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STATE LOTTERIES ACT 1966 - SECT 17A

17A—Instant lottery tickets

        (1)         If a statement relating to an instant lottery is made by, or on behalf of, the Commission to the effect that a prize is won if a specified number of symbols, or identical symbols, printed on a ticket in the lottery or in a panel on a ticket are matched—

            (a)         the ticket is a winning ticket only if the ticket or panel (as the case requires) has printed on or in it the specified number of the same symbol; and

            (b)         the ticket is not a winning ticket if, for example, the ticket or panel has printed on or in it the specified number of pairs of different symbols, or the specified number of symbols can only be obtained by matching symbols from more than one panel on the ticket; and

            (c)         a caption to a symbol is to be taken to be part of the symbol and not a separate symbol.

Examples of winning tickets

Example 1—

1         Statement on ticket: "Match 3 numbers and win"

2         Symbols on ticket:

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Example 2 (ticket with one (right hand) winning panel)—

1         Statement on ticket: "Match 3 identical amounts within either game panel and that's what you win"

2         Symbols on ticket:

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Examples of non-winning tickets

Example 1—

1         Statement on ticket: "Match 3 numbers and win"

2         Symbols on ticket:

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Example 2 (ticket with no winning panels)—

1         Statement on ticket: "Match 3 identical amounts within either game panel and that's what you win"

2         Symbols on ticket:

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        (2)         This section applies whether the statement is made—

            (a)         in a ticket in an instant lottery; or

            (b)         in advertising or promotional material relating to an instant lottery; or

            (c)         in some other way.

        (3)         In this section—

"instant lottery" means a lottery promoted or conducted by the Commission in which the tickets are sealed or conceal in some other way the symbols giving rise to the winning chance;

"symbol" includes amount, number, picture or word.



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