21. The functions of the Board shall be to supervise races in Québec.
The Board may also, if the Gouvernement entrusts to it the power, issue licences authorizing persons to conduct and manage lottery schemes in accordance with the law and the terms and conditions prescribed by the Gouvernement.
With the authorization of the Attorney-General, the Board may also issue permits under which a social club or a branch of such a club may require an assessment for participation in the games practised on the premises which such club or branch occupies or uses, but such premises shall not thereby become a gaming house.
The Board shall also carry out such other duties as are assigned to it under this act.