Department of Internal Affairs v Machirus - [1992] 1 NZLR 503

Criminal law — Offences — Game of chance — Gaming machines operated by tokens purchased from respondents — Person playing could not affect outcome — Successful player received tokens redeemable for cash if letters "IKIW" could be unscrambled to form a word — Whether playing of machine was a "scheme" so as to be a "prize competition" - Whether knowledge or skill of player must influence whether he won or lost — Whether tokens represented "money's worth" - Whether each machine was an illegal game of chance — Observations as to whether unscrambling of letters "IKIW" required knowledge or skill — Gaming and Lotteries Act 1977, s 2.