CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to promote the healthy development of lottery business by prescribing matters concerning the issuance, management and sale of lottery tickets, and to contribute to the promotion of welfare of citizens through the reasonable distribution and transparent use of the proceeds from lottery tickets.
[This Article Wholly Amended on Mar. 30, 2011]
Article 2(Definitions) #
The terms used in this Act are defined as follows: <Amended on Mar. 29, 2016>
1. The term "lottery ticket" means any of the following which are issued to raise money from a large number of people and pay prize to winners determined by methods such as the drawing of lots, etc.:
a. Printed raffle ticket: Raffle numbers are pre-printed on the raffle ticket, and the winning numbers are determined by drawing;
b. Printed instant lottery ticket: The method of drawing the winning numbers is pre-determined and printed on the ticket, and the lottery results are ascertainable immediately after an end consumer purchases it;
c. Electronic raffle ticket: A lottery ticket in electronic form is issued and sold through the information and communications network (hereinafter referred to as "information and communications network") defined in Article 2(1)1 of the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection, and raffle numbers are pre-printed on the ticket, or the winning numbers are determined by drawing after an end consumer selects numbers;
d. Electronic instant lottery ticket: A lottery ticket in electronic form is issued and sold through the information and communications network, and the method of drawing the winning numbers is pre-determined and indicated on the ticket, and the lottery results are ascertainable immediately after an end consumer purchases it;
e. Lottery tickets the winning number of which is determined by drawing lots among the numbers either directly chosen by end purchasers or automatically generated by data processing algorithms, and which are either lottery tickets printed from a lottery ticket sales terminal connected to the central computer cen ter equipped with lottery ticket issuing systems through the information and communications network, or lottery tickets in an electronic form the issuance and sales of which are conducted through the information and communications network connected to the central computer center equipped with lottery ticket issuing systems;