South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts102—Evidence of illegal lottery
(1) In any proceedings
against any person for establishing, commencing, or being a partner in any
illegal lottery, or managing, conducting, or assisting to manage or conduct
any illegal lottery, or selling or disposing or buying or accepting any ticket
or thing purporting to be or usually known as a lottery ticket and relating to
an illegal lottery, it shall, in default of or in addition to other evidence,
be sufficient in support of the complaint to show that such ticket or thing
was bought or accepted by the purchaser or acceptor under the belief by him
that the possession and production of such ticket purporting to be a lottery
ticket or other thing conveyed a right to the purchaser or any holder thereof
to draw for, compete, or have an interest in an illegal lottery.
(2) The sale of a
ticket or thing commonly known as a Chinese lottery ticket, whether marked or
otherwise, shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of a lottery and of
an undertaking, agreement, or promise, expressed or implied, to pay a sum of
money to the purchaser or holder of such ticket on the happening of a certain
event or contingency.
(3) In any proceedings
it shall not be necessary to prove that any ticket purporting to be or usually
known as a Chinese lottery ticket relates to any particular lottery, or that
any lottery has been or will be drawn.