15Payment of prize money by cheque or electronic funds transfer

15 Payment of prize money by cheque or electronic funds transfer

15 Payment of prize money by cheque or electronic funds transfer

(1) If in a game of keno the prize money payable to a person at the end of a customer session exceeds $5,000, the licensee or agent of the licensee responsible for paying the prize money—

(a) if the person so requests, must pay the total prize money by means of—

(i) a crossed cheque payable to the person, or

(ii) an electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the person (if those means are available), and

(b) must pay so much of the total prize money as exceeds $5,000 by means of—

(i) a crossed cheque payable to the person, or

(ii) if the person so requests and those means are available, electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the person.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) If in a public lottery (other than a game of keno) the total prize money payable to a person exceeds $1,500, the licensee responsible for paying the prize money must pay the prize money by means of—

(a) a crossed cheque payable to the person, or

(b) electronic funds transfer to an account nominated by the person.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) In this clause—

crossed cheque means a cheque crossed as referred to in section 53 of the Cheques Act 1986 of the Commonwealth.

customer session means the period of time starting when a subscriber—

(a) makes an entry in a game of keno, or

(b) checks a receipt ticket in a game of keno, or

(c) cancels an entry into a game of keno,

and ending when the End Customer terminal key is activated.

total prize money means the total amount of money payable to a person as a result of the person winning money in respect of a single entry in a public lottery (whether or not that entry relates to one, or more than one, game in the public lottery).