“2A Application

• “(1) These rules apply to Big Wednesday tickets, whether they are issued in printed form by a terminal or purchased electronically.

  “(2) For the purpose of enabling Big Wednesday tickets to be purchased electronically, these rules apply subject to all necessary modifications.

  “(3) Despite subclause (2),—

  • “(a) a reference in these rules to any act done electronically or anything in an electronic form must be read only as a reference to Big Wednesday tickets being purchased electronically; and

  • “(b) an act that is described in these rules as being done electronically must be done in accordance with any additional instructions provided by the Commission, including any terms and conditions governing the use of the Commission's Internet site for the purchase of those tickets electronically.”

“coupon, in relation to Big Wednesday, means a coupon provided by the Commission in printed form or by electronic means that contains at least 1 board for use in making a player selection”.

“electronic includes electrical, digital, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, biometric, and photonic

“purchased electronically, in relation to a ticket,—

• “(a) means purchased from the Commission by electronic means; but

• “(b) does not include a purchase made from any other retailer or a purchase made by post or other delivery service”.

“ticket means a ticket that—

• “(a) records selections, the game number or numbers, cost, and other information as determined by the Commission; and

• “(b) is either issued in printed form by a terminal or purchased electronically”.

• “(1) For a ticket issued in printed form by a terminal, a selection is made by a player marking, by hand, boxes on a board on a coupon constituting the player’s—

  • “(a) numbers selection; and

  • “(b) letter selection.”

“7A General selection requirements for tickets purchased electronically

• “(1) For a ticket purchased electronically, a selection is made by a player making a selection electronically on a coupon.

  “(2) A player may electronically submit a coupon completed in accordance with this rule to electronically purchase a ticket recording the player selections made on the coupon.”

“8 Making selection

• A player makes a selection by—

  • “(a) marking or selecting electronically 6 boxes that constitute the player's numbers selection; and

  • “(b) marking or selecting electronically a letter selection on the same board on which the numbers selection has been made.”

• “(1) The Commission is not required to, but may, in the case of a ticket issued in printed form by a terminal or a ticket purchased electronically, or in both cases, permit players to make their selections by means of 1 or more systems for a combo selection.”

• “(1) If a player requests or selects a dip selection,—

  • “(a) the retailer (without requiring a coupon) may, through the terminal, issue a ticket that has recorded on it the dip selection; or

  • “(b) a ticket may be issued electronically that has recorded on it the dip selection.

• “(2) For the purposes of this rule, a player may make a letter selection in conjunction with a numbers selection (made in accordance with subclause (1)) by—

  • “(a) advising the retailer, when making a dip selection,—

    • “(i) of the player’s letter selection; or

    • “(ii) that the player wants the Commission’s computer system to randomly choose the player’s letter selection; or

  • “(b) doing either of the following:

    • “(i) selecting electronically a letter selection; or

    • “(ii) indicating electronically that the player wants the Commission’s computer system to randomly choose the player’s letter selection.”

“11A Application of rules 12 to 18

• “(1) Rules 12 to 18 apply to a ticket issued in printed form by a terminal, but only rules 12, 14(1) and (3), and 16 apply to a ticket purchased electronically.

  “(2) To avoid doubt and for the purposes of rule 13, a ticket purchased electronically cannot be cancelled.”

• “(1) It is the sole responsibility of a player to verify that the selections recorded or displayed on the player’s ticket correspond with those that the player made or requested and that the game number and date of drawing are correct, either, as the case may be,—

  • “(a) by checking the ticket issued in printed form by a terminal; or

  • “(b) before confirming the purchase of the ticket electronically.”

“38 Ticket validation requirements

• “(1) In addition to any other requirements in these rules, the requirements in subclause (2) or, as the case may be, subclause (3) apply before a ticket is regarded as a valid prize winning ticket.

  “(2) For a ticket issued in printed form by a terminal,—

  • “(a) the ticket must include 1 or more selections that are winning selections:

  • “(b) the ticket must have been issued on behalf of the Commission by a retailer through a terminal in the authorised manner:

  • “(c) the ticket must be intact and must not be mutilated, altered, unreadable, reconstituted, or tampered with in any manner:

  • “(d) the information recorded on the ticket must correspond with the Commission’s computer record of prize winning tickets:

  • “(e) each number and letter on the ticket, whether a numbers selection or a letter selection, game number, or otherwise must be fully legible:

  • “(f) the ticket must not be defectively printed or produced in error to an extent that it cannot be processed by the Commission or any other retailer:

  • “(g) the ticket must not be false, counterfeit, or cancelled:

  • “(h) the ticket must not appear on the Commission’s computer record of cancelled tickets:

  • “(i) all information appearing on the ticket must appear in the Commission’s official computer record of winning tickets, and a prize must not have already been paid in relation to another ticket with identical data:

  • “(j) the ticket must pass all additional confidential validation tests and security criteria established by the Commission:

  • “(k) the ticket must not have been issued in return for a machine-completed coupon.

  “(3) For a ticket purchased electronically,—

  • “(a) the ticket must include 1 or more selections that are winning selections:

  • “(b) the information recorded on the ticket must correspond with the Commission’s computer record of prize winning tickets:

  • “(c) the ticket must not be false or counterfeit:

  • “(d) the ticket must not appear on the Commission’s computer record of cancelled tickets:

  • “(e) all information appearing on the ticket must appear in the Commission’s official computer record of winning tickets, and a prize must not have already been paid in relation to another ticket with identical data:

  • “(f) the ticket must pass all additional confidential validation tests and security criteria established by the Commission.”

“40A Prizes won through tickets purchased electronically

• “(1) Despite anything in this Part, the following provisions apply to all prizes won through tickets purchased electronically:

  • “(a) prizes cannot be claimed from a retailer:

  • “(b) monetary prizes will be credited to the purchaser:

  • “(c) the purchaser must comply with the Commission’s terms and conditions for prizes:

  • “(d) non-monetary prizes will be delivered to the purchaser’s nominated address.

  “(2) Rule 43 does not apply to prizes won through tickets purchased electronically, but the rest of the rules in this Part apply to those prizes.”

• “(4) For a ticket purchased electronically, if, for any reason, a drawing for Big Wednesday to which a multi-draw selection relates is not held, the player is entitled to a refund equal to the cost of his or her selections for each game for which a drawing was not held.”