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Lotteries Act 1997
sec.7Foreign gaming schemes
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### sec.7 Foreign gaming schemes
Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not—
sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale, a ticket in a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency; or
accept or cause to be accepted, an amount for purchase of a ticket, or submission of an entry form, for a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not publish or cause to be published an advertisement or notice that promotes, is calculated to promote, or is likely to be taken as promoting, a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
In this section—
approved arrangement means an arrangement, approved by the chief executive in writing, under which a primary licensee, by agreement with a foreign agency that is conducting or proposes to conduct a gaming scheme, is to assume responsibility for the conduct of the gaming scheme in Queensland under this Act.
s 7 amd 1998 No. 14 s 268 (2) – (3) ; 2004 No. 21 s 123 sch ; 2007 No. 22 ss 6 , 3 sch 1
(sec.7-ssec.1) Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not— sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale, a ticket in a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency; or accept or cause to be accepted, an amount for purchase of a ticket, or submission of an entry form, for a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.7-ssec.2) Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not publish or cause to be published an advertisement or notice that promotes, is calculated to promote, or is likely to be taken as promoting, a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.
(sec.7-ssec.3) In this section— approved arrangement means an arrangement, approved by the chief executive in writing, under which a primary licensee, by agreement with a foreign agency that is conducting or proposes to conduct a gaming scheme, is to assume responsibility for the conduct of the gaming scheme in Queensland under this Act.
- (a) sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale, a ticket in a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency; or
- (b) accept or cause to be accepted, an amount for purchase of a ticket, or submission of an entry form, for a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency.