New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
Reprint as at 8 September 2011
(SR 2005/273)
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
These rules are administered by the New Zealand Lotteries Commission.
Pursuant to section 243 of the Gambling Act 2003, the Minister of Internal Affairs approves the Big Wednesday Rules 2005, as set out in the Schedule, which were made by the New Zealand Lotteries Commission on 6 September 2005.
| Schedule Big Wednesday Rules 2005 |
Pursuant to section 243 of the Gambling Act 2003, the New Zealand Lotteries Commission makes the following rules.
6 Commission may require minimum number of selections
7 General selection requirements for tickets issued in printed form by terminal
7A General selection requirements for tickets purchased electronically
11 Player may select cover option for each numbers selection
11A Application of rules 12 to 18
17 Selection by post or other delivery service
Part 2
Drawings and prize divisions
20 Selection of winning numbers and winning letter
21 Amount of prize pool for game
22 Prize divisions and allocation of prize pool
Jackpots for division 1 and division 2
23 General provisions relating to jackpots
24 Jackpots for division 1 prize pool
25 Jackpots for division 2 prize pool
26 Reallocation of prize pool if no winning selection on specified Big Wednesday date
27 One winning selection in division 1
28 Two or more winning selections in division 1
Prize allocation: Other divisions
29 More than 1 winning selection in other prize divisions
30 Reallocation of prize pool if no winning selection in divisions below division 2
31 No more than 1 prize for each winning selection
Part 3
Payment of prizes and ticket validation requirements
36 Determination of prize claims
37 Further provisions relating to determination of prize claims
38 Ticket validation requirements
39 Certain syndicate tickets invalid
40 Consequences of ticket being invalid
40A Prizes won through tickets purchased electronically
44 Payment of prizes of more than $1,000
Part 5
Withdrawal of Big Wednesday
46 Commission may withdraw Big Wednesday
47 Public announcement of withdrawal
48 Effect on advance game entries and multi-draw selections
49 Payment into prize reserve fund
Part 6
Miscellaneous provisions
50 Limitation on Commission's liability
