Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) For the purposes of section 8.2.3(b) of the Act, the prescribed conditions are the following—
(a) a person may only conduct a raffle referred to in section 8.2.3 of the Act with the written authority of the governing body of the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle;
(b) in relation to the raffle tickets in the raffle—
(i) the period during which tickets are sold must not exceed 3 months; and
(ii) the value of the total number of tickets available for sale must not be greater than 6 times and not less than twice the value of all of the prizes; and
(iii) unless the raffle is a small raffle, on the sale of a ticket the person conducting the raffle must ensure that a permanent record is made of sufficient information to identify and locate the person to whom the ticket is sold; and
(iv) a ticket in a raffle must not be a ticket in another raffle; and
(v) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the following is printed on each ticket—
(A) the name of the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle;
(B) the ticket price;
(C) a description of each prize and its value;
(D) the location, the date and the time at which the raffle will be drawn and the method of publication or notification of the results;
(c) the raffle tickets for a small raffle may be—
(i) a blank raffle book numbered on both the butt and the ticket; or
(ii) in the case of a raffle where the method of the draw is to be a spinning wheel, buttless numbered tickets from a perforated ticket sheet having no more numbers than there are divisions on the wheel;
(d) in relation to the drawing of the raffle—
(i) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the raffle must be drawn on the day printed on the ticket, being a day not more than 14 days after the proposed last ticket sale; and
(ii) the method of the draw must allow each ticket in the draw a random and equal chance of being drawn; and
(iii) if there is more than one prize, the first ticket drawn must win the first prize; and
(iv) unless the raffle is a small raffle, a ticket which has been drawn is not eligible to be drawn again;
(e) unless the raffle is a small raffle, the results of the draw must be published or notified in accordance with the method of publication or notification printed on the tickets;
(f) in addition to paragraph (e), in relation to the drawing of a small raffle—
(i) if a ticket butt is drawn to win a prize, the raffle must be drawn again, without the ticket butt if—
(A) the person to whom the ticket was sold cannot be identified from the butt; and
(B) no person comes forward to claim the prize within a reasonable period after the draw is loudly proclaimed; and
(ii) if the method of the draw is a spinning wheel, the wheel must be spun again if no person comes forward to claim the prize within a reasonable period after the draw is loudly proclaimed and—
(A) there is no ticket butt; or
(B) there is a ticket butt and the person to whom a ticket was sold cannot be identified from the butt; or
(C) the wheel has to come to a rest on a number for which a ticket may not have been sold;
(g) if a winner was present at the draw or is otherwise readily identified, the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle must pay or otherwise transfer the prize to the winner within 28 days after the draw;
(h) a book-buyer's prize must not be offered or paid;
(i) a person who sells tickets must not be remunerated in respect of that activity;
(j) the person conducting a raffle must ensure that accurate records are kept for a period of 3 years after finalisation of the raffle of—
(i) the disposition of funds; and
(ii) unless the raffle is a small raffle, all tickets which have been printed; and
(iii) the distribution of prizes.
(2) For the purposes of section 8.2.3(b) of the Act, it is a prescribed condition of a raffle permit that—
(a) if the person who conducts a raffle is not an employee of the community or charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle and will receive payment other than reasonable out of pocket expenses; or
(b) if the person who conducts the raffle or the community and charitable organisation to benefit from the raffle has an agreement or arrangement with another person (other than an employee of the community or charitable organisation) to conduct or promote the raffle for reward—
that fact (including the name and, if applicable, the ACN of the responsible person or the person promoting or conducting the raffle for reward) must be printed—
(c) on every ticket; or
(d) on all material advertising the raffle.