WSR 01-21-079

PREPROPOSAL STATEMENT OF INQUIRY

WASHINGTON STATE LOTTERY


[ Filed October 19, 2001, 9:28 a.m. ]

     Subject of Possible Rule Making: Lotto rules, chapter 315-34 WAC, rules for new Lotto game.

     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 researching new ways to conduct Lotto games in order to stimulate consumer interest and to increase sales.

     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, (360) 664-4833, fax (360) 586-6586, P.O. Box 43025, Olympia, WA 98504-3025, with any comments or questions regarding this statement of intent.

October 19, 2001

Mary Jane Ferguson

Rules Coordinator

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