PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: November 17, 2000.
Purpose: Increase flexibility in changing retailer commissions.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 315-04-190.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 67.70.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 00-19-064 on September 19, 2000.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0. Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
December 5, 2000
Mary Jane Ferguson
Rules Coordinator
OTS-4356.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 92-19-057, filed 9/11/92,
effective 10/12/92)
WAC 315-04-190
Compensation.
(1) Lottery retailers shall
be entitled to a ((five and one-half percent)) discount on the
retail price of the instant game tickets ((established by rule
for each game)). The commission must approve the discount paid
to the retailers.
(2) ((Effective July 1, 1993, lottery retailers shall be
entitled to a six percent discount on the retail price of the
instant game tickets established by rule for each game.
(3))) Lottery retailers authorized to sell on-line tickets
shall be entitled to a ((five and one-half percent)) discount on
the total of gross on-line ticket sales less on-line ticket
cancellations. The commission must approve the discount paid to
the retailers.
(((4) Effective July 1, 1993, lottery retailers authorized
to sell on-line tickets shall be entitled to a six percent
discount on the total of gross on-line ticket sales less on-line
ticket cancellations.
(5) In addition to that discount authorized under subsections (3) and (4) of this section, lottery retailers authorized to sell tickets for the on-line game, lotto, shall be entitled to a one percent discount on the total of gross lotto ticket sales less lotto ticket cancellations where the tickets sold are for a jackpot prize of six million dollars or more.
(6))) (3) Lottery retailers may receive additional compensation through programs including but not limited to additional discounts, retailer games, retailer awards, and retailer bonuses.
(a) The commission must approve each such program prior to its implementation.
(b) The director shall establish and publish the procedures necessary to implement any such program approved by the commission prior to initiation of the program.
(((7))) (4) The lottery, when selling instant or on-line
tickets, as a lottery retailer, may use the proceeds from the
applicable discount on the retail price of the tickets sold to
pay fees or other charges associated with those sales.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70.040. 92-19-057, § 315-04-190, filed 9/11/92, effective 10/12/92; 91-20-062, § 315-04-190, filed 9/25/91, effective 10/26/91; 87-17-012 (Order 103), § 315-04-190, filed 8/10/87; 87-05-005 (Order 99), § 315-04-190, filed 2/6/87; 86-12-001 (Order 91), § 315-04-190, filed 5/22/86; 86-01-060 (Order 83), § 315-04-190, filed 12/16/85; 84-21-013 (Order 66), § 315-04-190, filed 10/5/84; 84-01-004 (Order 42), § 315-04-190, filed 12/8/83. Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70.040 and 67.70.050. 83-05-029 (Order 14), § 315-04-190, filed 2/10/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-039 (Order 4), § 315-04-190, filed 10/15/82.]