Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Non‑commercial organisation lotteries
Subregulation 1
A non‑commercial organisation which provides a remote gambling service for individuals to participate in a non‑commercial organisation lottery by the use of remote communication is exempt from sections 10, 11, 12 and 13 of the Act.
Subregulation 2
A lottery is a non-commercial organisation lottery if —
it is a public lottery promoted wholly by a non‑commercial organisation for any of the purposes for which that organisation is conducted;
the non‑commercial organisation keeps a record of the name and address of every individual to whom is given a right in respect of membership of the class among whom prizes in that lottery are to be allocated;
every individual who is a member of the class of persons for the allocation of prizes in the lottery is issued with a receipt conferring or proving that right;
the price (if any) payable to participate in the lottery —
must be shown on the receipt required by sub‑paragraph (c) to be issued to the purchaser; and
must be paid in full to the non‑commercial organisation before any receipt is issued to the individual or any right is given to the individual in respect of membership of the class among whom prizes in that lottery are to be allocated;
every receipt required by sub‑paragraph (c) to be issued must contain all of the following information:
the name, address and other information to identify the non‑commercial organisation;
the details of the prizes;
the date and time of the draw (or each draw) or the means by which the date and time of the draw (or each draw) of the lottery can be ascertained;
the details of arrangements for any prize which is not won, or which is left unclaimed for more than 2 months, or the means by which those details may be ascertained;
the arrangements for the lottery do not include a roll‑over;
a draw in the lottery must not take place during a period of 12 months after another public lottery has been promoted (whether by way of provision of a remote gambling service or otherwise) by the same non-commercial organisation;
no person who performs any of the activities in section 5(4) of the Act in connection with providing a remote gambling service for individuals to participate in the lottery is a person in the business of providing a remote gambling service;
in the case of a non‑commercial organisation that is neither a charity nor institution of a public character, all of the net proceeds of the lottery must be applied to a purpose for which that non‑commercial organisation is conducted; and
the standard conditions are satisfied in relation to that lottery.
Subregulation 3
For the purposes of sub‑paragraph (2)(i), the net proceeds of a public lottery means —
the total sums payable to participate in the public lottery; less(b)the amounts deducted in respect of costs reasonably incurred by the non‑commercial organisation in providing a remote gambling service for individuals to participate in a public lottery by the use of remote communication, which in no case may exceed 30% of the sums in sub‑paragraph (a).