Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Conditional exemption for lotteries promoted as incidental to other entertainment
Any public lottery promoted as an incident of any fair, dance, dinner, sporting or athletic event or other entertainment of a similar character shall be exempted from the provisions of the Act if the following conditions are complied with:
the lottery is incidental to admission to the entertainment and participation in the lottery is limited to those attending;
participation in the lottery shall not be the sole or substantial inducement to persons to attend the entertainment and there shall be no payment for participating in the lottery additional to the payment for attendance at the entertainment;
where the entertainment extends over a period of more than 7 hours, the prizes shall be stated in the lottery tickets;
the lottery does not involve the use of any game, method, device, scheme or competition declared by the Minister under section 2(3) of the Act;
the lottery does not involve the use of any instrument or appliance for gaming declared by the Minister under section 2(4) of the Act; and
where the entertainment extends over a period of not more than 7 hours, the results of the lottery shall be declared on the premises and where the entertainment extends over a period of more than 7 hours, the results shall be published in a newspaper within 7 days following the termination of the entertainment.