WSR 14-09-040 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Order 698—Filed April 11, 2014, 2:05 p.m., effective May 12, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: This amendment is in response to a October 2013 Thurston County superior court decision, where the court directed the commission to allow a specific electronic video pull-tab dispenser, which permits the purchase of a pull-tab at the dispenser and allows pull-tab winnings of $20 or less to be added onto a cash card at the dispenser. Language was added to WAC 230-14-047 to allow pull-tab prizes of $20 or less to be added to cash cards used in electronic video pull-tab dispensers. Most prizes are below $20.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-14-047.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.110.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 13-23-054 on November 15, 2013.
Changes Other than Editing from Proposed to Adopted Version: (1) Language in the introduction was removed as noted in this filing;
(2) The word "gift cards" was not added to subsection (3)(a) as noted in the CR-102 filing; and
(3) Subsection (3)(c) was edited as noted in this filing.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: April 11, 2014.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 08-03-052, filed 1/11/08, effective 2/11/08)
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)) Cash cards used in electronic video pull-tab dispensers must:
(a) Be purchased with cash, check, gift certificates, 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 price of the pull-tab one pull-tab at a time.
(4) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers that accept cash cards may award any pull-tab cash prize of twenty dollars or less onto the cash card.
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