Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 17 May 2002
Western Australia
Lotteries Commission (Powerball Lotto) Rules 1996
Part 1 — Preliminary
1.Citation1
2.Commencement1
3.Interpretation1
Part 2 — Requirements for entry
4.Entry coupon4
5.Methods of entry4
6.No limit to number of entries4
7.Super 66 entry4
8.Completion of entry coupon5
9.Oral request for entry6
10.Entry by mail7
11.Receipted tickets9
12.Surrender of receipted ticket9
13.Accuracy of receipted ticket10
14.Validity of receipted ticket10
Part 3 — General duties of Commission
15.Powerball draws to be numbered11
16.Powerball lotto to be supervised11
17.Publication of results11
18.Powerball Bloc prize pool and prize reserve fund12
Part 4 — Powerball lotto draw
19.Powerball lotto draw13
20.Criteria for powerball lotto prizes13
21.Only systems entry can win in more than one division14
22.Distribution of lotto prize pool14
23.Division 1 jackpot14
24.Division 2 ‑ 6 prize pools may go to next lower division15
25.Bonus draws and guaranteed prize pools15
26.Division 1 prizes16
27.Division 2 prizes17
28.Division 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 prizes17
29.Commission may require a statutory declaration18
30.Publication of names and addresses of prize winners18
31.Player Registration Service19
Part 5 — Miscellaneous
32.Instructions21
33.Rules to be made available21
34.Decisions of Commission final21
Schedule 1 — Total cost of entry22
Schedule 2 — Agent's fees23
Schedule 3 — Systems entry prize schedule24
Schedule 4 — Summary of parameters within which powerball lotto is conducted27
Notes
Compilation table29
Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 17 May 2002
Western Australia
Lotteries Commission Act 1990
Lotteries Commission (Powerball Lotto) Rules 1996
Part 1 — Preliminary
1.Citation
These rules may be cited as the Lotteries Commission (Powerball Lotto) Rules 1996 1.
2.Commencement
These rules come into operation on 17 May 1996.
3.Interpretation
In these rules —
“agent” means a person appointed by the Commission as its agent for purposes associated with games of powerball lotto, and includes the any branch or section of the Commission;
“authorised payout centre” means an agent who has been authorised by the Commission to pay up to division 2 prizes;
“barrel A” means the barrel referred to in rule 19(a);
“barrel A selection” means one of the numbers —
(a)selected in the upper section of a game board; or
(b)shown on the receipted ticket as a barrel A selection;
“entry” means an entry as described in rule 8(6) or 9(2);
“game” means —
(a)that part of an entry consisting of 5 barrel A selections and a powerball selection; and
(b)in relation to a systems entry, one of the notional multiple games making up that systems entry;
“game board” means an upper section and the corresponding powerball section on an entry coupon;
“payout period” means the period from the Friday after a powerball lotto draw to the close of business on the day one year after that draw;
“powerball barrel” means the barrel referred to in rule 19(b);
“Powerball Bloc” means a group made up of the Commission and the designated authorities for the States of Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and
New South Wales
;
“powerball lotto” means a game of lotto conducted in accordance with these rules;
“powerball lotto draw” means a lotto draw conducted in accordance with rule 19 and supervised in accordance with rule 16;
“powerball number” means the number on the numbered ball drawn from the powerball barrel as part of a powerball lotto draw;
“powerball section” means the section at the bottom of an entry coupon for a game of powerball lotto, containing the numbers 1 to 45;
“powerball selection” means the number —
(a)selected in the powerball section; or
(b)shown on the receipted ticket as the powerball selection;
“prize fund” means the fund maintained by the Powerball Bloc in accordance with the agreement referred to in rule 18 and consisting of the powerball lotto prize pool and the prize reserve fund;
“prize pool” means the prize pool referred to in rule 18(2)(a);
“prize reserve fund” means the fund referred to in rule 18(2)(b);
“receipted ticket” means a ticket that is produced and issued by an agent as a result of processing an entry coupon or as a response to an oral request for entry;
“selling period” means the period terminating at 6.00 p.m. on the day on which a powerball lotto draw takes place, or 5.00 p.m. on that day, if so determined by the Commission from time to time;
“total prize pool” means the prize pool for a powerball lotto draw, plus any jackpot from a previous draw and any amount that has been taken from the prize reserve fund under rule 25 to ensure that a guaranteed minimum division 1 prize pool can be met (if it is won);
“upper section” means the section at the top of an entry coupon for a game of powerball lotto, containing the numbers 1 to 45;
“validation period” means the period of time from a powerball lotto draw to the close of business —
(a)on the second Thursday after that draw; or
(b)if that Thursday is a public holiday, on the preceding business day before that Thursday;
“winning number” means, in relation to a powerball lotto draw, any one of the 5 numbers drawn from barrel A in that draw.
Part 2 — Requirements for entry
4.Entry coupon
The Commission must ensure that an entry coupon for powerball lotto displays —
(a)such details to facilitate entry; and
(b)such instructions to subscribers,
as the Commission considers necessary.
5.Methods of entry
(1)A person may enter powerball lotto by —
(a)filling out an entry coupon in accordance with rule 8 and —
(i)giving it to an agent; or
(ii)posting it to the Commission;
or
(b)making an oral request for entry in accordance with rule 9,
and paying the appropriate amount as set out in Schedule 1.
(2)An entry coupon or oral request for entry is invalid, and is to be rejected by an agent, if it has not been completed or made in accordance with these rules.
(3)Any money tendered with a coupon or oral request that is rejected is to be refunded to the subscriber.
6.No limit to number of entries
There is no limit on the number of entries a subscriber may make in a powerball lotto draw.
7.Super 66 entry
A subscriber entering powerball lotto in a particular week may, in conjunction with that entry, enter the super 66 draw for that week in accordance with the Lotteries Commission (Super 66) Rules 1996.
8.Completion of entry coupon
(1)To enter powerball lotto using an entry coupon, a subscriber must —
(a)select —
(i)5 numbers out of the numbers 1 to 45 in the upper section; and
(ii)one number out of the numbers 1 to 45 in the powerball section,
in each of at least 2 game boards on the entry coupon, commencing with the game board marked “1”; or
(b)select —
(i)between 3 and 20 numbers (other than 5 numbers) out of the numbers 1 to 45 in the upper section; and
(ii)one number out of the numbers 1 to 45 in the powerball section,
in one or more game boards on the entry coupon commencing with the game board marked “1”.
(2)The number selected in the powerball section of a game board may be the same as one of the numbers selected in the upper section of that game board.
(3)A subscriber who has filled out the game board marked “1” on an entry coupon in accordance with rule 8(1) may enter up to 5 further systems entries using the same coupon by selecting, in each further game board, the same number of Barrel A selections as were selected in the game board marked “1” and one powerball selection.
(4)The subscriber must also mark in the appropriate boxes on the entry coupon —
[(a)repealed]
(b)how many (if more than one) consecutive weeks the entry coupon is to be entered in powerball lotto; and
(c)whether the method of entry is a “systems” entry, being either a systems 3‑4 or a systems 6‑20, depending on the number of barrel A selections in each completed game board.
(5)An entry coupon —
(a)must be marked by hand in blue ball point pen or pencil in accordance with the instructions on that entry coupon; and
(b)must not be generated or marked by mechanical or electronic means.
(6)If a subscriber selects, in each completed game board on the entry coupon —
(a)5 barrel A selections, the resulting receipted ticket constitutes one entry (made up of up to 6 games) in powerball lotto; or
(b)between 3 and 20 barrel A selections (but not 5 numbers), the resulting receipted ticket constitutes one entry in powerball lotto for each completed game board on the entry coupon.
9.Oral request for entry
(1)To enter powerball lotto without an entry coupon, a subscriber must make an oral request to an agent stating —
(a)that the entry is for powerball lotto;
(b)whether the subscriber wishes to select —
(i)5 barrel A selections and a powerball selection; or
(ii)between 3 and 20 barrel A selections (other than 5 numbers) and a powerball selection (ie. a systems entry);
(c)if the subscriber selects 5 barrel A selections and a powerball selection, whether the subscriber wishes the entry to be entered in 12, 14, 18 or 25 games;
(d)how many (if more than one) consecutive weeks the entry is to be entered in powerball lotto.
(2)If a subscriber requests —
(a)5 barrel A selections and a powerball selection, the entry will be entered in 12, 14, 18 or 25 games as requested under subrule (1)(c); or
(b)between 3 and 20 barrel A selections (other than 5 numbers) and a powerball selection, the entry will be entered as one systems entry,
and the resulting receipted ticket constitutes one entry in powerball lotto.
10.Entry by mail
(1)In this rule —
“postal entry” means an entry coupon posted by a subscriber in accordance with rule 5(1)(a)(ii) and received by the Commission.
(2)If payment with a postal entry is tendered by cheque, the Commission is under no duty to issue a receipted ticket until that cheque has been cleared.
(3)Where the amount tendered with a postal entry is insufficient to enable the requested number of games or systems entries to be entered (but is sufficient to enter the minimum number of games), the Commission must enter the entry in the maximum number of games or systems entries that can be entered using the amount tendered, and refund any balance to the subscriber.
(4)If one or more of the game boards on a postal entry contains too many selected numbers in the upper section or the powerball section the Commission may ignore the highest selected number or numbers in that panel when producing a receipted ticket from that entry coupon.
(5)If one or more of the game boards on a postal entry contains too few selected numbers, the Commission may —
(a)ignore the game boards with too few numbers and produce a receipted ticket from the remaining game boards; or
(b)reject the entry,
and refund the balance to the subscriber.
(6)If a postal entry is bent or creased to the extent that a computer terminal will not accept or correctly read the coupon, the Commission may produce a receipted ticket that reflects the Commission’s determination of the subscriber’s intentions as shown by the entry.
(7)If a request for entry is received by the Commission by mail, together with the correct payment, but an entry coupon is not enclosed, the Commission may produce a receipted ticket that reflects the request as if it were an oral request.
(8)If a postal entry is specified as being an entry in one or more specified powerball lotto draws the Commission must —
(a)enter the entry in draw or draws requested; or
(b)if the selling period for one or more of the specified draws has passed, enter the entry in the requested number of powerball lotto draws commencing with the next powerball lotto draw for which the selling period has not finished.
(9)The Commission is not responsible for the security or loss of a receipted ticket after it has been posted.
11.Receipted tickets
(1)Where a person gives to an agent an entry coupon completed in accordance with these rules and makes the appropriate payment, the agent must use that entry coupon to generate a receipted ticket or tickets and give it or them to the subscriber.
(2)Where a person makes an oral request for entry in accordance with these rules and makes the appropriate payment, the agent must generate a receipted ticket or tickets (with randomly selected numbers generated by computer) in accordance with the subscriber’s instructions and give it or them to the subscriber.
[(3)repealed]
(4)Subject to rule 10, where a person posts an entry coupon, completed in accordance with these rules, to the Commission with the appropriate payment, the Commission must, when it receives that entry coupon, use that entry coupon to generate a receipted ticket or tickets and post it or them by ordinary mail to the subscriber at the return address accompanying the entry.
12.Surrender of receipted ticket
(1)A subscriber may surrender a receipted ticket for any reason —
(a)to the selling point at which it was purchased;
(b)on the day on which it was purchased;
(c)prior to the close of the day’s powerball lotto business for that selling point; and
(d)within the selling period for that ticket.
(2)If a subscriber surrenders a receipted ticket, the subscriber is entitled to a full refund from the agent or a further receipted ticket in exchange for the surrendered ticket.
13.Accuracy of receipted ticket
An agent who generates a receipted ticket by processing an entry form or as a result of an oral request for entry is under no duty to ensure that receipted ticket accurately reflects the entry coupon or request.
14.Validity of receipted ticket
(1)Subject to subrule (2), a receipted ticket is an acknowledgement by the Commission that it has accepted an entry, or a number of systems entries, as appearing on the ticket, in the numbered powerball lotto draw or draws shown on the ticket.
(2)Subrule (1) does not apply to a receipted ticket that —
(a)has been surrendered in accordance with rule 12;
(b)has, during the selling period prior to the relevant powerball lotto draw, been found to be invalid as a result of non‑compliance with rule 8(5)(b); or
(c)is forged or altered, or obtained as a direct result of fraud, by the subscriber or person claiming a prize.
Part 3 — General duties of Commission
15.Powerball draws to be numbered
(1)Each powerball lotto draw conducted by the Commission is to be identified with a “draw number”.
[(2)repealed]
16.Powerball lotto to be supervised
Powerball lotto is to be supervised in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State or Territory in which the draw takes place.
17.Publication of results
After each powerball lotto draw the Commission must publish, in a daily newspaper in this State —
(a)the “draw number” for that powerball lotto draw;
(b)the 5 winning numbers drawn from barrel A and the powerball number;
(c)the prize pool for each division;
(d)the amount allocated to a winning game in each division;
(e)the validation period and the date after which division 1 prizes will be paid;
(f)the amount, if any, to carry over as a jackpot to the division 1 prize pool for the next powerball lotto draw; and
(g)the total prize pool for that powerball lotto draw.
18.Powerball Bloc prize pool and prize reserve fund
(1)The Commission must contribute 60% of all subscriptions received for each powerball lotto draw to a combined Powerball Bloc prize fund in accordance with the appropriate agreement.
(2)The contribution under subrule (1) are to be divided so that —
(a)57.5% of the Commission’s subscriptions go to the Powerball Bloc prize pool; and
(b)the remaining 2.5% of the Commission’s subscriptions go to the Powerball Bloc prize reserve fund.
(3)The prize reserve fund may only be distributed as additional prize money, in such amounts and in such powerball lotto draws, as are agreed by the members of the Powerball Bloc.
Part 4 — Powerball lotto draw
19.Powerball lotto draw
A powerball lotto draw consists of the mechanical, equally random selection of —
(a)5 numbered balls from balls individually numbered from 1 to 45 inclusive from a barrel called “Barrel A”; and
(b)one numbered ball from balls individually numbered from 1 to 45 inclusive from a barrel called “the Powerball Barrel”,
in a manner and using such equipment as the Commission or the designated authority determines.
20.Criteria for powerball lotto prizes
In a powerball lotto draw the holder of a receipted ticket wins —
(a)division 1, if 5 winning numbers from barrel A and the powerball number;
(b)division 2, if 5 winning numbers from barrel A;
(c)division 3, if any 4 of the 5 winning numbers from barrel A and the powerball number;
(d)division 4, if any 3 of the 5 winning numbers from barrel A and the powerball number;
(e)division 5, if any 4 of the 5 winning numbers from barrel A;
(f)division 6, if any 2 of the 5 winning numbers from barrel A and the powerball number; or
(g)division 7, if any 3 of the winning numbers from barrel A,
are selected in the one game.
21.Only systems entry can win in more than one division
(1)The holder of a receipted ticket may claim a prize in only one division for each powerball lotto game entered with that ticket.
(2)The holder of a receipted ticket which contains a systems entry may claim a prize in one division for each notional game making up that systems entry, resulting in prizes in more than one division for that entry as set out in Schedule 3.
22.Distribution of lotto prize pool
(1)The Commission must distribute the prize pool for a powerball lotto draw as follows —
(a)division 1 — 37.5% of the prize pool;
(b)division 2 — 14.0% of the prize pool;
(c)division 3 — 6.4% of the prize pool;
(d)division 4 — 5.0% of the prize pool;
(e)division 5 — 2.8% of the prize pool;
(f)division 6 — 12.5% of the prize pool; and
(g)division 7 — 21.8% of the prize pool.
(2)The prize pool for a division is to be divided equally between the winning games in that division.
(3)The Commission may round off the individual entitlement for a prize in a division (other than division 1) to the nearest sum containing a 5 cent multiple.
(4)Where a rounding off takes place under subrule (3), the Commission may adjust the prize pool for division 1 to ensure that the whole of the prize pool for that draw is distributed.
23.Division 1 jackpot
(1)If no one claims a division 1 prize in a particular powerball lotto draw, then the division 1 prize pool for that draw (calculated without any prize reserve fund augmentation) is to be added to, and then forms part of, the division 1 prize pool for the next powerball lotto draw.
(2)If no one claims a division 1 prize for 25 consecutive powerball lotto jackpot draws (ie. a total of 26 consecutive draws), the accumulated division 1 prize pool in that 25th jackpot draw is to be added to the division 2 prize pool in that draw.
(3)If a division 1 prize pool is to be distributed to division 2 winners, the prize money is still treated as a division 1 prize for the purposes of claiming and payment of prizes.
24.Division 2 ‑ 6 prize pools may go to next lower division
If no one wins a prize in division 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 in a particular powerball lotto draw, then the prize pool for that division is to be added to the prize pool for the next lower division in which there is at least one winner in that powerball lotto draw.
25.Bonus draws and guaranteed prize pools
(1)The Commission may from time to time declare a powerball lotto draw to be a “Bonus” draw and fix a minimum guaranteed prize pool for division 1 in that draw.
(2)The Commission may add all or part of the prize reserve fund to the division 1 prize pool in a “Bonus” draw to increase the division 1 prize pool to the guaranteed amount and any amount so added forms part of that prize pool.
(3)Where a “Bonus” draw is declared under this rule, and a jackpot division 1 prize coincides with that draw, the Commission may elect to reduce the augmentation under subrule (2) by the amount of the jackpot.
(4)If —
(a)no one claims a division 1 prize in a Bonus draw; and
(b)all or part of the prize reserve fund would have to have been used to increase the division 1 prize pool to a guaranteed amount had there been a division 1 winner,
the amount of the reserve that would have been so used is to be returned to the prize reserve fund and is not to be counted when calculating the jackpot prize pool for the next powerball lotto draw.
26.Division 1 prizes
(1)To claim a division 1 prize in a powerball lotto draw the holder of a winning receipted ticket must present it at the Commission’s head office within the payout period for that draw.
(2)Subject to subrule (3), a division 1 prize in a powerball lotto draw is to be paid —
(a)by the Commission;
(b)by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Commission;
(c)after the validation period for that draw.
(3)Where a division 1 winning receipted ticket is presented to the Commission and details set out in the space provided on the receipted ticket for the prize winners details are not sufficient to establish —
(a)the identity of the prize winner;
(b)the name and address of the person to be paid; and
(c)if multiple names and addresses appear on the ticket, which of the named people is to be paid,
the Commission may —
(d)accept the claim but refuse to pay the prize until it is satisfied of the details referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c);
(e)where multiple names and addresses appear on the ticket, accept the claim and pay the prize to the person whose name appears first; or
(f)reject the claim.
(4)In order to satisfy itself of the details referred to in subrule (3)(a), (b) and (c), the Commission may request a statutory declaration containing such information as it may require as to the identity of the prize winner and person to be paid.
(5)Where the holder of a receipted ticket wins a division 1 prize in a powerball lotto draw and one or more other prizes on the same ticket, none of those prizes are to be paid until after the validation period for that draw.
27.Division 2 prizes
(1)To claim a division 2 prize in a powerball lotto draw the holder of a winning receipted ticket must present it to the Commission or an authorised payout centre within the payout period for that draw.
(2)A division 2 prize is to be paid —
(a)by the Commission or an authorised payout centre;
(b)by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Commission;
(c)to the holder of the winning receipted ticket; and
(d)after the receipted ticket is presented to the Commission or authorised payout centre.
28.Division 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 prizes
(1)To claim a division 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 prize in a powerball lotto draw the holder of a winning receipted ticket must present it to an agent within the payout period for that draw.
(2)A division 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 prize is to be paid to the holder of the winning receipted ticket —
(a)if it is $500 or less —
(i)by the Commission, an authorised payout centre or any other agent;
(ii)in cash or in any other manner determined by the Commission; and
(iii)after the receipted ticket is presented to the Commission, authorised payout centre or agent;
or
(b)if it is more than $500 —
(i)by the Commission, an authorised payout centre or an agent who has been authorised by the Commission to pay prizes over $500;
(ii)by cheque or in any other manner determined by the Commission; and
(iii)after the receipted ticket is presented to the Commission, authorised payout centre or authorised agent.
29.Commission may require a statutory declaration
(1)Before paying any prize the Commission may require the holder of a receipted ticket to complete a statutory declaration stating that the person has not, or is not to that person’s knowledge part of a syndicate which has, acted in a manner contrary to the Act or these rules in relation to a receipted ticket.
(2)If the holder of a receipted ticket refuses or fails to provide a statutory declaration when required to do so, the Commission may refuse to pay a prize to that person.
30.Publication of names and addresses of prize winners
The Commission may publish the name and address of any prize recipient unless the back of the winning receipted ticket is marked to indicate that the person’s name and address is not for publication.
31.Player Registration Service
(1)A “Player Registration Service” (PRS) number —
(a)is a number which may be printed on a receipted ticket, corresponding to a name and address to which an unclaimed prize won by that ticket can be sent; and
(b)is valid for 2 years from the date of issue.
(2)An agent must issue a PRS number to a subscriber on receipt of —
(a)a request from the subscriber including the subscriber’s name and address; and
(b)payment of $5.00.
(3)A person who presents a winning receipted ticket that is endorsed with a PRS number, within 5 weeks of the relevant draw, will be paid in accordance with these rules, unless —
(a)the Commission has been notified that the particular ticket has been lost or stolen, in time to set up appropriate monitoring or cancellation processes; or
(b)the Commission requests verification of ownership or identity at the time of presentation, by means of a statutory declaration, and that verification is not provided.
(4)The prize entitlement of a winning receipted ticket that —
(a)is endorsed with a PRS number; and
(b)is not claimed, or paid, within 5 weeks of the relevant draw,
will be paid in a manner determined by the Commission to the person named, and at the address recorded, in the PRS.
(5)Payment of a prize entitlement under subrule (3) or (4) discharges the liability of the Commission in relation to any particular winning receipted ticket that is endorsed with a PRS number, and registration by a subscriber with the Player Registration Service does not entitle the subscriber to claim a prize from the Commission that has already been paid.
Part 5 — Miscellaneous
32.Instructions
(1)The subscriber, the holder of a receipted ticket and any other person claiming a prize should follow the instructions on any entry coupon used, and on the back of the receipted ticket.
(2)If there is an inconsistency between the instructions on an entry coupon or receipted ticket and these rules, these rules prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
33.Rules to be made available
(1)A copy of these rules must be kept at every selling point and must be made available for public inspection on request.
(2)The Commission may also publicize these rules, and any amendment to them, in any other manner it thinks fit.
34.Decisions of Commission final
A decision or determination of the Commission in relation to a powerball lotto draw or an entry in powerball lotto and the declaration and payment of prizes under these rules is final and binding on subscribers, the holders of receipted tickets and any other person claiming a prize in a powerball lotto draw.
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