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Public Lotteries Act 1996
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#### 5 Meaning of “public lottery”
5 Meaning of “public lottery”
> > (1) For the purposes of this Act, public lottery means any lottery, and includes—
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> > > (a) a game of chance (including a game such as draw lottery or bingo) in which—
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> > > > (i) persons choose or are allocated numbers, and
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> > > > (ii) certain numbers are subsequently selected at random as prizewinning numbers, and
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> > > > (iii) prizes are distributed to persons holding the prizewinning numbers, or
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> > > (b) a game of chance (including a game such as instant lottery) in which—
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> > > > (i) certain numbers are designated as prizewinning numbers, and
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> > > > (ii) persons are allocated numbers that have previously been selected at random, and
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> > > > (iii) prizes are distributed to persons holding the prizewinning numbers, or
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> > > (c) a game of chance (including a game such as lotto, keno or powerball) in which persons choose or attempt to forecast, from designated numbers, fewer numbers to be drawn on a random basis, or
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> > > (d) the game known as soccer football pool in which persons choose or attempt to forecast, from designated numbers, fewer numbers that represent the outcome of soccer football matches.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, numbers includes—
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> > > (a) symbols, or
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> > > (b) a single number or symbol, or
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> > > (c) a group or groups of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols), or
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> > > (d) a combination or combinations of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols), or
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> > > (e) a distribution or distributions of numbers or of symbols (or of numbers and symbols).
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> > (3) For the purposes of this section, a person chooses numbers if the person chooses the numbers personally or if the numbers are chosen for the person.