(1) Unless prior
agreement is obtained from the Commission in writing, expenses shall not
exceed 20% of gross receipts.
(2) For the purposes
of this regulation —
(a) the
cost of any bus used to carry participants or organizers, to or from the
venue; and
(b) the
total retail value of incentives offered, or where any incentive offered has
been donated, the retail cost of that incentive,
shall be included in
the calculation of expenses.
(2a) If —
(a) a
jackpot prize is offered at a session of bingo; and
(b) any
part of that prize is funded from sources other than receipts from that
session of bingo,
then for the purposes
of this regulation the value of the part of the prize referred to in
paragraph (b) is not required to be included —
(c) in
the total retail value of incentives; or
(d) in
the calculation of expenses.
(3) For the purposes
of this regulation the following shall be included in the calculation of the
gross receipts —
(a)
receipts from bingo;
(b)
receipts from any —
(i)
continuing lottery; or
(ii)
lottery deemed to be permitted under section 103,
that is conducted at
or in connection with a session of bingo.
[Regulation 25 inserted: Gazette
6 Apr 1990 p. 1768; amended: Gazette 22 Aug 2006
p. 3466‑7.]