Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOTTERIES ACT 1997 - SECT 7

(1) Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not—

(a) sell or offer for sale, or cause to be sold or offered for sale, a ticket in a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency; or

(b) accept or cause to be accepted, an amount for purchase of a ticket, or submission of an entry form, for a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) Unless authorised by an approved arrangement or under a gaming Act, a person must not publish or cause to be published an advertisement or notice that promotes, is calculated to promote, or is likely to be taken as promoting, a gaming scheme conducted by a foreign agency.

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

approved arrangement means an arrangement, approved by the chief executive in writing, under which a primary licensee, by agreement with a foreign agency that is conducting or proposes to conduct a gaming scheme, is to assume responsibility for the conduct of the gaming scheme in Queensland under this Act.