Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.

     Purpose: The filing explicitly authorizes the use of the Gold Crown and ZDI type electronic video pull-tab dispensers by incorporating prior commission decisions and more recent rule changes into a new rule. In effect, this maintains the status quo, but authorization would be explicit. The alternative also defines "cash."

     Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070.

      Adopted under notice filed as WSR 07-24-018 on November 27, 2007, and published December 19, 2007.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0;      Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 2, Amended 0, Repealed 0.

     Date Adopted: January 11, 2008.

Susan Arland

Rules Coordinator

OTS-1218.1

NEW SECTION

WAC 230-06-003   Defining "cash."   "Cash," when used as a noun in this title, means currency in the form of coins or bills issued by the government of the United States or Canada only and does not include electronic, digital or other representations of money or other methods of payment.

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OTS-1213.1

ALTERNATIVE #1
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-14-047   Standards for electronic video pull-tab dispensers.   Electronic video pull-tab dispensers must be approved by us prior to use, meet the requirements below, and may incorporate only the features below and not perform additional functions.

     (1) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers must dispense a paper pull-tab as defined in WAC 230-14-010 and follow the rules for:

     (a) Pull-tabs; and

     (b) Flares; and

     (c) Authorized pull-tab dispensers.

     (2) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers that use a reading and displaying function must:

     (a) Use a video monitor for entertainment purposes only; and

     (b) Open all, or a portion of, the pull-tab in order to read encoded data that indicates the win or loss of the pull-tab if the dispenser is equipped to automatically open pull-tabs; and

     (c) Dispense the pull-tab to the player and not retain any portion of the pull-tab; and

     (d) Read the correct cash award from the pull-tab either when it is dispensed or when the pull-tab is reinserted into the dispenser; and

     (e) Display the cash award from the pull-tab, one pull-tab at a time; and

     (f) Provide:

     (i) An electronic accounting of the number of pull-tabs dispensed; and

     (ii) A way to identify the software version and name; and

     (iii) A way to access and verify approved components; and

     (iv) Security on the dispenser to prevent unauthorized access to graphic and prize amount displays.

     (3) Gift certificates or gift cards used in electronic video pull-tab dispensers must:

     (a) Be purchased with cash, check or electronic point-of-sale bank transfer before use in the dispenser; and

     (b) Be convertible to cash at any time during business hours; and

     (c) Subtract the cash value for the purchase of the pull-tab one pull-tab at a time.

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