WSR 97-19-084

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

GAMBLING COMMISSION

[Filed September 16, 1997, 4:35 p.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Punchboard and pull tabs.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 9.46.070(11).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Mark-up on the value of merchandise prizes is inflated. The current fifty percent mark-up creates a windfall profit for the operator; the fifty percent mark-up should be disallowed.

Process for Developing New Rule: Negotiated rule making.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication. October meeting, at the Icicle Inn/Best Western, 505 Highway 2, Leavenworth, WA 98826, (509) 548-8000; November meeting, at the Shilo Inn, 707 Ocean Shores Boulevard N.W., Ocean Shores, WA 98569, (360) 289-4600; and the January meeting, at the Skamania Lodge, Exit 44, Interstate 84, Stevenson, Washington 98648, (509) 427-7700.

September 16, 1997

Soojin Kim