Western Australian Current Acts

GAMING AND WAGERING COMMISSION ACT 1987 - SECT 94

94 .         Terms used

        (1)         In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears —

        bingo means the game commonly known as bingo, housie-housie or tombola and includes any version of that game by whatever name called;

        charitable organisation means an organisation which in the opinion of the Commission has for an object or one of its principal objects the raising of money for charitable purposes, or for the promotion and advancement of social welfare, including public recreation or sport;

        club includes any society, institution, organisation, association or other body of persons, by whatever name called, and any separate branch or section of such society, institution, organisation, association or body but a branch or section shall not be treated as a separate branch or section unless it occupies separate premises;

        money includes any token, voucher or other thing given by a player in exchange for cards and recognised for the purposes of the exchange to represent a particular sum of money, or money’s worth;

        multiple bingo means bingo to which section 96 refers;

        organiser , in relation to a game of bingo, means the person having the management of the game on behalf of the permit holder in respect of the premises on which the game is played, and in respect of multiple or simultaneous bingo, the person having the central management of the game;

        prize means anything won or to be won at bingo, whether money or something else having a value, and value and paid in relation to prizes shall be construed accordingly;

        promoter , in relation to bingo, means the person to whom the players look for the payment of prizes;

        simultaneous bingo means bingo to which section 97 refers.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Division, a player’s cards are the sets of numbers or symbols (in whatever form or layout) with which he plays bingo, matching them against calls made by the house; and a player pays for a card when he gives money in exchange for, or for the use of, a particular card, whether it is appropriated to a particular game or can be appropriated by the player to a game of his choice.