N O T I C E
Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission
Prize Competitions
The Betting Gaming &
Lotteries Commission wishes to advise the public that effective September 10, 2001, all applications to conduct prize competitions
should be submitted to the Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission at least twenty-one (21) days prior to any advertisement of the competition.
Applicants must submit details of each competition including at least the
following: -
1.
Name of Competition
2.
Commencement date of Competition
3.
Final Date of Competition
4.
Rules
5.
Method of selection of winner/s
6.
Date/s of selection
7.
Details of prize/s
8.
Copy of promotional advertisement (Flyers, Newspaper, Radio and
Television publications)
Applications
should be submitted to:
Director of Gaming & Lotteries
Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission
Bldg #2,17 Ruthven Road
Kingston 10.
Approvals,
if granted, will include requirements that the names of prizewinners are to be
published and evidence of proof of the payment of prizes is to be submitted to
the Commission, which will reserve the right to observe the selection of
prizewinners.
Promoters
who are granted approval will be required to include the following statement in
at least one medium that is used to advertise the promotion “Authorized by Order under the Betting Gaming and
Lotteries Act”.
BETTING GAMING & LOTTERIES COMMISSION
AUGUST 31, ,2001
N O T I C E
Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission
Gaming Machines
Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Betting Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Act, 2000 which came into effect 19th July, 2000, the Betting, Gaming & Lotteries Commission (the Commission) is the only Authority empowered to grant licences for and to regulate the operations of gaming machines in any prescribed premises in Jamaica.
Gaming Machine Operators must apply to the Commission for licences to operate any such machines using the Application Forms provided by the Commission. Completed Applications Forms must be submitted to the Commission along with receipts evidencing payments of the Annual Levy required by the Act.
An Annual Levy in the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) per machine is due and payable by each operator to the Collector of Taxes on the 1st day of April each year.
Additionally,
the payment of the following fees by the licencees must be made to the
Commission: -
(i)
A licence fee of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) in
respect of each gaming machine specified in the licence, payable on the grant of
a licence.
(ii) A fee of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) to cover the provision by the Commission of an identification disc in respect of each gaming machine specified in the licence.
Every Gaming Machine Licence granted by the Commission shall be valid for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of issue and may be renewed not less than twenty-one (21) days before expiration.
Owners or Operators of premises on which gaming machines are operated without licence, in default of the provisions of the Act will be liable to punishment by fine and/or imprisonment upon conviction.
Applications
Forms and further information if needed are available at the offices of the: -
BETTING,
GAMING & LOTTERIES COMMISSION
17 RUTHVEN
ROAD
KINGSTON
10
Telephone
: 960-1549/960-7279/960-7280
Fax : 968-8929/754-3317
E-Mail: bglc@cwjamaica.com
.
Note that
Application Forms may also be obtained at the various offices of Collector of
Taxes in each parish.
BETTING
GAMING & LOTTERIES COMMISSION
25/9/2000