Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Estate Duties appointed under the Estate Duty Act [Cap. 96], and includes a Deputy Commissioner of Estate Duties appointed under that Act;“fruit machine” means any coin or disc operated machine by the manipulation of which chances are given of obtaining prizes in money, and includes a jackpot machine;“lottery” means any game, method, scheme or device whereby money or money’s worth is distributed or allotted in any manner depending upon or to be determined by chance or lot, whether the same is held, drawn, exercised or managed either in whole or in part within or outside Singapore;“private lottery” means a lottery which is confined to members of one society established and conducted for purposes not connected with gaming, wagering or lotteries;“promoter”, in the case of a lottery promoted by a society, means the individual who, or the secretary (or similar official) of the society which, promotes the lottery, and in the case of a lottery promoted, held, drawn or managed outside Singapore, the principal official of the local or affiliated branch or section of the society;“society” includes a club, institution, organisation or other association or body of persons by whatever name called, and each local or affiliated branch or section of a society shall be regarded as a separate and distinct society;“ticket”, in relation to any lottery or proposed lottery, includes any document evidencing the claim of a person to participate in the chances of a lottery.