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Can you summarize Chapter 230-18 WAAC?
Gambling Commission > Promotional contests of chance not licensed by the Washington state gambling commission.
Short Summary
The provided legal document content governs the rules and regulations for businesses offering promotional contests of chance (PCOC) that are similar to bingo, commonly known as ’no fee bingo’. The document specifies that businesses may use promotional game cards similar to pull-tabs as part of a PCOC if they meet certain requirements. These requirements include being readily distinguishable from other pull-tabs sold in Washington, being designed and manufactured for a specific PCOC, clearly displaying the name of the sponsoring business or promoted product(s), having no price per play on the card, and having the official rules of play printed on the back. The document also states that PCOC game cards that violate these restrictions may be seized. Additionally, the document prohibits businesses from charging participants any direct or indirect fees to participate in the PCOC and limits the operation of the PCOC to a maximum of three hours per day, twice per week. Participants must receive a bingo card before the start of each game. The document further specifies that businesses can only award merchandise items valued at less than twenty-five dollars each as prizes and prohibits the substitution of cash prizes for merchandise prizes. It also sets limits on the value of prizes that businesses can award, with a maximum of one hundred dollars per week or five thousand dollars per year. Businesses are required to record the names of winners and the prizes won for each game. Recreational bingo cards that are not used in authorized bingo games must be used. The document is issued by the Washington Administrative Code under the authority of RCW 9.46.070.
Whom does it apply to?
Businesses offering promotional contests of chance (PCOC)
What does it govern?
Promotional contests of chance (PCOC) that are similar to bingo, commonly known as 'no fee bingo'
What are exemptions?
No exemptions are mentioned.
What are the Penalties?
Seizure of PCOC game cards that violate the restrictions
Jurisdiction
Washington