Gaming Commission Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1989 (WA)

1768	GOVERNMENT GAZE! 1 t, WA	[6 April 1990
GAMING COMMISSION ACT 1987

GAMING COMMISSION AMENDMENT REGULATIONS (No. 4) 1989

Made by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Administrator in Execu- tive Council.

Citation
1. These regulations may be cited as the Gaining Commission Amendment

Regulations (No. 4) 1989.

Principal regulations
2. In these regulations the Gaming Commission Regulations 1988* are referred
to as the principal regulations.
[*published in the Gazette of 29 April 1988 at pp. 1925-30. For amendments to
6 December 1989 see page 253 of 1988 Index to Legislation of Western Australia

and Gazettes of 26 May, and 4 and 25 August 1989.]

Regulation 21 amended

3. Regulation 21 of the principal regulations is amended by deleting paragraphs

(a)	and (b) and substituting the following--
" (a) where the gross receipts for the session are $2 500 or more, cause 2%; and
(b) otherwise, cause 1%, of the gross receipts obtained from participants in each session of bingo to be paid to the Commission within 7 days of the conclusion of that session or such other period as the Commission may agree. ".

Regulation 22 amended

4. Regulation 22 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation (2)—

(a) by inserting after paragraph (a) the following paragraph—

" (aa) not more than one session per month per premise shall have a requirement that participants purchase a minimum number of books of tickets as a condition of entry to that session; "; and

(b)	by deleting after paragraph (b) the word "and" and substituting the
following— " (ba) the purchase of raffle tickets shall not be a prerequisite to

participation in a session of bingo; and ".

Regulation 23 amended

5. Regulation 23 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation (2)

(b) by inserting before "provide" the following—

where a session has more than 100 participants, ".

Regulation 25 repealed and a regulation substituted
6. Regulation 25 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

used for the conduct of any session of bingo.

regulation is substituted-

25. (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.
(3) For the purpose of this regulation, receipts from bingo, and from any
lottery and any continuing lottery conducted at or in connection with a
session of bingo, shall be included in the calculation of the gross re-

ceipts. ".

Regulation 26 repealed and a regulation substituted
7. Regulation 26 of the principal regulations is repealed and the following

regulation is substituted—

" Playing of other games of chance
26. (1) Subject to subregulation (2), no other game of chance or lottery shall
be conducted, or permitted to be conducted, on the same premises as are

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(2) A continuing lottery, a lottery deemed to be permitted under section 103,

or both, may be conducted or permitted to be conducted on the same
premises as are used for the conduct of any session of bingo.
(3) Where a lottery is conducted by a bingo permit holder pursuant to
subregulation (2), that permit holder shall cause to be kept accurate records

of—

(a)	the gross receipts for each lottery; and
(b)	the amount of prizes awarded for each lottery. ".

Schedule 4 amended

8. Schedule 4 to the principal regulations is amended—

(a) in Part 1 by deleting rule 6 and substituting the following rule-

6, Except where the gaming permit authorizes it—

(a) the price of a card—

(i) where the card is a separate "flyer" card, shall not exceed

20 cents; or

(ii) shall not exceed 10 cents;

(b)	there shall be no more than 2 games using "flyer" cards per session;
(c)	there may be one game in which both a standard prize and a prize contingent on the number of calls made prior to a winning card being announced ("snowball" prize) may be offered, and the "snowball" prize shall—

(0 if not won, be offered in the next session without in-

creasing in value;
and

(ii)be included in the calculation of the value of the total prizes paid for each session at which it is offered;

and

(d)	a prize--
(i) shall not accumulate;
(ii) shall not form part of a jackpot based on accumulated

prize money; and

(iii) shall not be in any form other than cash. ".

(b) in Part 3, subdivision A—

(i) in the heading to subdivision A by deleting "and In-Between" and

substituting the following—

" , In-Between and Joker Seven ";

(ii) in rule 1, in the definition of "game" by deleting "or In-Between"

and substituting the following—
" , In-Between or Joker Seven ";

(iii)in rule 3 by inserting after subrule (3), the following subrule—

• (4) Joker Seven the game shall be played with a full deck of

cards and 2 jokers. ";

(iv) in rule 5 by inserting after subrule (2), the following subrule— • (3) In Joker Seven no more than 7 cards shall be dealt. ";

(v) in rule 15 by inserting after subrule (3), the following subrule—

• (4) In Joker Seven the following odds shall be paid—

(a)	Four or more black cards	1 to 1
(b)	Four or more red cards	1 to 1
(c)	No pair	3 to 1
(d)	Three of a kind	12 to 1
(e)	Two pairs	3 to 1
(f)	One Joker	3 to 1
(g)	Two Jokers	20 to 1
(h)	Four red cards	2 to 1
(i)	Four black cards	2 to 1
(j)	Five red cards	5 to 1
(k)	Five black cards	5 to 1

(1) Six red cards 20 to 1

(m)	Six black cards	20 to 1
(n)	Seven red cards	40 to 1
(o)	Seven black cards	40 to 1
(p)	Specific pairs (other than Jokers)	10 to 1 "

By His Excellency's Command,

G. PEARCE, Clerk of the Council.