GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES RULES

GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES RULES

VERNMENT LOTIrERIES RULES

(Cap. 334, section 9)

[31st March, 1962.]

es may be cited as the Government Lotteries Rules.

2. Whenever the Committee considers it expedient to conduct a
lottery, the Chairman shall cause to be published in the Gazette and, in
his discretion, in such other manner as he may think fit, a notice
declaring

(a)the date and time when and the place at which the draw of the
lottery shall take place;

(b)the price at which the tickets shall be sold, and the places at
which such tickets may be obtained;

(c)the number and value of the prizes apportioned to the lottery
expressed either in percentages of the total value of such
tickets as may be sold or by way of fixed values in relation to a
fixed number of tickets issued for sale, as the case may be;

(d)the date and manner in which the numbers of the winning
tickets shall be published after the draw of the lottery;

(e)the place where and hours during which payment of prizes
may be claimed.

3. Every ticket issued for sale in respect of any lottery shall be
numbered serially and no such number shall be repeated in respect of
the same lottery.

4. The following particulars shall be specified on every ticket
issued for sale in respect of any lottery

(a)the date and number or other description of lottery for which
the ticket is issued;

(b) the serial number allocated to the ticket;

(c)the number and value of the prizes apportioned to the lottery
for which the ticket is issued, expressed either in percentages
of the total value of the tickets which may be sold or by way
of fixed values in relation to a fixed number of tickets issued
for sale in respect of the lottery for which the ticket is issued,
as the case may be;

(d)the time and date when and the place at which the draw of the
lottery will take place.





5. (1) Whenever a lottery is drawn there shall be present at the draw
not less than three members of the Committee, and if, at the time
appointed for the draw, there shall not be that number of members
present the draw shall be postponed to such time, whether on the same
or another day, as the Chairman or any person then present who has
been authorized for that purpose by the Chairman may direct.

(2) The members of the Committee present at the draw shall appoint
one of their number to preside at the draw.

(3) The public shall be admitted to the place at which the draw of a
lottery is conducted so far as may reasonably be practicable having
regard to the accommodation available for such purpose.

(4) A ticket in a lottery shall be eligible for more than one prize.

SA. (1) The Chairman may postpone the drawing of any lottery if
the draw is to take place within the duration of a gale warning.

(2) Notice of any postponement under paragraph (1) shall be
published in the Gazette as soon as practicable, and shall specify the
date and time when and the place at which the postponed draw shall
take place.

6. The Chairman shall cause the numbers of the winning tickets at
any draw and the time and place at which and the manner in which prizes
may be claimed to be published in the Gazette and in his discretion in
such other manner as may appear to him to be advisable, so soon as may
be after the draw is concluded.

7. Prizes shall be paid in accordance with the following provisions

(a)payment shall be claimed by presenting and delivering up the
ticket in respect of which the claim is made at the place and
during the hours appointed therefor in the notice published
pursuant to rule 6;

(b)payment shall be claimed within two years after the publication
in the Gazette of the number of the ticket in respect of which
the claim is made;

(c)payment shall be made to the person who presents the ticket
for payment of the prize won by the ticket:

Provided that, if, when any ticket is presented for
payment of a prize any number, mark, figure or word which is
material for identifying the ticket is, in the opinion of the
Committee, illegible or not clearly legible or is





incomplete or has been obliterated, defaced or removed,
payment shall not be made in respect thereof unless the
person claiming payment produces evidence, to the
satisfaction of the Committee, identifying such ticket as the
ticket in respect of which the prize claimed is payable.

8. If the payment of any prize is not claimed in the manner and
within the period prescribed in rule 7, and if the number of the ticket in
respect of which the prize was payable has been duly published in the
manner prescribed in rule 6, the proceeds of that prize shall upon expiry
of such period be forfeited to the Lotteries Fund.

9. (1) The Committee may appoint such number of agents for the
sale of tickets to the public as the Committee may from time to time
consider expedient and may fix their remuneration, and the duration of
their appointments.

(2) Any agent appointed for the sale of tickets to the public in
accordance with this rule may appoint sub-agents.

(3) The name and address of any sub-agent appointed under
paragraph (2) shall be reported to the Committee before such subagent
commences the sale of tickets to the public.

(4) Any appointment of'any agent made under this rule may be
terminated at any time by the Committee giving to such agent twenty-
four hours notice in writing terminating the appointment.

(5) For the purposes of this rule, the expressions 'agent' and 'sub-
agent' do not include street vendors.
G.N.A. 27/62. L.N. 95/67. L.N. 252/73. Announcement of lotteries. Tickets to be numbered. Particulars to be stated on tickets. Procedure at draw. L.N. 95/67. Postponement of draw. L.N. 252/73. Publication of results of draw. Payment of prizes. L.N. 95/67. Forfeiture of unclaimed prizes. L.N. 95/67. Agents for sale of tickets.

G.N.A. 27/62. L.N. 95/67. L.N. 252/73. Announcement of lotteries. Tickets to be numbered. Particulars to be stated on tickets. Procedure at draw. L.N. 95/67. Postponement of draw. L.N. 252/73. Publication of results of draw. Payment of prizes. L.N. 95/67. Forfeiture of unclaimed prizes. L.N. 95/67. Agents for sale of tickets.

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