Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 (Qld)

Queensland Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 Subordinate Legislation 2006 No. 272 made under the LotteriesAct1997 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Rule amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Omission of s 5 (Meaning of panel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of pt 2 hdg (Player registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Insertion of new s 6AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6AA Registration of players and lottery agents . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Insertion of new s 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6A Lottery agents register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Insertion of new s 8A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8A Lottery licensee to issue lottery agency cards . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of s 9 (Registered player may have registered numbers) ................................... 5 11 Insertion of new s 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10A Changes in information for agents register. . . . . . . . . 6 12 Insertion of new pt 3A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 16HA Meaning of syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 16HB Who may form a syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 16HC Forming a syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16HE Unsold shares in a syndicate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 16HF Cancellation of a syndicate or syndicate shares . . . . 8 16HG Entry on behalf of a group prohibited for lottery agents .............................. 8 13 Amendment of s 16K (Acceptance of an entry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 14 Amendment of s 16L (Lottery Ticket) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 Amendment of s 16N (Cancellation of a lottery ticket by a lottery agent) ..................................... 9 16 Amendment of s 16O (Cancellation of a lottery ticket by a lottery licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 17 Insertion of new s 20AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20AA Definition for pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 18 Amendment of s 28 (Current multiweek lottery ticket to be returned) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 19 Amendment of s 29 (Payment of prize to 2 persons registered as a registered player) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20 Amendment of sch 1 (Wednesday Gold Lotto). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 Amendment of sch 2 (Saturday Gold Lotto) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 22 Amendment of sch 3 (Powerball) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 23 Amendment of sch 4 (Pools) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 24 Amendment of sch 5 (Super 66) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Amendment of sch 6 (Oz Lotto) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

s1 3 s4 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 . 2 Commencement (1) This regulation, other than sections 22(10) and 24, commences on 6 November 2006. (2) Section 22(10) commences on 16 November 2006. (3) Section 24 commences on 27 January 2007. 3 Rule amended This rule amends the Lotteries Rule 1998. 4 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) (1) Section 4, definitions registered numbers , panel and standard entry — omit . (2) Section 4— insert— ‘ agency card see section 8A(1). agency card number see section 8A(2). lottery agents register means the register kept by a lottery licensee under section 6A(1). panel , for a drawing of an approved lottery under schedules 1 to 4 or 6, see section 2 of the schedule relating to the lottery. prize , for part 6, see section 20AA. registered lottery agent means a lottery agent registered in the lottery agents register. registered numbers ,— (a) for a registered player for a lottery, means the numbers that the player has registered under section 9(1); or

s5 4 s8 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (b) for a lottery agent, means the numbers that the lottery agent has registered under section 9(4). standard entry — (a) for a drawing of an approved lottery under schedules 1, 2, 4 or 6, see section 2 of the schedule relating to the lottery; or (b) for a drawing of an approved lottery under schedule 3, see schedule 3, section 3. syndicate see section 16HA. syndicate share see section 16HA. syndicating entity see section 16HB. ’. 5 Omission of s 5 (Meaning of panel ) Section 5— omit. 6 Amendment of pt 2 hdg (Player registration) Part 2, heading— omit, insert— ‘Part 2 Registration’. 7 ‘6AA Insertion of new s 6AA Part 2, before section 6— insert— Registration of players and lottery agents ‘A lottery licensee may register players or lottery agents.’. 8 Insertion of new s 6A After section 6— insert—

s 9 5 s 10 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 ‘6A Lottery agents register ‘(1) A lottery licensee must keep a lottery agents register stating the following information for each registered lottery agent— (a) the agent’s name; (b) each place of operation of the lottery agent, including its— (i) trading name; and (ii) address; (c) if the agent has registered numbers—the registered numbers; (d) other information (if any) the licensee reasonably considers is appropriate for registration of the agent. ‘(2) If a registered lottery agent asks to be told the details about the agent contained in the lottery agents register, the licensee must tell the agent the details.’. 9 Insertion of new s 8A After section 8— insert— ‘8A Lottery licensee to issue lottery agency cards ‘(1) A lottery licensee who registers a lottery agent as a registered lottery agent must give the agent a card (an agency card ) for each place of operation the agent is registered. ‘(2) Each agency card must state a unique number (an agency card number ) allocated by the lottery licensee.’. 10 Amendment of s 9 (Registered player may have registered numbers) (1) Section 9, heading ‘player may have registered’— omit. (2) Section 9— insert—

s 11 6 s 12 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 ‘(4) A lottery agent or lottery licensee may register playing numbers for the agent.’. 11 ‘10A Insertion of new s 10A Part 2, after section 10— insert— Changes in information for agents register ‘A lottery licensee may change the information contained in the lottery agents register for a registered lottery agent if— (a) notified by the agent of a change in information; or (b) an agency agreement is amended; or (c) the agent’s information in the register is no longer correct.’. 12 Insertion of new pt 3A After section 16H— insert— ‘Part 3A Syndicates ‘16HA Meaning of syndicate ‘A syndicate is an arrangement under which a type of entry, or combination of types of entries, in a drawing of an approved lottery is divided into a number of equal shares (each a syndicate share ). ‘16HB Who may form a syndicate ‘The following (each a syndicating entity ) may form a syndicate under this part, for lotto, pools or powerball— (a) a lottery licensee;

s 12 7 s 12 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (b) a lottery agent; (c) a group of 2 or more lottery agents. ‘16HC Forming a syndicate ‘A syndicating entity forms a syndicate by— (a) registering the following for the syndicate on the lottery licensee’s computer system— (i) the lottery to which the syndicate relates; (ii) for a syndicate formed by a lottery agent or a group of 2 or more lottery agents, each place of operation where the syndicate shares will be available for sale; (iii) for a syndicate formed by a group of 2 or more lottery agents, the number of syndicate shares each lottery agent is responsible to sell; and (b) selecting the following for the syndicate from the options available on the lottery licensee’s computer system— (i) the type of entry, or combination of types of entries, in the lottery to which the syndicate relates; (ii) the number of syndicate shares in the syndicate. ‘16HD Sale of syndicate shares ‘A syndicate share must not be sold at a place other than a place of operation of a lottery agent or licensee registered on the lottery licensee’s computer system for the sale of shares in the syndicate. ‘16HE Unsold shares in a syndicate ‘(1) If a syndicate share is not sold 10 minutes before entries close for the drawing of a lottery to which the share relates, the share is automatically issued to—

s 13 8 s 13 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (a) for a syndicate formed by 1 lottery agent—the lottery agent that formed the syndicate; or (b) for a syndicate formed by a group of 2 or more lottery agents—the lottery agent who is responsible for the sale of the share; or (c) for a syndicate formed by a lottery licensee— (i) if the syndicate share was sold and then cancelled by a lottery agent—the lottery agent who cancelled the share; or (ii) otherwise—the lottery licensee. ‘(2) If a syndicate share is issued under subsection 1(a), (b) or (c)(i), the lottery licensee must, under the approved control system, collect the amount owing for the share from the lottery agent to whom the share is issued under subsection (1). ‘16HF Cancellation of a syndicate or syndicate shares ‘(1) A syndicate may only be cancelled if all syndicate shares are available for sale. ‘(2) A syndicate share may only be cancelled at the place where the share was sold. ‘(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a syndicate share that is sold but later cancelled, is a share that is for sale. ‘16HG Entry on behalf of a group prohibited for lottery agents ‘A lottery agent may not enter a drawing of a lottery on behalf of a group of persons other than under this part.’. 13 Amendment of s 16K (Acceptance of an entry) (1) Section 16K— insert— ‘(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a syndicate share automatically issued under section 16HE(1).’.

s 14 9 s 15 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 14 Amendment of s 16L (Lottery Ticket) Section 16L(1)— insert— ‘(ja) if the entry is a syndicate share—an indication it is a syndicate share and the number of shares;’. 15 Amendment of s 16N (Cancellation of a lottery ticket by a lottery agent) (1) Section 16N(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) The lottery agent must cancel the lottery ticket only if— (a) 1 of the following applies— (i) for a ticket for a syndicate share—the cancellation can be made at least 10 minutes before entries close for the drawing of the lottery to which the ticket relates; (ii) for a ticket sold by a multiweek sale—entries have not closed for the first drawing to which the ticket relates; (iii) otherwise—entries have not closed for the drawing to which the ticket relates; and (b) the agent, using a gaming terminal, is able to identify and cancel the entry for the ticket on the lottery licensee’s computer system.’. (2) Section 16N— insert— ‘(5) Subsection (3) does not apply to a ticket for a syndicate share that can not be cancelled at least 10 minutes before entries close for the drawing of the lottery to which the ticket relates.’.

s 16 10 s 19 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 16 Amendment of s 16O (Cancellation of a lottery ticket by a lottery licensee) Section 16O(2)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) 1 of the following applies— (i) for a ticket for a syndicate share—the cancellation can be made at least 10 minutes before entries close for the drawing of the lottery to which the ticket relates; (ii) for a ticket sold by a multiweek sale—entries have not closed for the first drawing to which the ticket relates; (iii) otherwise—entries have not closed for the drawing to which the ticket relates; and’. 17 Insertion of new s 20AA Part 6, before section 20— insert— ‘20AA Definition for pt 6 ‘In this part— prize includes a share of a prize for the holder of a syndicate share.’. 18 Amendment of s 28 (Current multiweek lottery ticket to be returned) Section 28, after ‘multiweek’— insert— ‘or twinpick’. 19 Amendment of s 29 (Payment of prize to 2 persons registered as a registered player) Section 29(2)— omit.

s 20 11 s 20 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 20 Amendment of sch 1 (Wednesday Gold Lotto) (1) Schedule 1, section 2, definition standard entry — omit. (2) Schedule 1, section 2— insert— ‘ panel , for a drawing of Wednesday gold lotto, means a grouping of the numbers 1 to 45. standard entry , for a drawing of Wednesday gold lotto, means a selection of 6 numbers from a panel.’. (3) Schedule 1, sections 4 to 5A— omit, insert— ‘3 Ways of entering Wednesday gold lotto ‘(1) A person may enter a drawing of Wednesday gold lotto by— (a) for a type of entry mentioned in subsection (2)(b), (c) or (f) or, if available, (g)—asking at a lottery agent’s or lottery licensee’s place of operation for the entry; or (b) otherwise—using a completed entry form. ‘(2) The following are types of entry for a drawing of Wednesday gold lotto— (a) a standard entry made by a person; (b) a type of quickpick mentioned in section 12(1); (c) an astropick; (d) a system entry; (e) a with-the-field entry; (f) an entry using the person’s registered numbers; (g) a syndicate share. ‘4 Minimum standard entries ‘A lottery ticket issued for a drawing of Wednesday gold lotto must be issued for an even number of, and not less than 4, standard entries.’.

s 21 12 s 21 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (4) Schedule 1, section 7— omit. (5) Schedule 1, section 13(1)(b), ‘select’— omit, insert— ‘nominate’. (6) Schedule 1, section 13(2), before ‘entries’— insert— ‘standard’. (7) Schedule 1— insert— ‘21 Distribution of prizes for syndicate shares ‘For sections 18 and 19, the members of a syndicate that has the selection of numbers matching the winning selection for a division, are collectively, and not individually, a prize winner for the division.’. 21 Amendment of sch 2 (Saturday Gold Lotto) (1) Schedule 2, section 2, definition standard entry — omit. (2) Schedule 2, section 2— insert— ‘ panel , for a drawing of Saturday gold lotto, means a grouping of the numbers 1 to 45. standard entry , for a drawing of Saturday gold lotto, means a selection of 6 numbers from a panel.’. (3) Schedule 2, sections 4 to 5A— omit, insert— ‘3 Ways of entering Saturday gold lotto ‘(1) A person may enter a drawing of Saturday gold lotto by— (a) for a type of entry mentioned in subsection (2)(b), (c), (f) or, if available, (g)—asking at a lottery agent’s or lottery licensee’s place of operation for the entry.

s 21 13 s 21 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (b) otherwise—using a completed entry form. ‘(2) The following are types of entry for a drawing of Saturday gold lotto— (a) a standard entry made by a person; (b) a type of quickpick mentioned in section 12(1); (c) an astropick; (d) a system entry; (e) a with-the-field entry; (f) an entry using the person’s registered numbers; (g) a syndicate share. ‘4 Minimum standard entries ‘A lottery ticket issued for a drawing of Saturday gold lotto must be issued for an even number of, and not less than 4, standard entries.’. (4) Schedule 2, section 7— omit. (5) Schedule 2, section 13(1)(b), ‘select’— omit, insert— ‘nominate’. (6) Schedule 2, section 13(2), before ‘entries’— insert— ‘standard’. (7) Schedule 2— insert— ‘21 Distribution of prizes for syndicate shares ‘For section 18, the members of a syndicate that has the selection of numbers matching the winning selection for a division, are collectively, and not individually, a prize winner for the division.’.

s 22 14 s 22 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 22 Amendment of sch 3 (Powerball) (1) Schedule 3, section 2, definition standard entry — omit. (2) Schedule 3, section 2— insert— ‘ panel , for a drawing of powerball, means a grouping of the numbers 1 to 45. standard entry see section 3.’. (3) Schedule 3, section 2, definitions first panel , and second panel , ‘5A(1)’— omit, insert— ‘ 3’. (4) Schedule 3, part 1— insert— ‘3 Meaning of standard entry ‘A standard entry , for a drawing of powerball, is a selection of— (a) 5 numbers from 1 panel (the first panel ); and (b) 1 number, as the powerball number, from the next panel (the second panel ).’. (5) Schedule 3, part 2, sections 4 to 5A— omit, insert— ‘4 Ways of entering powerball ‘(1) A person may enter a drawing of powerball by— (a) for a type of entry mentioned in subsection (2)(b), (c), (d), (h) or, if available, (i)—asking at a lottery agent’s or lottery licensee’s place of operation for the entry; or (b) otherwise—using a completed entry form. ‘(2) The following are types of entry for a drawing of powerball— (a) a standard entry made by a person; (b) a type of quickpick mentioned in section 11(1);

s 22 15 s 22 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (c) an astropick; (d) a powerpick; (e) a system entry; (f) a standard powerhit; (g) a system powerhit; (h) an entry using the person’s registered numbers; (i) a syndicate share. ‘5 Minimum standard entries ‘A lottery ticket issued for a drawing of powerball must be issued for an even number of standard entries.’. (6) Schedule 3, section 7— omit. (7) Schedule 3, section 13(1)(b), ‘select’— omit, insert— ‘nominate’. (8) Schedule 3, section 13(2), before ‘entries’— insert— ‘standard’. (9) Schedule 3, section 17, ‘2.5%’— omit, insert— ‘5%’. (10) Schedule 3, section 18(1)— omit, insert— ‘(1) The net prize pool for a drawing of powerball must be distributed as follows— • division 1—40% • division 2—12.9% • division 3—5.9% • division 4—4.6%

s 23 16 s 23 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 • division 5—2.6% • division 6—11.7% • division 7—22.3%.’. (11) Schedule 3— insert— ‘21 Distribution of prizes for syndicate shares ‘For section 18, the members of a syndicate that has the selection of numbers matching the winning selection for a division, are collectively, and not individually, a prize winner for the division.’. 23 Amendment of sch 4 (Pools) (1) Schedule 4, section 2, definition standard entry — omit. (2) Schedule 4, section 2— insert— ‘ panel , for a drawing of pools, means a grouping of the numbers 1 to 38. standard entry , for a drawing of pools, means the selection of 6 numbers from a panel.’. (3) Schedule 4, sections 4 to 5A— omit, insert— ‘3 Ways of entering pools ‘(1) A person may enter a drawing of pools by— (a) for a type of entry mentioned in subsection (2)(b), (c) or (f) or, if available, (g)—asking at a lottery agent’s or lottery licensee’s place of operation for the entry; or (b) otherwise—using a completed entry form. ‘(2) The following are types of entry for a drawing of pools— (a) a standard entry made by a person; (b) a type of quickpick mentioned in section 12(1); (c) an astropick;

s 24 17 s 24 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (d) a system entry; (e) a with-the-field entry; (f) an entry using the person’s registered numbers; (g) a syndicate share. ‘4 Minimum standard entries ‘A lottery ticket issued for a drawing of pools must be issued for an even number of standard entries.’. (4) Schedule 4, section 20, ‘2%’— omit, insert— ‘5%’. (5) Schedule 4— insert— ‘24 Distribution of prizes for syndicate shares ‘For section 21, the members of a syndicate that has the selection of numbers matching the winning selection for a division, are collectively, and not individually, a prize winner for the division.’. 24 Amendment of sch 5 (Super 66) (1) Schedule 5, section 11(2), ‘4’— omit, insert— ‘24’. (2) Schedule 5, section 11(3), ‘fifth’— omit, insert— ‘twenty-fifth’. (3) Schedule 5, section 11(5), ‘fifth’— omit, insert— ‘twenty-fifth’.

s 25 18 s 25 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 25 Amendment of sch 6 (Oz Lotto) (1) Schedule 6, section 2, definition standard entry — omit. (2) Schedule 6, section 2— insert— ‘ panel , for a drawing of Oz lotto, means a grouping of the numbers 1 to 45 . standard entry , for a drawing of Oz lotto, means the selection of 7 numbers from a panel.’. (3) Schedule 6, sections 4 to 5A— omit, insert— ‘3 Ways of entering Oz lotto ‘(1) A person may enter a drawing of Oz lotto by— (a) for a type of entry mentioned in subsection (2)(b), (c), (f), or, if available, (g)—asking at a lottery agent’s or lottery licensee’s place of operation for the entry; or (b) otherwise—using a completed entry form. ‘(2) The following are types of entry for a drawing of Oz lotto— (a) a standard entry made by a person; (b) a type of quickpick mentioned in section 12(1); (c) an astropick; (d) a system entry; (e) a with-the-field entry; (f) an entry using the person’s registered numbers; (g) a syndicate share.’. (5) Schedule 6, section 7— omit. (6) Schedule 6, section 13(1)(b), ‘select’— omit, insert— ‘nominate’.

s 25 19 s 25 Lotteries Amendment Rule (No. 2) 2006 No. 272, 2006 (7) Schedule 6, section 13(2), before ‘entries’— insert— ‘standard’. (8) Schedule 6, section 17, ‘3.5%’— omit, insert— ‘5%’. (9) Schedule 6— insert— ‘21 Distribution of prizes for syndicate shares ‘For section 18, the members of a syndicate that has the selection of numbers matching the winning selection for a division, are collectively, and not individually, a prize winner for the division.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure on 2 November 2006. 2 Notified in the gazette on 6 November 2006. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Treasury Department. © State of Queensland 2006