Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-11 - Raffles › ELECTRONIC RAFFLE SYSTEMS › Section 230-11-300 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions apply to electronic raffles:
(1) "Electronic raffle" means a licensed
				raffle, as defined in
				RCW
				   9.46.0277, that uses an electronic raffle
				system for sales, accountability, and printing of tickets. Electronic raffles
				must only be conducted during a home game of a qualified sports team. The total
				prize amount must be one half (i.e., 50 percent) of the gross gambling receipts
				collected from the sale of raffle tickets. If deducting expenses prior to prize
				calculation, only actual, documented expenses up to $2,000.00 may be deducted
				per raffle. Only electronic raffle licensees are authorized to conduct
				electronic raffles.
(2) "Home game"
				means a live sports event held in Washington state that is designated as a home
				game in an official schedule distributed by the league of a qualified sports
				team at a home game authorized location.
(3) "Home game authorized location" means a
				sports facility where spectators gather within an arena or stadium where the
				home game is being conducted and where a home game ticket is required for
				admission. This does not include ancillary areas, buildings, or facilities,
				such as parking areas or areas where a ticket is not required for
				entry.
(4) "Electronic raffle
				system" means the system that connects to and consists of servers located in
				the home game authorized location, associated network equipment, software,
				raffle sales units, raffle ticket printers, and related equipment used by an
				electronic raffle licensee to generate and account for the sale of raffle
				tickets.
(5) "Raffle sales unit"
				means a portable, remote hard-wired connected device, or an attendant operated
				station that is used as a point of sale for raffle ticket sales. Raffle sales
				units can only use a closed network with no access to the internet to conduct
				raffle ticket sales within the home game authorized location except for credit
				card transactions as authorized in WAC 230-11-310.
(6) "Manual draw" or "drawing" means the
				method used for the selection of a raffle ticket to determine the raffle
				winner. A manual draw requires the winning raffle ticket be hand-picked from
				the receptacle that contains every raffle ticket sold and provides an equal
				chance for every ticket to be selected.
(7) "Raffle ticket" means a ticket generated
				by the electronic raffle system that is placed in a receptacle for the manual
				draw to determine the winner of the raffle prize.
(8) "Raffle ticket number" means the unique
				number recorded on every raffle ticket and raffle ticket receipt.
(9) "Raffle ticket receipt" means a printed
				receipt and record of entry into an electronic raffle provided to the
				participant which contains the raffle ticket number and a unique validation
				number and/or barcode information.
(10) "Unique validation number" or "barcode
				information" means a number or barcode generated by the electronic raffle
				system as a secondary means of verifying the raffle ticket is
				legitimate.