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Classes of Gambling
The Gambling Act classifies gambling based on the amount of money gambled and the risk of problem gambling associated with the activity. The Act also defines Private Gambling.
Class 1 and 2 Gambling
- No commission is offered or paid to, or received by a person for conducting the gambling
- No remuneration is offered or paid to, or received by a person for conducting the gambling, except a caller of housie or an authorised representative of a society
- The gambling activity must comply with the relevant game rules
- The gambling does not use a gaming machine.
Class 1
- Prizes or potential turnover* for one session does not exceed $500
- If the gambling activity is run by individuals (e.g. office sweepstakes), all the profit (ticket sales less any actual and necessary expenses) must be used for the prizes
- If the gambling activity is run by a society the proceeds must be applied to authorised purposes (link to gambling proceeds info)
- Does not need a licence
- The gambling activity must follow the relevant game rules.
Class 2
- Prizes for one session do not exceed $5000. Potential turnover* in one session does not exceed $25,000
- Must only be run by a society
- The proceeds must be applied to authorised purposes (link to gambling proceeds info)
- Consumer information must be clearly described at the point of sale (e.g. the name of the society, the authorised purposes, the number of tickets, the closing date for entries, the prizes and when and how any draw will be made)
- Does not need a licence
- The gambling activity must follow the relevant game rules.
*For a lottery potential turnover is the number of tickets printed times the cost of a single ticket
Class 3
- The total value of all the prizes exceeds $5,000
- May only be run by a society (and in the case of regular gambling such as housie, must be run by a corporate society)
- The gambling activity must comply with the relevant game rules
- Does not use a gaming machine
- The Department of Internal Affairs must be satisfied that the activity is financially viable and the costs will be minimised and returns to the community maximised
- Must have a licence.
Class 4
- Any activity that involves the use of a gaming machine outside a casino
- May be run only by a corporate society and only to raise money for authorised purposes.
Private GamblingPrivate gambling is not a 'Class' of gambling. It is not covered by the 2004 game rules for each specific type of activity. However, it must comply with the definition in the Act or it will become illegal gambling and participants will be subject to the possibility of prosecution.
Private gambling is gambling by persons at a private residence where:
- All the stake placed is distributed as a reward to the winners
- The gambling is, primarily, a social event or entertainment
- No remuneration, commission, or reward is paid to, or received by, a person for conducting the gambling
- Persons who do not live at the residence are not induced, formally or informally to participate in the gambling by advertisement, notice, or other means
- If the gambling involves playing or staking against a person who has the role of ‘bank’, that role passes from one person to another by chance or by regular rotation among all without charge or other conditions
- All participants have an equal chance of winning
- No person other than a participant has a chance of winning
- No one pays for admission, directly or indirectly
- There are no deductions of any kind from a participant’s stakes or winnings.
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