❓ Mr. Simpson inquires about the criteria for establishing new Lotto outlets in non-metropolitan WA. The answer details different criteria for regional vs. rural/remote areas, including sales targets and proximity to other outlets and population thresholds.
AnsweredQoN 876Legislative Assembly
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What criteria are required before the Lotteries Commission will permit the establishment of a new Lotto outlet in a non-metropolitan area?
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Answered
2 May 2006
Responded by
Minister for Government Enterprises
Response time
20 days
Lotterywest Regional Western Australia New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Regional Western Australia New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Regional Western Australia New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets are established in locations identified by Lotterywest. The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
The location must demonstrate the capacity to achieve a minimum level of lottery product sales (currently $16,900 per week) with a significant percentage of these sales being in addition to sales currently generated in the area. Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Rural and Remote Western Australia New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
New lottery outlets may be established in rural and remote locations under the Community Service Outlet policy. The current criteria is as follows: · Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· Location must be more than 120km from Perth GPO · The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· The nearest lottery outlet must be at least 45km away · Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
· Population of the primary catchment area to be a least 550 Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
Note: The primary catchment area is defined as the townsite plus those parts of the surrounding area where the residents would reasonably be expected to use the town in question as their primary location for weekly shopping.
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