(1) The Authority may, from time to time, make a payment or payments to a person out of the Social Impact Fund of such amount of money as the Authority considers appropriate for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) research, training, community interventions and other initiatives aimed at reducing or eliminating compulsive or excessive gambling and the social impact of compulsive or excessive gambling;

(b) public education and awareness-raising measures for the purposes of -

(i) highlighting the social impact of compulsive or excessive gambling, or

(ii) informing the public about the resources available to address compulsive or excessive gambling;

(c) the provision of services -

(i) for the treatment of participants engaged in compulsive or excessive gambling, and

(ii) to other persons affected by compulsive or excessive gambling;