Jersey R & O 9042
Gambling (Jersey) Law 1964
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GAMBLING (CHANNEL ISLANDS LOTTERY) (JERSEY) ORDER 1997
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Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Regulations 1975
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THE GAMBLING CONTROL COMMITTEE, in
pursuance of Article 3 of the Gambling (Jersey) Law 1964, as
amended, and Regulations 8, 10 and 11 of the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery)
(Jersey) Regulations 1975, as
amended, hereby orders as follows –
Facilities for conduct of draws
1. For
the purpose of conducting a draw, the Committee shall provide –
(a) sufficient
staff to ensure the effective conduct of the draw;
(b) two
computer systems and a lottery draw programme capable of random selection of
winning numbers and the prizes in respect of those numbers;
(c) an
apparatus capable of containing and agitating tokens and provided with a means
by which tokens may be removed singly; and
(d) any
other equipment necessary for the effective conduct of the draw and for the
verification, recording and public announcement of the serial numbers of the
winning tickets, and of the prizes drawn in respect of those tickets.
Drawing of serial numbers and prizes
2.-(1) Each draw shall consist of the drawing
of –
(a) numbered
prizes;
(b) digit
prizes; and
(c) unless
the Committee, in accordance with Regulation 5 of the Gambling (Channel Islands
Lottery) (Jersey) Regulations 1975, as amended, (hereinafter referred to as
“the Regulations”) so determine and specify, a jackpot prize.
(2) Every
numbered and digit prize shall be selected by computer from the prizes
determined and specified by the Committee under Regulation 5 of the Regulations
and –
(a) in
respect of a numbered prize, each winning ticket shall be determined by the
correspondence of the serial number of that ticket to a number selected at
random by computer from the serial numbers of all lottery tickets issued for
sale by the Committee or the Guernsey Committee;
(b) in
respect of a digit prize, each winning ticket shall be determined by the
correspondence of two or more specified digits of the serial number of that
ticket to two or more digits selected at random by computer from any possible
combination of digits.
(3) In
respect of the jackpot prize, the numbered prize of greatest value may be increased
by the drawing of a gold or silver token in accordance with the procedure
specified in Article 3 of this Order, in respect of which there shall be
payable an additional prize as determined and specified by the Committee under
Regulation 5 of the Regulations.
Jackpot prizes
3. For
the purpose of drawing a jackpot prize the presiding officer shall place inside
the apparatus described in paragraph (c) of Article 1 of this Order –
(a) one
gold token denoting the golden jackpot prize;
(b) one
or more silver tokens denoting the silver jackpot prize; and
(c) one
or more black tokens denoting no additional prize.
(2) The
jackpot prize shall be determined as follows –
(a) the
apparatus shall be agitated for not less than five seconds;
(b) one
token shall be removed at random; and
(c) the
colour of the token so drawn shall be verified and recorded and the value of
the prize, if any, shall be publicly announced.
Scrutineer
4.-(1) In addition to the presiding officer and
the other member of the Board referred to in paragraph (4) of Regulation 8 of
the Regulations, every draw shall be conducted in the presence of a scrutineer
who shall be a member of the Committee or of the Guernsey Committee, or a
member of the Board not being the presiding officer or other member as
aforesaid.
(2) For
the purposes of this Article the person for the time being holding office as
Lottery Control Officer for the Island of Guernsey shall be deemed to be a
member of the Committee.
Manual of procedure
5. The
presiding officer, the member of the Board and the scrutineer shall conform to
the procedure laid down in such manual of procedure relating to the testing and
operation of the computer systems and the equipment referred to in Article 1 of
this Order as shall be approved by the Committee.
Result of draw
6. At
the conclusion of the draw the list printed out by the computer of the serial
numbers of the winning tickets and of the prizes drawn in respect of those
tickets shall constitute the list referred to in sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph
(6) of Regulation 8 of the Regulations.
Security
7. Access
to the computer systems, the equipment and the lottery draw programme referred
to in Article 1 of this Order shall be controlled in accordance with the
procedures laid down in the manual of procedure referred to in Article 5 of
this Order.
Agents
8.-(1) The prescribed amount for the purpose of
the proviso to paragraph (2) of Regulation 10 of the Regulations, whereby a
prize worth equal to or less than that amount shall be claimed from an agent,
shall be twelve pounds.
(2) The
prescribed commission for the purpose of paragraph (5) of Regulation 10 of the
Regulations which an agent is entitled to receive shall be one per centum of
the value of the prize to which the winning ticket relates.
Revocations
9. The
following orders are hereby revoked –
(a) the
Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Order 1975;
(b) the
Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Payment of Prizes) (Jersey) Order 1976;
(c) the
Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 1977;
(d) the
Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Draws by Computer) (Jersey) Order 1980; and
(e) the
Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Draws by Computer) (Amendment) (Jersey)
Order 1985.
Citation and commencement
10. This
Order may be cited as the Gambling (Channel Islands Lottery) (Jersey) Order
1997 and shall come into force on the thirtieth day of January 1997.
By Order of the Gambling Control Committee,
G.H.C. COPPOCK
Greffier of the States.
17th January 1997.