the person is authorised to do so under a primary licence.
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(2) A person must not conduct a gaming scheme that is not a lottery if--
(a) the gaming scheme may reasonably be confused with a lottery; or
(b) because of the scheme's similarity to a lottery, it may reasonably be taken to be in direct competition with a lottery.
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the gaming scheme is conducted under a gaming Act.
(4) A person must not participate in a lottery, or a gaming scheme mentioned in subsection (2), knowing the person who is conducting the lottery or scheme is not authorised under this Act or a gaming Act to conduct the lottery or scheme.
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.
(5) A person must not conduct a gaming scheme (other than an approved lottery) under a name that--
(a) is a name by which an approved lottery is conducted; or
(b) is likely to be confused with the name by which an approved lottery is conducted; or
(c) includes a word--
(i) contained in the name by which an approved lottery is conducted; and
(ii) prescribed under a regulation.
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--40 penalty units.