Public Lotteries Regulation 2016
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12 Gambling information and warnings
12 Gambling information and warnings
(1) A licensee must ensure that each printed entry form (however described) and ticket in a public lottery conducted by the licensee contains the following—
Help is close at hand
1800 858 858
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to instant lottery tickets (commonly known as “scratchies”).
(3) A licensee must ensure that any written material provided by the licensee to explain to the public how to enter a public lottery contains—
(a) an explanation of the chances of winning a major prize in the public lottery or, if there are different prize divisions in the public lottery, an explanation in relation to each of those divisions of the chances of winning a prize in that division, and
(b) a statement about gambling help options approved by the Secretary.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(4) A licensee must include the following information on any website used by the licensee to promote or provide information about a public lottery conducted by the licensee—
(a) the information contained in a player information brochure approved by the Secretary under clause 9 (2),
(b) an explanation of the chances of winning a major prize in the public lottery or, if there are different prize divisions in the public lottery, an explanation in relation to each of those divisions of the chances of winning a prize in that division.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
cl 12: Am 2021 (2), Sch 1.4[5][6].