Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 (Qld)

Queensland Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 Subordinate Legislation 2005 No. 230 made under the LotteriesAct1997 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Rule amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of sch 4 (Pools) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

s1 2 s3 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 No. 230, 2005 1 Short title This rule may be cited as the Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 . 2 Rule amended This rule amends the Lotteries Rule 1998 . 3 Amendment of sch 4 (Pools) (1) Schedule 4, section 2— insert— ‘ drawing equipment means an electronically operated machine that can— (a) contain up to 38 balls numbered from 1 to 38; and (b) be used to— (i) select, at random and 1 at a time, the ball bearing the supplementary number and, if required, up to 6 balls bearing the winning numbers, for a drawing of pools; and (ii) display the selected balls in a display section forming part of the equipment.’. (2) Schedule 4, section 14— omit. (3) Schedule 4, after part 3 heading— insert— ‘Division 1 Deciding numbers and ranking matches’. (4) Schedule 4, section 15(1), ‘are’— omit, insert— ‘must be’. (5) Schedule 4, section 15(4), ‘section 16’— omit, insert—

s3 3 s3 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 No. 230, 2005 ‘division 2’. (6) Schedule 4, section 16— omit. (7) Schedule 4, after section 17— insert— ‘Division 2 Void matches ‘17A Result of eligible reserve match taken to be result of void match ‘(1) This section applies if a match numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list is a void match. ‘(2) Subject to subsection (3), the result of the eligible reserve match with the lowest match number on the match list must be taken to be the result of the void match. Examples of operation of subsection (2) — 1 Match 33 is a void match. The eligible reserve match with the lowest match number on the match list is match 39. The result of match 39 is taken to be the result of match 33. 2 Match 27 is a void match. Reserve match 39 is also a void match. The next eligible reserve match with the lowest match number on the match list is match 40. The result of match 40 is taken to be the result of match 27. ‘(3) If there is more than 1 void match numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list, subsection (2) must be applied to each of the void matches in increasing numerical order. Example of operation of subsections (2) and (3) — Matches 19 and 26 are void matches. The eligible reserve match with the lowest match number on the match list is match 39. The result of match 39 is taken to be the result of match 19. The next eligible reserve match with the lowest match number on the match list is match 40. The result of match 40 is taken to be the result of match 26. ‘(4) Subsection (2) must be applied to each void match numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list until 1 of the following happens— (a) there is a result for each of the void matches under the subsection;

s3 4 s3 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 No. 230, 2005 (b) the result of each eligible reserve match on the match list has been taken to be the result of a void match under the subsection. ‘(5) In this section— eligible reserve match means a reserve match— (a) that is not a void match; and (b) the result of which has not already been taken to be the result of a void match under subsection (2). reserve match means a numbered match on the match list after match number 38. ‘17B Deciding numbers—results for 38 matches ‘If, after applying section 17A, there is a result for each of the matches numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list, the winning numbers and the supplementary number must be decided under section 15. ‘17C Deciding numbers—results for between 7 and 37 matches ‘If, after applying section 17A, there are results for at least 7 matches but fewer than 38 matches numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list— (a) the matches for which there are results must be ranked in order of their results from the highest ranked match to the lowest ranked match; and (b) 6 winning numbers and the supplementary number must be decided under section 15(2) and (3) for the matches ranked under paragraph (a). ‘17D Deciding numbers—results for fewer than 7 matches ‘(1) This section applies if, after applying section 17A, there are results for fewer than 7 matches numbered from 1 to 38 on the match list. ‘(2) The match number of a match for which there is a result, if any, is a winning number.

s3 5 s3 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2005 No. 230, 2005 ‘(3) A person who conducts a drawing of pools must— (a) for each winning number, if any, under subsection (2)—remove the ball bearing the number from the drawing equipment; and (b) cause to be drawn from the drawing equipment— (i) if there are no winning numbers or fewer than 6 winning numbers under subsection (2)—the number of balls bearing the winning numbers that is required to make up 6 winning numbers; and (ii) the ball bearing the supplementary number. ‘(4) For subsection (3)— (a) if there is more than 1 ball drawn from the drawing equipment, the last ball drawn is the ball bearing the supplementary number; and (b) a numbered ball is taken to be drawn when the ball rests in the display section of the drawing equipment. ‘Division 3 Prize divisions’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Deputy Premier and Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Trade and Innovation on 7 September 2005. 2. Notified in the gazette on 16 September 2005. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Treasury Department. © State of Queensland 2005