Government Lotteries Regulations, 1981

L.N. 66 of 1981

GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES ACT, 1981

(ACT NO. XXIV OF 1981)

Government Lotteries Regulations, 1981

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 4 of the Government

Lotteries Act, 1981, the Minister of Finance, Customs and People's

Financial Investments has made the following regulations

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Citation.

These regulations may be cited as the Government Lotteries

Regulations, 1981.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

Interpretation.

"Board" means the Board appointed under regulation 9 of

these regulations;

"Director" means the Director of Public Lotto and to the extent

of the authority given, inc1udes any officer of the Department,

authorized by the Director in that behalf for any purpose of these

regulations;

"draw" means the extraction at random, by physical or

mechanical means, of such letter and / or numbers which give the

right to the staker of a ticket bearing the corresponding letter

and/or number so drawn to the prize due;

"Minister" inc1udes, to the extent of the authority given, any

person authorized by the Minister in that behalf for any purpose

of these regulations;

"public officer" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by

the Constitution of Malta.

Grand Lottery

A.

Grand Lottery

First Prize

.f50,000 (Fifty thousand pounds)

Five Prizes of

.fI ,000 (One thousand pounds) each

B.

Weekly Lottery

First Prize

.f 1,000 (One thousand pounds)

Second Prize

.f500 (Five hundred pounds)

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(1) A lottery draw shaH be held every Friday at two o'c1ock

in the afternoon or as soon as possible thereafter and in such place as

Lottery.

the Minister may from tin1e to time direct

Provided that when the day of the draw falls on a public

holiday, the draw for that particular week shaH take place on the pre­

ceding day and if such day is also a public holiday then the draw for

that week shaB be held on the foHowing Monday.

(2) The draw held on the last Friday of June and December

shaH be known as the Grand Lottery and the prizes for such a dra w

shaH be those set out in paragraph A of the Schedule to these regula­

tions.

(3) The draws held each week other than those mentioned

in paragraph (2) of these regu1ations shaH be known as the Weekly

Lottery and the prizes for such a draw shaH be those set out in para­

�graph B of the Schedule to these regulations.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1), (2) and

(3) of these regulations the Minister may, by notice published in the

Gazette increase the number and/Of value of the prizes or alter the day,

time and place of any particular draw.

(1)

The dra w shall be conducted by the Board.

(2) The first prize in a particular lottery wilI be allotted to

the holder of the ticket bearing the letter and I or numbers corresponding

to the letter and/Of numbers so drawn. The same procedure shall be

followed in respect of the remaining prize or prizes to be al10tted in that

particular lottery.

(3) If at any draw the Board finds that there is no ticket

participating in that draw bearing the corresponding letter and/Of

numbers so drawn, the draw shall be repeated until such time as the

letter and I of numbers so drawn correspond to those of a ticket par­

ticipating in that lottery.

The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, estab-

1ish the day and hour not later than which tickets for any particular draw

may be purchased from the Director.

( 1) Tickets shall be purchased from the Director in sheets of

four and shall be paid for on purchase. Any amount so paid shall not

be refunded under any circumstances.

(2) The price of a Weekly Lottery ticket shall be twenty-five

cents (25c) and the price of a Grand Lottery ticket shall be one pound

(fl). Sel1ers and agents shall however pay to the Director twenty-two

cents (22c) for each Weekly Lottery ticket and ninety cents (90c) for each

Grand Lottery ticket.

(3) The price of a ticket which is to be sold outside Malta

shall be expressed in foreign currency by the Director who shall also

take into account in such price an amount to cover mailing expenses,

bank charges and other incidental expenses.

The Director shall keep a record of all tickets sold in respect

of each lottery.

There shall be paid to the seHer of agent -

(a) of the ticket winning

the first prize in the Grand

Lottery

a bonus of two hundred pounds;.

(b) of the ticket winning

the first prize in the Weekly

Lottery

a bonus of fifty pounds.

(1) There shall be constituted a Board, composed of the

Director or his representative as Chairman, a representative of the

Director of Audit, a representative of the Accountant General and two

other members not being public officers, to be appointed by the Minister

for such time as he may deem fit.

(2) The Board shall perform such duties as are specified in

these regulations and such other duties as may be assigned to them by

the Director in connection with the supervision of the lottery.

(3) Three members of the Board, of whom one must be the

Director or his representative, shall form a quorum of the Board.

(4) Each member of the Board shall have one vote but in the

case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall also have a casting vote.

The Board shall meet during the draw and on such other dates

Meeting of

the Board.

and time as the Director shall determine.

Before every draw the Director shall deliver to the Board, for

De1ivery of

counterfoils.

examination

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(a)

all counterfoi1s of sold tickets;

(b)

all unsold tickets and their counterfoils.

Counterfoils

(1) The Secretary for Gozo Affairs shall represent and act Ior

received by

the Director in Gozo in any matter connected with the lottery.

Secretary,

Gozo Affairs.

(2) The Secretary for Gozo Affairs shall transmit to the

Director within such time and in such manner as the latter may require,

all counterfoils of tickets sold in Gozo and all unsold tickets with their

counterfoils.

(3) The Secretary for Gozo Affairs shall keep

tiekets and

counterfoils in a strong room under his custody.

Board

The Board shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all

to remain

counterfoils delivered to it by the Director under regulation 11 of these

responsible for

regulations until one week after the expiry of the validity period of the

counterfoils.

tickets of each lottery draw.

Draw to be

The draw shall be held public1y at the office of the Director,

held in

or at sueh other place as may from time to time be appointed for the

public.

purpose by the Minister in the presence of the Board and of any member

of the public present at the time.

The right of c1aiming prizes shall lapse after twenty-five (25)

working days from the day of draw in the case of the Weekly Lottery

and after fifty (50),working days from the day of draw in the case of

the Grand Lottery.

Any prize which remains unc1aimed after the lapse of the

Forfeiture

period prescribed in regulation 15 of these regulations shall be forfeited

to Government.

(l) The winning tickets and the relative payment vouchers

shall be kept under the responsibility of the Director of Audit.

(2) Where, however, a ticket is exhibited in a Court of Law

the Registrar of that Court shall be responsible for its custody.

The Government Lotteries Regulations,

1977,

are hereby

revoked.

SCHEDULE (Regulation 3)