South Australian Consolidated Regulations

LOTTERY AND GAMING REGULATIONS 2008 - REG 32

32—Trade promotion (instant prize) lottery rules

The rules with which a person must comply in relation to conducting a trade promotion (instant prize) lottery authorised by a trade promotion (instant prize) lottery licence are as follows:

            (a)         the right to participate in the lottery may be dependent on the purchase of any of the goods or services the subject of the promotion, but otherwise entry in the lottery must be free;

            (b)         the entry or participation of a person in a lottery which includes a prize of, or promotes, goods or services that the person, by reason of his or her age, would not otherwise be permitted to purchase is void;

            (c)         each ticket in the lottery must give rise to an equal chance of winning a prize in the lottery;

            (d)         the licensee conducting the lottery must ensure that the tickets in the lottery are manufactured, packaged and stored in a manner such that the prizes, or the numbers, letters or symbols that give rise to the winning chance or chances, cannot be detected by any person before the persons participating in the lottery have acquired them;

            (e)         the duration of the lottery must not exceed 12 months;

            (f)         all advertisements of the lottery must contain the following information:

                  (i)         the name and address of the trader;

                  (ii)         the licence number and except in the case of an advertisement on television, radio or at the cinema, the name and address of the licensee;

                  (iii)         the duration of the lottery;

                  (iv)         the nature and value of the prizes to be won;

                  (v)         if the full terms and conditions of the lottery are not included in the advertisement, how and where they may be obtained;

            (g)         the name and address of each winner of a prize in the lottery the value of which exceeds $250—

                  (i)         must be provided to the Minister within 14 days of the close of the lottery; and

                  (ii)         must (except for any winner who has requested that his or her name and address not be so published) be published within 30 days of the close of the lottery—

                        (A)         in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State; or

                        (B)         if the lottery has only been advertised in a particular magazine, newspaper, newsletter or other publication (whether electronic or otherwise) or on a particular website, in that magazine, newspaper, newsletter or other publication or on that website (as the case may be); or

                        (C)         if entry in the lottery is only permitted on a particular website, on that website;

            (h)         the licensee conducting the lottery must provide the Minister with such information, and in such manner, as is reasonably required by the Minister for the purpose of monitoring compliance with these regulations.