National Gambling Act, 2004 (Act No. 7 of 2004)Chapter 2 : National Gambling PolicyPart A : Gambling activities6. Pay-out and opportunity to play further game |
| 1) | Subject to subsection (2), a pay-out is any money, merchandise, property, a cheque, credit, electronic credit, a debit, a token, a ticket or anything else of value won by a player- |
| a) | whether as a result of the skill of the player or operator, the application of the element of chance, or both; and |
| b) | regardless how the pay-out is made. |
| 2) | Neither of the following is a pay-out: |
| a) | An opportunity to play a further game; or |
| b) | a prize given to a participant or team of participants in a sporting event in respect of the participant’s or team’s performance in that event. |
| 3) | The result of a gambling game- |
| a) | is an opportunity to play a further game if the player is afforded the opportunity to continue without interruption playing the type of game- |
| i) | in respect of which the opportunity was won; and |
| ii) | on the machine on which the opportunity was won; but |
| b) | is not an opportunity to play a further game if the opportunity can in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, be- |
| i) | distributed or transferred to the person who has won such an opportunity or to any other person, or |
| ii) | converted into money, property, a cheque, credit or any other thing of value; or |
| iii) | converted in terms of any scheme, arrangement, system, plan or device prescribed in terms of subsection (4). |
| 4) | The Minister may by regulation made in accordance with section 87 declare- |
| a) | that any scheme, arrangement, system or plan is not an opportunity to play a further game; or |
| b) | that any particular game that is substantially similar to bingo, as described in section 1, is bingo. |