BILL REQ. #:  Z-0525.3 

Read first time 01/17/14.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.

     AN ACT Relating to scratch tickets as a promotional activity; and adding a new section to chapter 67.70 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 67.70 RCW to read as follows:
     The state lottery may provide as a promotional activity, free or for a charge, scratch tickets to persons otherwise eligible to purchase lottery tickets, and to licensed retailers for distribution to persons otherwise eligible to purchase lottery tickets. Only scratch tickets with a retail price of one or two dollars may be used under this section. The state lottery shall limit promotional scratch tickets to no more than one percent of the annual sales of one or two dollar scratch tickets. Promotional scratch tickets provided under this section must be conducted in accordance with rules established for promotional activities. Rules adopted under this section must include audit and reporting provisions.
     If the projected revenue from the state lottery as outlined by the revenue forecast council is lower than ten percent, then the commission must review the use of promotional scratch tickets and may suspend the use of promotional scratch tickets.