sec.130Payment of prizes

### sec.130 Payment of prizes If the holder of a winning lottery ticket in an approved lottery claims the prize and gives the lottery ticket to the lottery operator or a lottery agent of the lottery operator, the lottery operator must, or the agent may if authorised to do so by the agency agreement, pay the prize to the person or as directed by the person. However, the lottery operator or agent is not required to pay a prize if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the claimant obtained the lottery ticket unlawfully or that an antecedent holder of the ticket obtained it unlawfully. A lottery operator or a lottery agent need not inquire, and does not incur any liability for failing to inquire, into whether a person from whom a lottery ticket is received— is the lawful holder of the lottery ticket; or is a minor or otherwise under a legal disability. A lottery operator may pay a prize to a person registered with the lottery operator whom the lottery operator believes to be entitled to the prize or as directed by the person. A lottery operator may also pay a prize to a person if, after appropriately investigating the person’s claim, having regard to the value of the prize being claimed, the lottery operator is satisfied the person is entitled to the prize even though— the person is not registered with the lottery operator; and the person does not give the lottery operator the winning lottery ticket for the prize. Without limiting subsection (5) , appropriately investigating the person’s claim may include investigating all or any of the following— when, where and from whom the person claims to have obtained the winning lottery ticket; whether the person can establish a pattern of buying lottery tickets at a particular time and place or on a particular day of the week; whether the lottery operator or lottery agent who sold the winning lottery ticket has any video or other record of the person’s purchase of the ticket; whether the person has previously claimed a prize without holding the winning lottery ticket. The obligation of a lottery operator to pay a prize in an approved lottery is fully complied with and discharged on payment of the prize under this Act by the lottery operator or a lottery agent of the lottery operator. s 130 amd 2004 No. 21 s 94 ; 2007 No. 17 s 54 ; 2007 No. 22 s 3 sch 1 (sec.130-ssec.1) If the holder of a winning lottery ticket in an approved lottery claims the prize and gives the lottery ticket to the lottery operator or a lottery agent of the lottery operator, the lottery operator must, or the agent may if authorised to do so by the agency agreement, pay the prize to the person or as directed by the person. (sec.130-ssec.2) However, the lottery operator or agent is not required to pay a prize if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the claimant obtained the lottery ticket unlawfully or that an antecedent holder of the ticket obtained it unlawfully. (sec.130-ssec.3) A lottery operator or a lottery agent need not inquire, and does not incur any liability for failing to inquire, into whether a person from whom a lottery ticket is received— is the lawful holder of the lottery ticket; or is a minor or otherwise under a legal disability. (sec.130-ssec.4) A lottery operator may pay a prize to a person registered with the lottery operator whom the lottery operator believes to be entitled to the prize or as directed by the person. (sec.130-ssec.5) A lottery operator may also pay a prize to a person if, after appropriately investigating the person’s claim, having regard to the value of the prize being claimed, the lottery operator is satisfied the person is entitled to the prize even though— the person is not registered with the lottery operator; and the person does not give the lottery operator the winning lottery ticket for the prize. (sec.130-ssec.6) Without limiting subsection (5) , appropriately investigating the person’s claim may include investigating all or any of the following— when, where and from whom the person claims to have obtained the winning lottery ticket; whether the person can establish a pattern of buying lottery tickets at a particular time and place or on a particular day of the week; whether the lottery operator or lottery agent who sold the winning lottery ticket has any video or other record of the person’s purchase of the ticket; whether the person has previously claimed a prize without holding the winning lottery ticket. (sec.130-ssec.7) The obligation of a lottery operator to pay a prize in an approved lottery is fully complied with and discharged on payment of the prize under this Act by the lottery operator or a lottery agent of the lottery operator. - (a) is the lawful holder of the lottery ticket; or - (b) is a minor or otherwise under a legal disability. - (a) the person is not registered with the lottery operator; and - (b) the person does not give the lottery operator the winning lottery ticket for the prize. - (a) when, where and from whom the person claims to have obtained the winning lottery ticket; - (b) whether the person can establish a pattern of buying lottery tickets at a particular time and place or on a particular day of the week; - (c) whether the lottery operator or lottery agent who sold the winning lottery ticket has any video or other record of the person’s purchase of the ticket; - (d) whether the person has previously claimed a prize without holding the winning lottery ticket.