WSR 14-17-056 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Order 703—Filed August 15, 2014, 8:27 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 raffle licensee. The petitioner's requested rule change was adopted at the August 2014 commission meeting. The amendment allows raffle licensees to offer progressive raffles as part of their members-only raffles.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-06-030 and 230-11-070.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.0277.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-11-051 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Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 1, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 1, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: August 15, 2014.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 08-17-066, filed 8/18/08, effective 9/18/08)
WAC 230-06-030 Restrictions and conditions for gambling promotions.
Licensees may conduct gambling promotions to encourage players to participate in a gambling activity, but you must follow these restrictions and conditions:
(1) You must give all players an equal opportunity to participate; and
(2) You must establish standards to determine how you will give promotional items to players. You must not give the items based on an element of chance, such as a drawing or spinning wheel, unless you are doing so as part of a bingo game; and
(3) Except for members-only progressive raffles conducted as authorized in WAC 230-11-091, you must not give another chance to participate in a gambling activity as a promotional item; and
(4) You must display all rules or restrictions clearly in the gambling area and include them on promotional materials or advertisements; and
(5) You must not combine gambling activities and related gambling promotions in any way with a promotional contest of chance as defined in RCW 9.46.0356.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 13-19-056, filed 9/16/13, effective 10/17/13)
WAC 230-11-070 Defining "members-only" raffles.
A "members-only raffle" means a raffle where the organization sells tickets only to full and regular members and a limited number of guests and does not include enhanced raffles. Except for members-only progressive raffles, all aspects of the raffle must take place during the same event at the same location. Winners must be determined from among those members and guests that have purchased tickets.
NEW SECTION
WAC 230-11-091 Members-only progressive raffle.
A "members-only progressive raffle" is a raffle in which winner(s) of one or more members-only raffles may, without further purchase, receive an entry into another members-only raffle.
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