New Zealand Gazette – 1994 – No. 114

Page 3327

✨ Keno Game Regulations



1 NOVEMBER NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3327

(b) In the event of a malfunction of a keno drawing device during a game draw, the keno supervisor shall turn the keno drawing device manually to complete the draw of winning numbers. No further draw using that device shall be conducted until the device is repaired;

(c) In the event of a malfunction in which a ball drawn falls back into the drawing device prior to the completion of the draw and subsequent to the number of the ball being entered into the keno computer system, the ball which dropped back into the device shall be:

i)  if there is no video recording of the game showing the number on that ball, deemed not to have been drawn, and a further ball shall be drawn manually by rotating the drawing device to complete the draw,

ii) if there is a video recording of the game showing the number on that ball, deemed to have been drawn as a winning number, and the draw shall continue accordingly, by manually rotating the drawing device, until the twenty winning numbers have been selected. The video recording of the game draw shall be examined and verified by a Government inspector before any winnings are paid on the draw;

(d) Sub-paragraph (c) shall apply where more than one ball drawn falls back into the device during any particular game draw.

11.5 In the event of a computer malfunction no further games will be conducted until the malfunction has been rectified and a Government inspector has been notified of the proposed re-commencement.

11.6 In the event that a game cannot be continued, all numbers drawn will be declared null and void and wagers will be carried forward to the next game played, or be refunded on presentation of receipt tickets should a further game within the same keno day not be possible.

11.7 If, after twenty winning numbers have been selected, a malfunction prevents the transmission or acceptance of the results by the computer, that draw shall be valid. Manual payments shall be effected on the numbers selected. No further draw shall take place until the malfunction has been rectified.

11.8 A Government inspector shall be notified immediately of any malfunction of keno equipment or of the incorrect display of numbers on the keno display boards or monitors.



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