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HOUSE BILL 2382
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Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/14/94. Referred to Committee
on Commerce & Labor.
Changing gambling provisions.
AN ACT Relating to
gambling; and amending RCW 9.46.0217 and 9.46.0281.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9.46.0217 and 1987 c 4
s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
"Commercial
stimulant," as used in this chapter, means an activity is operated as a
commercial stimulant, for the purposes of this chapter, only when it is an ((incidental))
activity operated in connection with((, and incidental to,)) an
established business, with the ((primary)) purpose of increasing the
volume of sales of food or drink for consumption on that business premises.
The commission may by rule establish guidelines and criteria for applying this
definition to its applicants and licensees for gambling activities authorized
by this chapter as commercial stimulants.
Sec. 2. RCW 9.46.0281 and 1987 c
4 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:
"Social card
game," as used in this chapter, means a card game, including but not
limited to the game commonly known as "Mah-Jongg," which constitutes
gambling and contains each of the following characteristics:
(1) There are two or
more participants and each of them are players. However, no business with a
public cardroom on its premises may have more than five separate tables at
which card games are played;
(2) A player's success
at winning money or other thing of value by overcoming chance is in the long run
largely determined by the skill of the player;
(3) No organization,
corporation or person collects or obtains or charges any percentage of or
collects or obtains any portion of the money or thing of value wagered or won
by any of the players: PROVIDED, That this subsection shall not preclude a
player from collecting or obtaining his or her winnings;
(4) No organization or
corporation, or person collects or obtains any money or thing of value from, or
charges or imposes any fee upon, any person which either enables him or her to
play or results in or from his or her playing in excess of ((two)) three
dollars per half hour of playing time by that person collected in advance:
PROVIDED, That a fee may also be charged for entry into a tournament for
prizes, which fee shall not exceed fifty dollars, including all separate fees
which might be paid by a player for various phases or events of the
tournament: PROVIDED FURTHER, That this subsection shall not apply to the
membership fee in any bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization;
(5) The type of card
game is one specifically approved by the commission pursuant to RCW 9.46.070;
and
(6) The
extent of wagers, money or other thing of value which may be wagered or
contributed by any player does not exceed the amount or value specified by the
commission pursuant to RCW 9.46.070.
