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Can you summarize WARC 9.46.0315?
Gambling1973 act. > RafflesNo license required, when.
Short Summary
This legal document authorizes bona fide charitable or bona fide nonprofit organizations to conduct raffles without obtaining a license from the commission, under certain conditions. The organizations must be primarily organized for purposes other than the conduct of raffles. The raffles must be held in accordance with all other requirements of this chapter, other applicable laws, and rules of the commission. Additionally, the gross revenues from all raffles held by the organization during the calendar year must not exceed five thousand dollars. Furthermore, tickets to the raffles can only be sold to regular members of the organization conducting the raffle, and winners can only be determined from among these members. The organization may provide unopened containers of beverages containing alcohol as raffle prizes if the appropriate permit has been obtained from the liquor control board. Raffles that exceed five thousand dollars may also be conducted if the organization obtains a license from the commission. The term ‘members’ refers to those persons who have become members prior to the commencement of the raffle and whose qualification for membership was not dependent upon, or in any way related to, the purchase of a ticket or tickets for such raffles.
Whom does it apply to?
Bona fide charitable or bona fide nonprofit organizations organized primarily for purposes other than the conduct of raffles
What does it govern?
Raffles
What are exemptions?
Exemptions include raffles held in accordance with all other requirements of this chapter, other applicable laws, and rules of the commission; raffles where gross revenues from all such raffles held by the organization during the calendar year do not exceed five thousand dollars; and raffles where tickets are sold only to, and winners are determined only from among, the regular members of the organization conducting the raffle.
What are the Penalties?
No penalties mentioned.
Jurisdiction
Washington