Overview

All operators of housie (also known as bingo) need to comply with the Housie Game Rules.

Societies can run housie games. Other groups and individuals can run housie in very limited circumstances.
You do not require a licence if total value of prizes for a session is $5,000 or less, and turnover of the gambling is $25,000 or less (these may be run as either Class 1 Gambling or Class 2 Gambling).
If the total value of prizes for a session of housie games is more than $5,000 your group must be a corporate society and it will need to obtain a licence.
Housie prizes are cash. See the rules around what gambling proceeds can be used for.
See also: Fact Sheet 10 - Housie

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Pursuant to section 367(1) of the Gambling Act 2003, I, Christopher Blake, Secretary for Internal Affairs, make the following game rules:

Gambling Act (Housie) Game Rules 2004

Title and commencement
Interpretation
Application of rules
Coordinators
Callers
Selection of game numbers
Housie cards
Conduct of game or session of housie
Coordinator and caller not to play
Refusal to sell cards
Procedure for determining winners
Prize money
Display of rules and licence
Banking
Records and auditing

Title and commencement

(1) These rules are the Gambling Act (Housie) Game Rules 2004.
(2) These rules shall come into force on the 1st day of July 2004. Bingo

Interpretation

(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—
Act means the Gambling Act 2003
authorised purpose means any of the following purposes:

(a) a charitable purpose:
(b) a non-commercial purpose that is beneficial to the whole or a section of the community:
(c) promoting, controlling, and conducting race meetings under the Racing Act 2003, including the payment of stakes:
(d) an electioneering purpose

caller means any natural person appointed under rule 5(1) to perform the functions set out in rule 5(2)
card series means a set of housie cards that has the characteristics described in rule 7(3)
completion of a part series means the marking or covering, in the course of a game of housie, of all of the housie numbers in a given arrangement on a housie card that, prior to the commencement of the game, has been determined by the coordinator and communicated to the participants in the game as being the arrangement required to win the part series for that game, being numbers corresponding to any numbers announced by the caller in the course of that game; and part series has a corresponding meaning
completion of a series means the marking or covering, in the course of a game of housie, of all of the housie numbers on a housie card, being numbers corresponding to any numbers announced by the caller in the course of that game; and series has a corresponding meaning
coordinator means any natural person appointed under rule 4(1)
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means a book of more than one game cards in which each game card belongs to a different card series
game card means a ticket that bears the numbers to be marked or covered by a participant in the course of a single game of housie
game numbers means the numbers within an inclusive range from 1 to 90 or any other inclusive range that, prior to the commencement of the game, has been determined by the coordinator and communicated to the participants in the game as being the range of numbers for that game, being numbers corresponding to the numbers that may be randomly selected by the caller and corresponding to the numbers that are printed on the housie cards for the game
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licence has the same meaning as class 3 operator’s licence in section 4(1) of the Act
random selection device means a device or machine that selects entirely at random the numbers to be announced in a game of housie
Secretary means the Secretary for Internal Affairs
session means games of housie where more than one game of housie is conducted by a society or individual on any one day
session card means a ticket that bears the numbers to be marked or covered by a participant during an entire session of housie
(2) Any term or expression that is defined in the Act and used, but not defined, in these rules has the same meaning as in the Act.

Application of rules

These rules apply to all class 1, class 2 or class 3 gambling that is housie.

Coordinators

(1) A coordinator must be appointed:

(a) in the case of housie that is class 1 gambling, by the individual or individuals or society conducting the gambling; or
(b) in the case of housie that is class 2 gambling or class 3 gambling, by the society or corporate society conducting the gambling.

(2) In the case of housie that is class 2 gambling or class 3 gambling, the coordinator must be the sa