WSR 14-08-002 PERMANENT RULES GAMBLING COMMISSION [Order 695—Filed March 20, 2014, 8:20 a.m., effective July 1, 2014] Effective Date of Rule: July 1, 2014.
Purpose: We received a petition for rule change from the owner/operator of four commercial businesses operating pull-tabs. The petitioner's request to increase the threshold for recording winner identification information from more than $20 to more than $50 and to increase the threshold for retaining winning tickets from over $20 to over $50 was adopted at the March 2014 commission meeting.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 230-14-110 and 230-14-265.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.110.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-03-097 on January 17, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: March 20, 2014.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 07-17-058, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08)
WAC 230-14-110 Recording winners.
When punch board or pull-tab players win more than ((twenty)) fifty dollars or merchandise prizes with a retail value over ((twenty)) fifty dollars, operators must make a record by:
(1) Having winners print their name and date of birth, in ink, on the side of the winning punch or tab opposite the winning symbol(s) and verifying the winner's identity and recording the current date and initialing the winning punch or tab; or
(2) Recording the required information on a sheet of paper at least three inches by five inches and stapling the winning tab or punch to the paper if the pull-tab or punch is constructed or printed so that recording the information required in a legible manner is not possible.
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 09-17-077, filed 8/14/09, effective 1/1/10)
WAC 230-14-265 Retention requirements for punch boards and pull-tab series.
(1) Punch board and pull-tab operators must keep all punch boards or pull-tab series removed from play, including, at least:
(a) All prize flares; and
(b) All unplayed tabs; and
(c) All winning punches or tabs.
(2) Operators must make the items in subsection (1) of this section available on the licensed premises for us, local law enforcement, or local tax agencies to inspect.
(3) If stored off premises, operators must produce the game for inspection on demand.
(4) Operators must retain punch board or pull-tab series removed from play for:
(a) Charitable or nonprofit operators - Four months following the last day of the month in which the board or series was removed from play; and
(b) Commercial operators -
(i) Two months following the last day of the month in which they removed the board or series from play; and
(ii) Three months following the day they removed the board or series from play for winning punches or pull-tabs over ((twenty)) fifty dollars. Operators must also retain the flare for these games; and
(c) Carry-over jackpot series - For four months after the last day of the month in which the carry-over jackpot was won; and
(d) Progressive pull-tab series - For one year. After the retention period, operators must destroy unsold progressive pull-tab series tabs in such a way that no one may find and use unopened winning tabs later; and
(e) Cumulative prize pool pull-tab games - for four months, following the last day of the month, in which the last seal is opened on the cumulative prize pull-tab game board.
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