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Gambling Act 2003

Institutions - New Zealand Lotteries Commission - Operation of New Zealand lotteries

251: Official result

You could also call this:

"The official result is the correct lottery winning numbers announced by the Lotteries Commission."

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When a New Zealand lottery is drawn, the Lotteries Commission must check the result to make sure it is correct. They do this by following a procedure that they have agreed on with the Department and the Auditor-General. After they have checked the result, they announce or display the official result in a way that follows the rules for that type of lottery.

You can only hear the official result from the Lotteries Commission or from a broadcaster they have a contract with. If someone else tells you the result before the official announcement, they are not supposed to do that.

If someone breaks this rule, they can get in trouble and have to pay a fine of up to $200. The official result is the result of the lottery draw that is done according to the law.

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Part 3Institutions
New Zealand Lotteries Commission: Operation of New Zealand lotteries

251Official result

  1. Immediately after the drawing of any New Zealand lottery, the Lotteries Commission must—

  2. carry out any procedure for verification of the result for the time being agreed by the Commission, the Department, and the Auditor-General; and
    1. announce or display the official result in accordance with the rules for the type of New Zealand lottery to which the drawing relates.

      1. No person, other than a broadcaster with whom the Lotteries Commission specifically contracts for the purpose, may publish or broadcast the announced results of a New Zealand lottery before the official result is announced or displayed under subsection (1)(b).

      2. A person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $200.

      3. In this section, official result means the result of drawing a New Zealand lottery under this Act.

      Compare
      • 1977 No 84 s 98
      Notes
      • Section 251(3): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).