1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Lotteries Regulations 1969	Citation
2. In these Regulations- "agent" means a person appointed by the Board and who has entered into an agreement with the Board to purchase for sale a stipulated number of tickets for each lottery during the period of the agreement; "vendor" means a person registered to sell lottery tickets with an agent.	Definitions
3. A lottery shall be held at such time as the Board may appoint and the lottery shall be drawn on the date stated on the tickets but the Board may, if it thinks fit, direct that the lottery be drawn at any time thereafter.	Board to appoint times for holding of Lottery.
4. The Board shall appoint agents to sell lottery tickets	Board to appoint agents.
5. Each Agent shall be allowed a discount of seventeen percent of the value of the ticket purchased.	Agent allowed seventeen Percent discount.
6. (1) Each agent shall keep and maintain a register of the names and addresses of vendors who obtain tickets from him for resale.     (2) The register shall be kept in such a manner and for such period as the Board may direct.	Agent to keep register of Vendors.
7. Where an agent sells tickets to a vendor, the agent shall give to the vendor a receipt stating the number of tickets so sold and the serial numbers of the tickets.	Agent to give receipt to vendor.
8. On obtaining tickets for resale from an agent with whom he is registered a vendor shall be allowed a discount of not less than eleven percent of the value of the tickets.	Vendor allowed eleven percent discount.
9. An agent may terminate his agreement with the Board by giving the Board two months notice thereof.	Agent to give Board two months notice.
10. On the termination of the agency and on the satisfactory settlement of his account with the Board, an agent shall be absolved from all obligations stated in the agreement with the Board.	Termination of Agency.
11. Regulations 6 to 10 shall be implied terms of every agreement for the purchase of tickets entered into by an agent with the Board. An agent who is in breach of any term of his agreement may have his agreement terminated forthwith and his bond forfeited.	Implied terms in agreement.
12. Before any lottery is drawn, the Board shall cause to be published in the Gazette and in at least one daily newspaper circulation in Trinidad and Tobago-   (a) The date, the time when and the place where the draw will take place;   (b) The number and the price of tickets issued by the board for sale in respect of the lottery, and any other particulars concerning the tickets which it may consider to publish.   (c) The number and value of the prizes apportioned to the lottery and the place where and the hours during which payment of prizes may be claimed.	Notice of draw
13. There shall be specified on every ticket-   (a) The date and the number or other description of the draw lottery for which the ticket is issued;   (b) The serial number and price of the Ticket;   (c) The number and value of the prizes apportioned to the lottery for which tickets are issued including sellers' prizes referred to in Regulation 18.	Particulars to specified on tickets
14. (1) Subject to this regulation, a lottery shall be drawn as follows:   (a) Members present at a draw shall before the commencement of the draw elect one of their members to preside at the draw;   (b) Where only one member is present at a Draw, he shall preside;   (c) Where no member is present at a draw, The Director of the National Lottery Shall preside and, in the absence of the Director, the Deputy. (2) The person presiding at the draw shall-   (a) Put or cause to be out in motion the machine or other contrivance approved by the Board for drawing the numbers of the winning tickets;   (b) Declare the numbers of the winning tickets so drawn and in the event of the same number being drawn more than once at a draw declare the second or subsequent draw of the number null and void;   (c) In the event of a breakdown or other difficulty occurring in the operation of the machine or contrivance, direct that the drawing of the numbers of the tickets then remaining to be drawn be postponed until he is satisfied that the draw can be resumed without difficulty. (3) If at the time when a draw is postponed under sub-regulation (2) (c), one or more, but not all, of the digits necessary to determine the number of a winning ticket has been drawn, the number of that ticket shall, when the draw is resumed, be drawn afresh as to all its digits, and the digit of the draw shall be disregarded. (4) For the purpose of witnessing a draw of a lottery, the public shall be admitted to the premises upon which a lottery is being or is about to be drawn, is liable on summary conviction to a fine of seventy- five dollars or to imprisonment for month. (5) Any person who obstructs or impedes the drawing of a lottery or creates any disturbances on or near the premises on which a lottery is being or is about to be drawn, is liable on summary conviction to a fine seventy-five dollars or to imprisonment for one month.	Procedure at draw
15. The Board shall cause the numbers of the winning tickets drawn in every lottery to be published in the Gazette and in at least one daily newspaper circulating in Trinidad and Tobago as soon as practicable after the lottery has been drawn.	Result of Draw to be published.
16. Prizes shall be paid by the Board in respect of winning Tickets in a lottery in accordance with the following Provisions:   (a) Payment shall be claimed by presenting and delivering up the ticket in respect of which the claim is made at the place and during the hours appointed for the purpose in the notice published in accordance with Regulation 13;   (b) Payment shall be claimed within one year after the day of the draw at which the ticket in respect of which the claim is made was declared a winning ticket;   (c) Payment shall be made to the person who presents the ticket for the payment of the prize won by that ticket and the payment shall absolutely discharge the Board, its servants and agents of liability for payment of that prize.	Payment of Prizes
17. The seller's prize shall be paid to the agent or vendor who sells any of the winning tickets on which sellers; prizes are payable. In determining the person to whom the sellers' prize should be paid, the agent concerned shall be required to notify the Board in writing, whether the ticket for which the sellers' prize is payable was sold by him or by a vendor, the vendor is entitled to claim the prize by presenting a bona fide receipt from the agent. The records of the Board shall be used to verify the information submitted by the agent before payment is made. If the ticket was sold by the agent himself, he is entitled to the seller's prize.
18. The Board shall employ such system of accounting as the Auditor General may approve.	Auditor General to approve accounting system.