Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
chairperson means the chairperson of the
Commission;
Commission means the Lotteries Commission
constituted by section 5 of the Lotteries (Control) Act 1954 and
continued in existence under this Act;
conduct includes promote, organize, manage or
operate;
designated authority means a person designated
under subsection (4);
entry form , in relation to a game of lotto, means
entry form or coupon required by the rules to enable a person to enter or
subscribe to the game of lotto;
game of lotto means a lottery within the meaning
of subsection (2);
instant lottery means a lottery within the meaning
of subsection (3);
lottery means a scheme or device in which the
success or otherwise of participants is governed by numbers, tickets, events,
etc., drawn or determined in a manner involving a degree of randomness or
chance;
member means a member of the Commission;
permit means a permit granted under this Act;
soccer football pool means a lottery the results
of which depend on a forecast of the outcome of soccer football matches;
sports lottery means a lottery the results of
which depend on the outcome of one or more specified sporting events;
subscription means the entry fee, payable by a
person under the rules to enable the person to participate in a lottery,
exclusive of any add-on commission payable to an authorised retailer;
ticket includes an acknowledgement, whether in a
physical form or in the form of an electronic message, that a subscription to
a lottery has been accepted by the Commission.
(2) A game of lotto is
a form of lottery in which an attempt is made to choose, forecast, select or
draw from a group of numbers, a smaller group of numbers to be drawn on an
equally random basis.
(3) An instant lottery
is a lottery in which the holder of a ticket removes from the surfaces of the
ticket opaque material covering certain amounts, pictures, figures, letters or
other symbols printed on the ticket in order to ascertain whether or not the
presentation of the ticket to the Commission will entitle that person, subject
to this Act and to the conditions, if any, to which the relevant permit is
granted —
(a) to
receive a prize;
(b) to
receive a prize and to be eligible for further prizes to be awarded on the
drawing of a lottery or lotteries in accordance with the rules; or
(c) to
be eligible for prizes to be awarded on the drawing of a lottery or lotteries
in accordance with the rules.
(4) The Governor may
prescribe a person, whether from this State or not, to be a “designated
authority” for the purposes of section 6.
[Section 3 amended by No. 26 of 1998
s. 5.]