WSR 98-19-021
PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY
LOTTERY COMMISSION
[Filed September 9, 1998, 10:19 a.m.]
Subject of Possible Rule Making: Prohibiting game "sell-outs"--Requiring playslips for on-line games to be filled out by hand and prohibiting sale of any ticket or combination of tickets which would guarantee a jackpot or grand prize.
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 adding new sections to chapter 315-06 WAC to prohibit the sale of any on-line ticket or combination of tickets which would guarantee a jackpot or grand prize. The lottery is also considering adding new sections to chapter 315-06 WAC to require that playslips for on-line games be filled out by hand. This would prohibit persons from making multiple, machine-generated entries.
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.
September 4, 1998
Mary Jane Ferguson
Rules Coordinator