Western Australian Current Regulations

LOTTERIES COMMISSION (AUTHORISED LOTTERIES) RULES 2016 - REG 33

33 .         Distribution of prize pool

        (1)         For the purposes of prize distribution, the holders of a syndicate share ticket that has a winning game or games are to be treated as collectively making up one individual winning game.

        (2)         Unless otherwise provided in these rules, the prize pool for a division is to be divided equally between the winning games in that division.

        (3)         The Commission may round off the individual entitlement for a prize in a division (other than division 1, or in the case of Set for Life, divisions 1 and 2) to the nearest sum containing a 5 cent multiple.

        (4)         Where a rounding off takes place under subrule (3)—

            (a)         for all lotto except Set for Life, the Commission may adjust the prize pool for division 1; and

            (b)         for Set for Life, the Commission may use the prize reserve fund to pay or receive the rounding off amount,

                to ensure that the whole of the prize pool for that draw is distributed.

        (5)         The holders of a syndicate share ticket that has a winning game are entitled to a prize calculated by dividing the total prize or prizes won by that syndicate by the number of shares in the syndicate (truncated to the nearest cent).

        [Rule 33 amended: Gazette 9 Feb 2018 p. 405; 3 Mar 2020 p. 474.]