Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
sec.11Meaning of game
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sec.11 Meaning of game
A game is a game, scheme or arrangement offering prizes, whether or not tickets are sold or distributed, in which the winners are decided— entirely or partly by chance; or by a competition or other activity having an outcome depending on chance, for example, a guessing competition. a calcutta sweep an art union a promotional game bingo lucky envelopes two-up However, each of the following is not a game— a lottery conducted under the Lotteries Act 1997 , or under arrangements approved under that Act; a game authorised under the Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act 1998 . s 11 amd 2012 No. 2 s 2B (sec.11-ssec.1) A game is a game, scheme or arrangement offering prizes, whether or not tickets are sold or distributed, in which the winners are decided— entirely or partly by chance; or by a competition or other activity having an outcome depending on chance, for example, a guessing competition. a calcutta sweep an art union a promotional game bingo lucky envelopes two-up (sec.11-ssec.2) However, each of the following is not a game— a lottery conducted under the Lotteries Act 1997 , or under arrangements approved under that Act; a game authorised under the Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act 1998 .
- (a) entirely or partly by chance; or
- (b) by a competition or other activity having an outcome depending on chance, for example, a guessing competition.
- 1 a calcutta sweep
- 2 an art union
- 3 a promotional game
- 4 bingo
- 5 lucky envelopes
- 6 two-up
- (a) a lottery conducted under the Lotteries Act 1997 , or under arrangements approved under that Act;
- (b) a game authorised under the Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act 1998 .