Hong Kong Ordinances

BETTING DUTY ORDINANCE - SECT 6X

Authorization of lotteries

Division 4—Lotteries

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary may, by issuing a licence to a
company, authorize the company to conduct lotteries.

(2) The Secretary shall not issue the licence to a company unless the
Secretary is satisfied that the company, and all the directors,
principal officers and controllers of the company, are fit and proper persons
for the purpose of this section.

(3) The term for which the licence is issued shall be specified in the
licence.

(4) Issuance of the licence to a company is subject to the conditions that the
company—

   (a)  shall not accept, or authorize any person to accept, bets from
        juveniles;

   (b)  shall not accept bets in any premises to which juveniles are permitted
        to have access;

   (c)  shall not entertain claims by juveniles for prizes;

   (d)  shall not advertise the conduct of lotteries on television or radio
        between the hours of 4.30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. on any day;

   (e)  shall not, in conducting any advertising or promotional activity—

        (i)    target juveniles;

        (ii)   exaggerate the likelihood of winning; or

        (iii)  expressly or impliedly suggest that betting on lotteries is a
               source of income or a viable way to overcome financial
               difficulties;

   (f)  shall not accept bets on credit, or accept credit cards as a means of
        payment for placing bets; and

   (g)  shall conspicuously display and keep displayed notices that comply
        with subsection (6)—

        (i)    in any premises where the company accepts bets; and

        (ii)   on any web site through which the company accepts bets.

(5) Issuance of the licence is also subject to such conditions as the
Secretary may think fit to impose, including but not limited to conditions
relating to—

   (a)  the types of lotteries that may be conducted;

   (b)  the manner in which lotteries may be drawn;

   (c)  the manner in which the results of lotteries may be announced; and

   (d)  the provision of information to the Secretary.

(6) Any notice referred to in subsection (4)(g) shall—

   (a)  contain a warning of the seriousness of the problems caused by
        excessive gambling; and

   (b)  provide information on the services and facilities available in Hong
        Kong to problem gamblers and pathological gamblers. (Part 3 added 29
        of 2003 s. 14)