Definitions

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "agent" means the main stockist and includes an individual, a partnership firm, an association or group of individuals or a company registered under the law relating to registration of companies entrusted with the responsibility of sale of lottery tickets on agency basis;
2. (b) "lottery" means a scheme for distribution of prizes by lot or chance to those persons participating in the chances of a prize by purchasing ticket;
3. (c) "private lottery" means a lottery run by private individuals or Associations or firms to whom any authority may have given permission to run such lottery;
4. (d) "single digit lottery" means a scheme for distribution of prizes on the last single digit of a lottery ticket number for which prizes offered are more than the actual cost of the ticket;
5. (e) "ticket" in relation to any lottery or proposed lottery, includes any document evidencing the claim of a person to participate in the chances of a lottery.