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Chapter 230-18 WAC

Last Update: 10/27/06

PROMOTIONAL CONTESTS OF CHANCE NOT LICENSED BY THE WASHINGTON STATE GAMBLING COMMISSION

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HTMLPDF230-18-005Telephone fees deemed "consideration."
HTMLPDF230-18-010Promotional contests of chance similar to bingo.
HTMLPDF230-18-015Promotional game cards used in promotional contests of chance.


PDF230-18-005

Telephone fees deemed "consideration."

Participants may be required to place a telephone call to enter a promotional contest of chance, but additional fees such as those for a 1-900 number are "consideration" and are not authorized.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 06-22-052 (Order 603), § 230-18-005, filed 10/27/06, effective 1/1/08.]



PDF230-18-010

Promotional contests of chance similar to bingo.

A business may offer a promotional contest of chance (PCOC) that is similar to bingo, commonly referred to as "no fee bingo."
(1) A business must not:
(a) Charge participants a direct or indirect fee to participate in the PCOC. Indirect fees include, but are not limited to, cover charges; and
(b) Operate the PCOC for no more than a total of three hours per day, twice per week. Participants must receive a bingo card immediately before the start of each game.
(2) A business must:
(a) Award only merchandise items, such as food, nonalcoholic beverages, hats, shirts, or other promotional items valued at less than twenty-five dollars each. The business must:
(i) Not substitute cash prizes for merchandise prizes; and
(ii) Not award prizes worth more than one hundred dollars per week or five thousand dollars per year; and
(iii) Record the names of winners and prize(s) won for each game; and
(b) Use recreational bingo cards that are not used in authorized bingo games.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 06-22-052 (Order 603), § 230-18-010, filed 10/27/06, effective 1/1/08.]



PDF230-18-015

Promotional game cards used in promotional contests of chance.

(1) A business may use promotional game cards similar to pull-tabs as part of a promotional contest of chance (PCOC) if the game cards:
(a) Are readily distinguishable from other pull-tabs sold in the state of Washington; and
(b) Are designed and manufactured for a specific PCOC; and
(c) Clearly display the name of the sponsoring business or the promoted product(s); and
(d) Have no price per play on the card; and
(e) Have the official rules of play, including "no purchase necessary," printed on the back.
(2) We may seize PCOC game cards that violate these restrictions.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 06-22-052 (Order 603), § 230-18-015, filed 10/27/06, effective 1/1/08.]