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Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-300 - Using multiplex and quad recording devices in required surveillance

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Licensees must
				not use multiplexing and quad recording devices for required surveillance,
				except that they may use:
(a) Multiplexing or
				quad recording devices on entrances and exits to the card room; and
(b) Quad recording devices to record the
				movement of drop boxes between tables and the count room.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-305 - Reporting illegal or suspicious activities

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F and house-banked card game
				licensees must report to us within three business days any illegal or
				suspicious activities within the portion of their business premises required to
				be under surveillance.
(2)
				Licensees must:
(a) Make a copy of the entire
				recorded sequence of the activity; and
(b) Give the original recording to us or
				other law enforcement when requested; and
(c) Keep the copy for at least thirty
				days.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-310 - Resolving disputes using video recordings

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) If the video recording of a disputed
				incident is not clear, we will resolve the dispute in favor of the player
				unless the Class F or house-banked card game licensee can prove to us that the
				actions taken were warranted.
(2)
				Licensees may request a review by commission staff if the licensee feels
				circumstances warrant, for example, cheating has occurred.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-310, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-319 - Retaining video recordings

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F
				and house-banked card game licensees must label video recordings and audio
				recordings, as required, to identify the activities recorded.
(2) Licensees must keep:
(a) All recordings for seven gambling days,
				for example, Monday's gambling day recording may be recorded over on Tuesday of
				the following week; and
(b)
				Recordings documenting jackpot pay outs for at least thirty days:
(i) For player supported jackpots, retain
				recordings of jackpots of five hundred dollars or more; and
(ii) For house-banked games, retain
				recordings of jackpots of three thousand dollars or more; and
(c) Recordings of evidentiary
				value for as long as we request.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-320 - Surveillance room requirements for house-banked card game licensees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must maintain one or more
				  surveillance rooms. They must:
(1)
				Control access to the surveillance room so that only surveillance department
				employees use the room. Owners or their approved supervisory or management
				personnel may also enter the surveillance room to monitor activities. Licensees
				may allow authorized personnel to escort any other person into the surveillance
				room for educational, investigative, or maintenance purposes; and
(2) Ensure that surveillance room entrances
				are not easily observed from the gambling floor; and
(3) Ensure that a surveillance employee is
				present in the room and monitoring activities using the equipment any time the
				card room is conducting gambling and during the count process. However, subject
				to subsection (4) of this section, licensees may operate the surveillance room
				without staff:
(a) For routine breaks that are
				less than thirty minutes per shift; or
(b) When only nonhouse-banked card games are
				operated with wager limits of forty dollars or less and such limits are
				documented in their internal controls.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-325 - Surveillance room sign-in log

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked licensees and Class F licensees, if they operate
				  a surveillance room, must keep a surveillance room sign-in log in the format we
				  require to document anyone entering or leaving the surveillance room. Licensees
				  must make the surveillance sign-in log available to us or to law enforcement
				  personnel when requested.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-325, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › SURVEILLANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASS F AND HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAME LICENSEES › Section 230-15-330 - Keeping a surveillance activities log

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F and house-banked card game licensees must keep a log
				  of all surveillance activities in the format we require.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-330, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-335 - Internal controls

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F licensees must establish internal controls that
				  ensure gambling activities are closely controlled and operated fairly.
(1) The internal controls must require, at a
				minimum:
(a) Trained personnel; and
(b) Segregation of duties for all employees
				involved in the operation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-340 - Minimum number of licensed employees required

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F card game licensees must have at
				least one floor supervisor for each gambling area. Each supervisor may
				supervise up to seven tables. We must approve the arrangement of tables in the
				internal controls.
(2) Licensees
				must have two licensed card room employees in the card room at all times
				player-supported jackpots are in play or licensees are using the rake type of
				fee collection. One of the employees must be a floor supervisor.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-340, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-345 - Numbering tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F licensees must permanently number each
				  table.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-345, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-350 - Transporting drop boxes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
For Class F licensees using drop boxes, the supervisor or the
				  supervisor's designee must transport drop boxes directly to the count
				  area.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-350, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-353 - Using match play coupons in non-house-banked card games

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Match play coupons may be offered as gambling promotions in
				  nonhouse-banked card games offered by Class F and house-banked licensees with
				  the following restrictions:
(1) The
				coupons have no value and cannot be redeemed for cash.
(2) Match play coupons may be used as part of
				a player's wager. The dealer will exchange the match play coupon for the
				required amount of chips once the match play coupon is used as part of a
				player's wager and placed into the pot. Upon redemption, the coupon is no
				longer valid, it cannot be reused, and must be retained as part of the daily
				card game records.
(3) Restrictions
				on the use of coupons must be disclosed on the coupon.
(4) Expiration dates must be included on the
				coupon.
(5) Match play coupon
				promotions must be given to all players eligible for the promotion and may be
				awarded based on the outcome of a card game or tournament.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR CLASS F CARD GAMES › Section 230-15-355 - Counting procedures for fees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				We do not require Class F licensees using the drop box method to collect fees
				to have a separate count room if they have a secure location to count and they
				meet all other commission requirements for surveillance and counting procedures
				in WAC 230-15-275. Class F licensees
				must:
(a) Conduct the count at a specific
				time that licensees have reported to us; and
(b) Count all fees at least once every
				twenty-four hours; and
(c) Have at
				least two card room employees count and record the amount on the card game
				control slip for each drop box; and
(d) Make an entry in the daily card room
				record for each type of fee collected at each table. Licensees must retain card
				game control slips for each table with the daily records.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-360 - Defining "player-supported jackpot."

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Player-supported jackpot" (PSJ) means a separate contest of
				  chance directly related to the play or outcome of an authorized nonhouse-banked
				  card game.
(1) Only Class F or
				house-banked licensees may establish a prize fund to operate a PSJ for
				nonhouse-banked card games.
(2) In
				PSJs, licensees:
(a) Collect funds from the
				players' wagers (the pot) for a separate prize; and
(b) Act only as the custodian of the PSJ
				funds, including any interest earned on this money; and
(c) Maintain no legal right to the funds,
				except for administrative fees; and
(d) Must strictly account for all
				funds.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-365 - Getting approval for player-supported jackpots

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F or house-banked licensees must
				not operate a player-supported jackpot (PSJ) before we approve it in
				writing.
(2) To get a PSJ approved,
				licensees must make a written request, including, at least:
(a) A detailed description of the card game
				associated with the PSJ; and
(b)
				All rules of play; and
(c) All
				internal control procedures associated with the PSJ and accounting for funds
				and prizes; and
(d) The name of the
				prize fund custodian.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-370 - Naming a prize fund custodian for a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F or
				house-banked licensees must name at least one prize fund custodian who is
				responsible and accountable for safeguarding player-supported jackpot funds,
				and for disbursing funds to winners.
(2) A prize fund custodian may be an owner,
				partner, officer, or licensed individual named by the licensee.
(3) The custodian must have signature
				authority for prize fund bank accounts.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-370, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-375 - Posting rules for a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees must prominently post a
				  sign stating:
(1) How they will
				distribute player supported jackpot (PSJ) money if they discontinue the PSJ or
				stop operating the card game; and
(2) Conditions under which prizes may be won;
				and
(3) Prize amount; and
(4) Cost to participate; and
(5) Administrative fees; and
(6) Any other conditions which may affect the
				outcome of the game.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-375, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-380 - Seeding a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees may:
(1) Seed a PSJ and replenish the PSJ when
				depleted by issuing a check or making an electronic bank transfer from the
				licensee's business account ; and
(2) Recover seed money by having the
				custodian issue a check or make an electronic bank transfer from the PSJ
				account to the licensee's business account.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-380, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-385 - Collecting funds for a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees may collect funds from the
				  pot for each player-supported jackpot. Licensees:
(1) Must keep these funds separate from all
				other fees; and
(2) Must use either
				the chip rack or drop box method to collect these funds.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-385, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-390 - Collecting an administrative fee on the player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees may collect an
				  administrative fee of up to ten percent of the funds collected for a player
				  supported jackpot (PSJ). Licensees must deduct no other expenses from the PSJ
				  account.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-390, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-395 - House dealer required for a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees must use a house dealer for
				  all card games offering a player-supported jackpot (PSJ). No one playing in the
				  PSJ game may deal.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-395, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-400 - Accounting for player-supported jackpot funds

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Class F or house-banked licensees must:
(1) Maintain a separate bank account in a
				bank, mutual savings bank, or credit union in Washington state for holding
				player-supported jackpot (PSJ) funds; and
(2) Deposit only funds from PSJs into the
				account; and
(3) Not make payouts
				from the PSJ funds until licensees have first deposited the funds in the PSJ
				account. However, licensees may pay out prizes won during the gambling day and
				deduct administrative expenses before licensees deposit the funds;
				and
(4) Transfer or deposit the PSJ
				funds into the PSJ account or with an armored car service no later than the
				second banking day after the close of business; and
(5) Identify all deposits or transfers of PSJ
				funds by the type of PSJ fund and date of collection. Licensees must keep the
				validated deposit receipts or transfer information as a part of their required
				daily records or have online access to their player-supported jackpot bank
				accounts; and
(6) Transfer the
				amount from the PSJ account to the cage or general account before the end of
				the month if PSJ prizes are paid from the cage or general account. The licensee
				must keep the transfer information as part of the written records;
				and
(7) Reconcile the account
				balance in their bank statement to the PSJ prize balance on their PSJ prize
				fund accrual record each month. "Reconcile" means the licensee must compare the
				two balances, resolve any differences, and document the comparison and the
				differences in writing. Licensees must keep the reconciliation as part of their
				records.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    9.46.070. 10-11-087 (Order 669), §
					 230-15-400, filed 5/17/10, effective 7/1/10; 09-19-051 (Order 660), §
					 230-15-400, filed 9/11/09, effective 1/1/10; 07-10-034 (Order 611), §
					 230-15-400, filed 4/24/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-405 - Paying out prizes on a player-supported jackpot

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F or house-banked licensees must
				award all player-supported jackpot funds as prizes; and
(2) Prizes of five thousand dollars or less
				may be paid in cash or chips; and
(3) Prizes not awarded in cash must be paid
				within twenty-four hours with a check that provides a duplicate copy;
				and
(4) Licensees must maintain a
				record of all prizes paid in the format we prescribe; and
(5) When a player wins a prize of five
				hundred dollars or more, in view of the surveillance camera, the dealer must:
(a) Display the value and suit of each card
				in the winning hand; and
(b) Count
				and put in numerical order by suit the remaining cards in the deck to confirm a
				complete deck; and
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-410 - Owners, prize fund custodians, and card room employees participating in player-supported jackpots

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Class F or house-banked owners, prize
				fund custodians, and on-duty card room employees may play in card games that
				offer a player-supported jackpot (PSJ), but must not share in the winnings of
				any prize awarded.
(2) Any prizes
				an owner, prize fund custodian, or on-duty employee may be entitled to under
				game rules must be divided equally among the other players at the
				table.
(3) Owners, prize fund
				custodians, and on-duty card room employees must turn their cards face up at
				the end of a game so that other players at the table and surveillance may
				observe their cards if:
(a) They are playing
				in a game with a PSJ; and
(b) The
				prize is not based on a predetermined hand, such as four of a kind;
				and
(c) There is a qualifying hand
				at the end of a game, such as a "bad beat" hand.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-415 - Removing a player-supported jackpot from play

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) If licensees discontinue a PSJ, they must
				distribute the balance, less any seed money, to players within sixty days by
				offering an approved promotion or tournament of the same card game played to
				fund the PSJ.
(2) If licensees stop
				operating card games or fail to maintain a valid card game license, they must
				immediately distribute all PSJ funds to the Washington State Council on Problem
				Gambling.
(3) If taxing authorities
				seize a PSJ account, the licensee must immediately stop offering the PSJ and
				collecting additional funds for the PSJ until all funds have been replaced in
				the PSJ account.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
					 230-15-415, filed 4/10/07, effective
					 1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › PLAYER-SUPPORTED JACKPOTS › Section 230-15-420 - Resolving disputes over player-supported jackpots

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) If a dispute arises involving the outcome
				of a player-supported jackpot (PSJ), Class F or house-banked licensees must:
(a) Preserve the video recording, the winning
				hand and remaining deck, and all records for the game where the dispute
				occurred; and
(b) Document all
				information about the dispute, including:
(i)
				The names, addresses, and phone numbers of all players, card room staff, and
				any witnesses involved; and
(ii)
				The amount of the advertised PSJ; and
(iii) A full description of the circumstances
				surrounding the dispute; and
(c) Notify us within twenty-four
				hours.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-425 - Internal controls

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked
				  card game licensees must:
(a) Adopt internal
				  controls in the format we require; and
(b) Ensure that all games are closely
				  controlled and operated in accordance with gambling laws, our rules, and the
				  house-banked card game licensee's internal controls (ICs); and
(c) Follow all ICs at all times;
				  and
(d) Have all ICs available to
				  us at all times at the licensed business premises; and
(e) Have the ICs available to card room
				  employees for their individual functions; and
(f) Ensure that card room employees are
				  knowledgeable in all accounting and internal control procedures for their
				  individual functions and ensure that employees follow the ICs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-430 - Internal control requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
General accountability requirements.
(1) House-banked card game licensees must
				  have a system of internal controls including, at least:
(a)
Accounting controls -
Include the licensee's plan, procedures, and records concerned with the
				  safeguarding of assets and the reliability of financial records. Licensees must
				  design these controls to provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
				  recorded so that financial statements are prepared in conformity with generally
				  accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and so that accountability for assets is
				  maintained; and
(b)
Administrative controls -
Include, at least, the segregation of
				  incompatible functions so that no employee is in a position to commit and
				  conceal errors or wrongdoings in the normal course of his or her duties.
Designating a general manager.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-435 - Defining "incompatible functions."

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) "Incompatible functions" means job duties
				  that place an employee or department in a position to commit and conceal errors
				  or wrongdoings in the normal course of his or her duties.
(2) Anyone who records a transaction and has
				  access to the assets related to that transaction is in a position to commit and
				  conceal errors or wrongdoings. (Examples: An employee who writes checks should
				  not reconcile the bank account; an employee who transports funds should not
				  have access to keys for locks securing the funds or to surveillance recordings
				  of the transaction.)
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-435, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-440 - Modifying internal controls and changing card games offered

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked
				  card game licensees must submit proposed changes to their internal controls in
				  writing to us and receive our written approval before making any
				  changes.
(2) Licensees may change
				  the card games they offer by submitting the change to their internal controls
				  in writing and getting an initial verbal or written approval from us. Staff
				  reviews and verifies the changes on their next visit to the card
				  room.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-440, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-445 - Defining "gambling operations department manager."

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Gambling operations department manager" means a card room
					 employee who is responsible for managing all card game
					 operations.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-445, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Internal Controls for House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-450 - Defining "shift manager."

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
"Shift manager" means a card room employee who is
					 responsible for all card game operations during a given shift. The shift
					 manager reports to the gambling operations department
					 manager.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-450, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-453 - Using match play or similar coupons in gambling promotions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Match play coupons may be offered as gambling promotions
					 with the following restrictions:
(1)
				  The coupons have no value. Players cannot "double down" on the "match play"
				  portion of the wager.
(2) Players
				  may double down on the chip portion of the wager, not to exceed maximum
				  wagering limits.
(3) A match play
				  coupon is not considered part of the player's wager in determining the amount
				  wagered. Match play coupons may be used by players who wager the maximum
				  allowed.
(4) A match play coupon is
				  itself a gambling promotion and cannot be awarded as a prize in a promotional
				  contest of chance, as authorized in
				  RCW
				     9.46.0356.
(5) Restrictions on the use of coupons must
				  be disclosed on the coupon.
(6)
				  Expiration dates must be included on the coupon.
(7) Match play and other similar type coupon
				  promotions such as Lucky Bucks and Free Ace, etc., must be given to all players
				  eligible for the promotion.
(8)
				  Coupon promotions allowing free play must not be given out based upon the
				  outcome of a card game or tournament.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. WSR 08-11-044 (Order 628), §
						230-15-453, filed 5/14/08, effective
						7/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-455 - Keeping funds to pay prizes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card room licensees must ensure that they have
					 sufficient funds available to redeem all chips and pay out all prizes
					 including, but not limited to, progressive jackpot prizes, house jackpot
					 prizes, and odds-based prizes.
Failure to keep funds to cash in chips, pay prizes, or
					 redeem gambling related checks is prima facie evidence of fraud and in
					 violation of
					 RCW
					    9.46.190.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 09-15-070 (Order 654), §
						230-15-455, filed 7/13/09, effective 1/1/10; 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-455, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-460 - Supervision requirements for house-banked card rooms

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card game licensees must
				  have at least one floor supervisor for each gambling area/pit.
(2) Gambling area/pit means a self-contained
				  group of card tables, including poker tables, physically separated from other
				  tables. The separation may be due to the layout of the tables or physical
				  barriers, such as walls, chains, or ropes.
(3) A card room employee may act as a dealer
				  and a supervisor during the same shift as long as he or she does not sign forms
				  as both the dealer and the supervisor.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 08-11-044 (Order 628), §
						230-15-460, filed 5/14/08, effective 7/1/08; 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-460, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-465 - Dealing all house-banked card games from a dealing shoe

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must deal all
					 house-banked card games from a dealing shoe or a shuffling device we have
					 approved with the exception of single and double deck card games which may be
					 dealt by hand.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-465, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-470 - Numbering gambling tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must permanently number
					 each gambling table.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-470, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-475 - Tips from players and patrons to card room employees

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card game licensees may
				  allow selected employees to accept tips from players or patrons.
(2) If licensees allow house-banked card game
				  dealers to accept tips, licensees must ensure that tips are controlled so that
				  only authorized employees receive tips, that tips are properly accounted for,
				  and that tips are maintained separately from all other gambling
				  funds.
(3) Cage cashiers may accept
				  tips. They must locate their tip containers outside the cage enclosure. Players
				  or patrons must deposit the tips directly into the container. A shift or floor
				  supervisor, security, or an accounting manager who does not work as a cashier
				  must verify the tips cage cashiers receive.
(4) Employees directly concerned with
				  management, supervision, accounting, security, or surveillance must not ask
				  for, accept, or share any tip originating from players or patrons; however,
				  this restriction does not apply to poker "floor supervisors."
(5) House-banked card game licensees must:
(a) Establish and implement procedures for
				  the accounting of tips received by authorized card room employees.
(b) Fully document the procedures in their
				  internal controls and describe in detail any methods used to allocate
				  tips.
(c) Establish procedures
				  necessary to ensure that the floor supervisor and surveillance observe card
				  room employees accepting tips. Procedures must include an overt display of
				  received tips, for example tapping the table with the tip before placing it in
				  the tip container.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-480 - Commissions on winning hands

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The only direct or indirect fee (commission) licensees may
					 collect is a percentage from a winning hand in house-banked card
					 games.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-480, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-490 - Aggregate payout limits for odds-based prizes

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) House-banked card room licensees may
				  impose aggregate payout limits if we approve for odds-based prizes.
(2) "Aggregate payout limit" means the
				  maximum payout by a licensee to one or more players as the result of winning
				  wagers from a single deal of cards.
(3) Aggregate payout limits must not be:
(a) Combined with different types of
				  odds-based prizes; and
(b) Less
				  than the maximum wager allowed for the game times the highest odds offered up
				  to fifty to one. For example, if the maximum wager is three hundred dollars and
				  the highest odds offered are five thousand to one, the aggregate payout limit
				  cannot be less than fifteen thousand dollars (three hundred dollars times
				  fifty); and
(c) Imposed upon any
				  odds-based prize where the highest payoff odds on a winning wager are less than
				  fifty to one; and
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-491 - Limiting payouts to dealers for tip or "toke" wagers for odds-based payouts

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) A "toke" is a
				  wager made by a player as a tip for the dealer and it is treated as a separate
				  bet.
(2) House-banked card room
				  licensees may:
(a) Establish a separate,
				  individual limit on the amount of the payout on a toke for odds-based payouts
				  within the requirements of WAC
				  230-15-490;
				  and
(b) Restrict the types of
				  wagers tokes are allowed on and the amounts of tokes.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-495 - Opening tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Licensees must clearly mark the outside of the chip tray
					 with the gambling table number which it matches. When opening gambling tables,
					 house-banked card game licensees must follow these steps:
(1) A floor supervisor must unlock the table
				  inventory container (chip tray) and take out the table inventory slip (opener);
				  and
(2) The floor supervisor and
				  the dealer assigned to the gambling table must:
(a) Count the contents of the chip tray;
				  and
(b) Verify the count against
				  the opener; and
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-500 - Accounting for table inventory

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  House-banked card game licensees must establish procedures to ensure proper
				  accounting for chips and coins stored at gambling tables, known as the "table
				  inventory."
(2) Licensees must not
				  add or remove chips or coins from the table inventory except:
(a) In exchange for cash from players;
				  or
(b) In exchange for debit card
				  transactions from players according to WAC
				  230-15-506; or
(c) In exchange for tickets generated by
				  TITO-enabled bill validators; or
(d) To pay winning wagers and collect losing
				  wagers made at the gambling table; or
(e) In exchange for chips received from a
				  player having an equal total face value (known as "coloring up" or "coloring
				  down"); or
(f) In compliance with
				  fill and credit procedures.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-505 - Selling gambling chips to players

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must accurately account
					 for all chips, debit card transaction receipts, tickets generated by
					 TITO-enabled bill validators, and cash when they sell chips to players.
					 Licensees must sell chips only at the gambling table.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-505, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-506 - Using debit cards to purchase chips on house-banked card games

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees may allow a player to use
					 a debit card to purchase chips at house-banked card games under the following
					 conditions:
(1) The licensee must use
				  approved debit card reading devices to process the debit card transactions;
				  and
(2) The debit card transaction
				  must be initiated at an approved gambling table; and
(3) A supervisor must be present at the
				  gambling table during the debit card transaction; and
(4) The dealer or supervisor must examine the
				  player's identification to confirm the player's identity. The dealer or
				  supervisor must verify that the name on the identification matches the name on
				  the debit card; and
(5) Verify the
				  player is not on the state-wide self-exclusion list; and
(6) Not execute a debit card transaction upon
				  notification from the player's financial institution that the available funds
				  in the player's account associated with the debit card are less than the amount
				  requested by the player; and
(7) A
				  single debit card transaction is limited to $500 or less. Furthermore,
				  aggregated debit card transactions at gambling tables for a single player
				  cannot exceed $2,500 during a 24-hour period; and
(8) The licensee must prominently post all
				  fees charged by the gaming establishment or system provider associated with the
				  transfer at the gambling table or on the approved debit card reading device;
				  and
(9) The debit card transaction
				  receipt must be deposited into the drop box attached to the gambling table;
				  and
(10) Licensees are required to
				  post at all tables in which the debit transaction may be completed signage with
				  the problem gambling helpline and how to register for the state-wide
				  self-exclusion program at the licensee's establishment. The signage must be in
				  at least the same font as all other signage on the table; and
(11) Conspicuously display on or at the
				  gaming device or game, and on a printed item given to the patron, notice that
				  funds may be approved for transfer from sources other than the account
				  associated with the patron's debit instrument, as determined by the patron's
				  financial institution; and
(12)
				  Licensees must submit internal controls to us in the format we
				  require.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-507 - Debit card reading devices used on house-banked card games

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees may use approved debit
					 card reading devices on house-banked card games to sell chips to players in
					 accordance with WAC
					 230-15-506. Licensees must use
					 debit card reading devices that:
(1)
				  Are approved and documented in internal controls; and
(2) Execute all transactions in accordance
				  with all applicable state and federal electronic funds transfer requirements
				  including, receipting and fee disclosure requirements; and
(3) Provide real-time accounting reports for
				  each debit card reading device to include patron transaction history by date
				  and time; and
(4) Do not interfere
				  with gaming system interfaces and device operations; and
(5) Do not accept signature debit, credit,
				  and EBT cards; and
(6) Are not used
				  for the purchase of live gaming vouchers that can be used for other authorized
				  gambling activities at the card room; and
(7) Do not execute a transaction for funds
				  that exceed the available amount of funds from the linked bank account;
				  and
(8) Provide a daily monetary
				  transfer limit per patron that does not exceed the limits in WAC
				  230-15-506. A fee charged by the
				  gaming establishment or system provider associated with a transfer does not
				  contribute to the transfer limit; and
(9) Employ data encryption that meets or
				  exceeds current industry standards for all data that is transmitted.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-510 - Transferring chips and coin to the gambling tables

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
House-banked card game licensees must closely control and
					 document all transfers of chips or coin to the gambling tables in a manner that
					 ensures accountability and provides adequate security.
(1) All transfers of chips or coin must be to
				  or from the cashier's cage.
(2)
				  Chips or coin must not be transferred from one gambling table to
				  another.
(3) All transfers of chips
				  or coin must be made using requests for fill slips and fill slips or request
				  for credit slips and credit slips.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-510, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-515 - Requirements for request for fill/credit slips

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
A request for fill/credit slip must be:
(1) A two part form; and
(2) Completed in the format we require;
				  and
(3) Secured so that only a
				  floor supervisor has access to the slip.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), §
						230-15-515, filed 4/10/07, effective
						1/1/08.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-15 - Card game rules › ADDITIONAL RULES FOR HOUSE-BANKED CARD GAMES › Operating House-Banked Card Games › Section 230-15-520 - Requirements for fill/credit slips

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
				  Each fill/credit slip must be a consecutively prenumbered three-part form in
				  the format we require. We may authorize use of a computer based accounting
				  system which includes a nonrepeating consecutive numbering system, which
				  fulfills the controls and safeguards of the manual system. House-banked card
				  game licensees must:
(a) Control and account
				  for each series of fill/credit slips they receive; and
(b) Ensure the fill/credit slip dispenser is
				  secured in the cashier's cage; and
(c) Keep each series of fill/credit slips in
				  a locked dispenser that will permit an individual fill/credit slip in the
				  series and its copies to be written on simultaneously while still located in
				  the dispenser, and will discharge the original and duplicate while the
				  triplicate remains in a continuous, unbroken form in the dispenser;
				  and
(d) Use the forms in
				  consecutive order and account for all forms; and
(e) Assign an accounting department employee
				  to be responsible for controlling and accounting for the unused supply of
				  fill/credit slips, placing fill/credit slips in the dispensers, and removing
				  the triplicate copy from the dispensers. Only the accounting department
				  employee may have access to the forms in the dispenser.