WSR 16-18-024 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Filed August 26, 2016, 11:05 a.m., effective September 26, 2016] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: The petitioner requested increased wagering limits for nonhouse-banked card games, such as poker. Specifically, the proposed change would:
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-15-135.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 16-13-152 on June 22, 2016.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.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: August 11, 2016.
Michelle Rancour
Acting Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 12-21-048, filed 10/12/12, effective 1/1/13)
WAC 230-15-135 Wagering limits for nonhouse-banked card games.
Card room licensees must not exceed these wagering limits:
(1) Poker -
(a) There must be no more than five betting rounds in any one game; and
(b) There must be no more than four wagers in any betting round, for example, the initial wager plus three raises; and
(c) The maximum amount of a single wager must not exceed forty dollars; however, class F may offer a maximum single wager not to exceed one hundred dollars and house-banked card game licensees may offer a single wager not to exceed ((one)) three hundred dollars ((for the game of Texas Hold'em));
(2) Games based on achieving a specific number of points - Each point must not exceed five cents in value;
(3) Ante - No more than the maximum wager allowed for the first betting round for any game, except for Panguingue (Pan). The ante may, by house rule:
(a) Be made by one or more players, but the total ante may not exceed the maximum wager allowed for the first betting round; and
(b) Be used as part of a player's wager;
(4) Panguingue (Pan) - The maximum value of a chip must not exceed ten dollars. An ante must not exceed one chip. We prohibit doubling of conditions. Players going out may collect no more than two additional chips for going out from each participating player.
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