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HOUSE BILL 1741
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Representatives Cairnes, Hatfield, Conway, Fisher and Zellinsky
Read first time 02/06/97. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to social card games; and amending RCW 9.46.0281.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 9.46.0281 and 1996 c 314 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
"Social
card game," as used in this chapter, means a ((card game)) contest
of chance, 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)) who
shall either be players or persons licensed by the commission. The number
of card tables shall be set by the commission but shall not exceed a total of
fifteen separate tables per establishment;
(2)
((Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, 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))) A
cardroom may ((serve as the custodian of)) provide a player-supported
progressive prize contest((, in any card game)) as authorized by
the commission;
(((4)))
(3) No organization or corporation, or person other than one licensed by
the commission to operate a cardroom 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;
(((5)))
(4) The type of card game is one specifically approved by the commission
pursuant to RCW 9.46.070; and
(((6))) (5) 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.
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