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59 Conditions of a trade promotion lottery
For the purposes of section 5.7.2(1)(b) of the Act, the prescribed conditions are that a person who conducts a trade promotion lottery—
(a) obtains the prior written consent for the conduct of the lottery from the person whose trade or business is to be promoted by the lottery; and
(b) conducts the lottery so as to benefit primarily the trade or business being promoted; and
(c) ensures that all information designed to or likely to induce a person to enter the trade promotion lottery and any scratch and win card that is or forms part of the trade promotion lottery includes—
(i) the closing date of the lottery; and
(ii) if applicable, where and when the lottery will be drawn; and
(iii) the name and date of the publication in which the names of the winners will be published; and
(iv) the requirements, if any, that must be met to be eligible to enter the lottery; and
(d) causes the names of winners of all prizes worth more than $1000 to be published—
(i) in a newspaper circulating generally in Victoria; or
(ii) on the Internet, for a minimum period of 28 days; or
(iii) if the lottery was advertised solely through a trade journal, promotional magazine or similar publication, in that publication; and
(e) causes the winners of prizes to be advised in writing of the prize; and
(f) ensures that records are kept for a period of 3 years after finalisation of the lottery that provide—
(i) an accurate financial accounting of the lottery; and
(ii) an accurate accounting for all entries; and
(iii) an accurate reporting of the distribution of the prizes; and
(g) ensures that, if a trade promotion lottery is to be drawn, the method of the draw allows each ticket in the draw a random and equal chance of being drawn; and
(h) ensures that a prize winner must not be required to incur a cost to accept a prize (other than a trivial cost); and
(i) complies with any other condition specified in this Part as a prescribed condition.