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To view any forms or fact sheets associated with lotteries, simply select the appropriate link.

Art unions - fundraising lotteries with a total prize value greater than $25,000. An authorising permit is required.
Break-open or scratch lotteries - a no-draw lottery in which the ticket contains a hidden symbol or a number of hidden symbols which may be exposed by removing or scratching a covering of paper or other opaque material (similar to scratch lottery tickets).
Conduct of interstate lotteries – gives guidance to persons and organisations wanting to further the conduct of an interstate-based lottery in New South Wales.
Draw lotteries (refer Raffles) - if total prize value does not exceed $25,000, or art unions, if total prize value exceeds $25,000
Football doubles - a lottery in which the ticket contains hidden numbers - the winner is determined by the ticket holder’s numbers corresponding with the football jersey numbers of the scorers of the first two try scorers in a particular football match - similar to no-draw lotteries.

Variations: Football Triples, Points Margin and Final Score.

Football tipping competitions (refer Tipping competitions)
Free lotteries (refer Trade promotion lotteries or Gratuitous lotteries )
Gratuitous lotteries - gives information about gratuitous (free-entry) lotteries. These types of lotteries are normally conducted in conjunction with fundraising activities and events (eg. by attending a particular function a prize is drawn for the person occupying a particular seat or holding a particular numbered invitation or ticket). Not to be confused with Trade Promotion Lotteries.
Guessing competitions (refer Raffles)
Hundred clubs (refer Progressive lotteries)
Lotto-style lotteries (refer No-draw lotteries)
Lucky door, lucky seat prizes (refer Gratuitous lotteries)
Mini-numbers - a lottery is which subscribers choose a smaller set of numbers from a larger set of numbers with the chance of winning prizes. Similar to the game of Lotto.
No-draw lotteries - also called break-open or scratch lotteries, a no-draw lottery is a lottery in which the ticket contains a hidden symbol or a number of hidden symbols that may be exposed by removing or scratching a covering of paper or other opaque material. Similar to NSW scratch lottery tickets.
Progressive Lotteries - gives information about lotteries or games of chance in which a number of draws may be conducted on various dates over a stipulated period of time. The most common types of progressive lotteries are 'hundred clubs' and 'silver circles'.
Promotional Raffles in registered clubs - raffles organised on the basis that minimal or no-profit is received from the sale of tickets. Can only be conducted on the premises of a registered club under the Registered Clubs Act 1976.
Raffles - fundraising lotteries with a total prize value not exceeding $25,000.
Scratch Lotteries - a no-draw lottery in which the ticket contains a hidden symbol or a number of hidden symbols that may be exposed by removing or scratching a covering of paper or other opaque material. Similar to NSW scratch lottery tickets.
Silver Circles (refer Progressive lotteries)
Sports tipping competitions (refer Tipping competitions)
Tipping Competitions - this fact sheet features information about tipping competitions. With a tipping competition, a participant predicts or forecasts the outcome or results of a sporting or other contingency, where points are awarded for successful predictions. The prize pool is distributed to the people who accumulate the most number of points over a stipulated period.
- Further reading: tipping comp helpful hints.
Trade Promotion Lotteries PDF 1.25MB (or Trade Competitions) - a free-entry lottery conducted by a business to promote its products or services.