WSR 14-17-053 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Order 702—Filed August 15, 2014, 8:21 a.m., effective September 15, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The commission received a petition for rule change from a licensed distributor. The petitioner's requested rule change was adopted at the August 2014 commission meeting. The amendment allows nonhouse-banked card games to be approved by the director or the director's designee. The intent is to give staff the ability to approve variations of the card game poker.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-15-030.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.0282.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-11-052 on May 16, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 15, 2014.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-09-033, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08)
WAC 230-15-030 Authorized nonhouse-banked card games.
(1) ((Only)) The following nonhouse-banked card games are authorized:
(a) Poker;
(b) Hearts;
(c) Pinochle;
(d) Cribbage;
(e) Rummy;
(f) Panguingue (Pan);
(g) Pitch; ((and))
(h) Bid Whist; and
(i) Other games approved by the director or the director's designee.
(2) Card game licensees must operate these games in the manner explained in the most current version of The New Complete Hoyle, Revised or Hoyle's Modern Encyclopedia of Card Games, or similar authoritative book on card games we have approved, or when operated as described in the commission approved game rules on our web site. Card game licensees may make immaterial modifications to the games.
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