Section 157: Unclaimed prizes or other amounts

157. Unclaimed prizes or other amounts (1) Where, after the expiry of 30 days from the date of any race meeting, any amount due and payable by a bookmaker or totalisator operator to a winning punter in respect of that race meeting has not been paid out to the winning punter, bookmaker or totalisator operator, as the case may be, shall, within 7 days of the expiry period of 30 days, pay that amount into the National Solidarity Fund. (2) Every totalisator operator shall, within 7 days of a race meeting, pay into the National Solidarity Fund, the fraction of a rupee not paid to the winning punters in respect of that meeting. (3) Where any prize of any lottery game— (a) is not claimed within 6 months from the date of the draw of that lottery game; or (b) that is an instant-win game, is not claimed within 3 months from the date of closure of that instant-win game, the Operator shall forthwith pay the prize into the National Solidarity Fund. (4) Where, after the expiry of 6 months from the date of the publication of the results of a sweepstake, any prize has not been claimed by the winner, it shall forthwith be paid by the sweepstake organiser into the National Solidarity Fund. (5) Where, after the expiry of 6 months from the date of the draw of a lottery organised under Part XVII, any prize has not been claimed by the winner, the licensee shall forthwith pay into the National Solidarity Fund— (a) where the prize is a money prize, the amount of the prize; or (b) where the prize is not a money prize, the market value of the prize on which the licence fee was paid in accordance with section 90. (5A) Where, after the expiry of 30 days from the announcement of the results relating to an event or contingency, any winning has not been claimed by a punter, the licensee shall forthwith pay the monetary equivalent of the winning into the National Solidarity Fund. [Issue 9] G2 – 74 Revised Laws of Mauritius (6) Every licensee shall, at the time of payment of any unclaimed prize or other amount under this section, submit to the Authority a certified statement showing the particulars of the amount paid into the National Solidarity Fund. (S. 157 came into operation on 6 December 2007.) [S. 157 amended by s. 9 (q) of Act 20 of 2009 w.e.f. 19 December 2009; s. 8 (i) of Act 26 of 2013 w.e.f. 21 December 2013; s. 25 (zl) of Act 18 of 2016 w.e.f. 7 September 2016.]