WSR 98-01-006

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

LOTTERY COMMISSION

[Filed December 4, 1997, 11:20 a.m.]

Subject of Possible Rule Making: Lotto game rules.

Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: RCW 67.70.040(1).

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: The lottery is considering extending the payment period for Lotto jackpot winners from twenty to twenty-five years.

Other Federal and State Agencies that Regulate this Subject and the Process Coordinating the Rule with These Agencies: None.

Process for Developing New Rule: Agency study.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Mary Jane Ferguson, Rules Coordinator, at (360) 753-1947, FAX (360) 586-6586, P.O. Box 43025, Olympia, WA 98504-3025, with any comments or questions regarding this statement of intent.

December 4, 1997

Mary Jane Ferguson