 New South Wales Lotteries is a corporation owned by the Government of New South Wales in Australia. Lotteries runs games of chance through a network of agents—mostly
news agencies. Lotteries falls under the portfolio of Gaming and Racing and is governed by the Public Lotteries Act 1996.
New South Wales Lotteries products include:- Lotto
- Lotto Strike
- Oz Lotto
- Powerball
- Lucky Lotteries
- 6 from 38 Pools
- Instant Scratchies
About New South Wales Lotteries
The State Lottery Office was founded in 1931 and in the intervening period the Corporation has acquired a reputation for honesty, integrity and responsibility in marketing, managing and conducting lotteries in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.
Revenue from the sale of lotteries products assists the Government of the day to provide a range of services to the New South Wales community. Since their inception over 75 years ago, they have helped to
realize the dreams of many winners and raised billions of dollars.
NSW Lotteries Corporation - as they have been known since their Corporatisation on 1 January 1997 - is owned by the NSW Government and licensed to conduct the games of Lotto and Lotto Strike, OZ Lotto, Powerball, Instant Scratchies, Lucky Lotteries, and 6 From 38 Pools through a network of 1600 small businesses throughout NSW and the ACT.
The New South Wales community benefits significantly from the sale of their products with almost one third of player investment returned to the Government each year. Their total payments to Government amounted to almost $376 million in 2004/2005 and assists in the provision of a wide range of community services. More than 60% of player investments in lotteries is returned as prizes, which is one of the highest returns for lotteries games in the world.
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. Since 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Australian Constitution regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth.
Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales ceded certain legislative and judicial powers to the Commonwealth, but retained complete independence in all other areas. The New South Wales Constitution says: "The Legislature shall, subject to the provisions of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, have power to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good government of New South Wales in all cases whatsoever." In practice, however, the independence of the Australian states has been greatly eroded by the increasing financial domination of the Commonwealth.
New South Wales is governed according to the principles of the Westminister system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legislative power rests with the Parliament of New South Wales, which consists of the Crown, represented by the Governor of New South Wales, and the two Houses, the New South Wales Legislative Council and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.
Executive power rests formally with the Executive Council, which consists of the Governor and senior ministers. The Governor, as representative of the Queen, is the formal repository of power, which is exercised by him or her on the advice of the Premier of New South Wales and the Cabinet.
The Premier and Ministers are appointed by the Governor, and hold office by virtue of their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the Legislative Assembly.
Judicial power is exercised by the Supreme Court of New South Wales and a system of subordinate courts, but the High Court of Australia and other federal courts have overriding jurisdiction on matters which fall under the ambit of the Australian Constitution.
New South Wales celebrated the Sesquicentenary of Responsible Government in 2006.
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