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Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-080 - Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value, and winning of prizes prohibited

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Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic
				value and winning and sharing of prizes, are prohibited as follows:
(1) Members of the commission and employees
			 of the lottery, or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a
			 member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any member of
			 the commission or employee of the lottery shall not purchase or share in any
			 portion of or receive the prize winnings of any of Washington's lottery
			 tickets.
(2) No things of economic
			 value offered by prize winners, vendors, contractors, or others conducting
			 business with the lottery, may be accepted by lottery retailers or by any
			 member of the commission or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent
			 residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of
			 any member of the commission.
(3) A
			 ticket shall not be purchased by, and a prize shall not be paid to any CPA
			 accounting firm, or its employees, retained by the director of financial
			 management pursuant to
			 RCW  67.70.310 and
			 67.70.320, or any employee of the
			 director of financial management performing a management review or audit of the
			 commission or director.
(4) A
			 ticket shall not be sold to or purchased by any person under the age of
			 eighteen. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the purchase of a ticket for
			 the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a
			 person less than that age.
(5) A
			 ticket shall not be purchased with public assistance electronic benefit cards
			 or coupons and a lottery retailer shall not accept these as consideration for a
			 ticket.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-06-080,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 90-11-040, §
										315-06-080, filed 5/10/90,
				  effective 6/10/90; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-080, filed 12/16/85;
				  84-22-047 (Order 68), §
										315-06-080, filed 11/7/84. Statutory Authority:
				  1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 §§ 4 and 5. 83-03-033 (Order 9), §
										315-06-080, filed 1/14/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-037
				  (Order 2), §
										315-06-080, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-085 - Hand-marked play slips

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Plays may only be entered manually using the lottery terminal
				keypad or by means of a play slip provided by the lottery and hand-marked by
				the player. Retailers shall not permit the use of facsimiles of play slips,
				copies of play slips, or other materials that are inserted into the terminal's
				play slip reader that are not printed or approved by the lottery. Retailers
				shall not permit any device to be connected to a lottery terminal to enter
				plays, except as approved by the lottery.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 99-04-077, §
										315-06-085,
				  filed 2/2/99, effective 3/5/99.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-090 - Video machines prohibited

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Coin-operated, instant video games which pay out prizes, either
				by skill or chance, shall not be used in the conduct of games, pursuant to
				RCW  67.70.040(1)(a).
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-06-090,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 88-17-024 (Order 111), §
										315-06-090,
				  filed 8/11/88; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-090, filed 12/16/85.
				  Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040 (Order 5), §
										315-06-090, filed 10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-095 - Promotional contests of chance

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The director has the authority to conduct promotional contests
				of chance for the enhancement of ticket sales.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 91-20-062, §
										315-06-095,
				  filed 9/25/91, effective 10/26/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-100 - Data processing terminals for the dispensing of tickets authorized

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On-line data-processing ticket vending terminals for use by
				lottery retailers in the issuing of tickets may be used in the conduct of
				games.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-100, filed 12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040
				  (Order 5), §
										315-06-100, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-110 - Conversion to data processing vending terminals

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The director reserves the right upon thirty days' notice to the
				lottery retailer to convert any licensed location from a manual-type operation
				to an on-line data processing ticket vending terminal operation and from a
				vending terminal operation on either a rental or purchase basis to a
				manual-type operation in the sale and distribution of
				tickets.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-110, filed 12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040
				  (Order 5), §
										315-06-110, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-115 - Overlapping draw game sales in consecutive fiscal years

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When the sales for a draw game jackpot overlap two fiscal
				years, any fiscal reporting discrepancy between the statutory requirement that
				payment of prizes not be less than forty-five percent of gross annual revenue
				and the preparation of an annual financial statement using generally accepted
				accounting principles shall be explained in a footnote to the financial
				statements.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-06-115,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 89-17-021 (Order 118), §
										315-06-115,
				  filed 8/7/89, effective 9/7/89.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-123 - Voluntary assignment of prize pursuant to an appropriate judicial order

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(1) In the case of a
			 petition for an order or an amended order for the voluntary assignment of a
			 prize, a copy of a petition shall be served on the director of the lottery or
			 designee, in addition to service on the attorney general, no later than ten
			 days before any hearing or entry of any order or amended order. After superior
			 court entry of voluntary assignment of a right to a prize pursuant to an
			 appropriate judicial order or amended order, the director shall make payment to
			 the person designated by a certified copy of the order or amended order which
			 has been served upon the director personally or by certified mail provided that
			 the order contains, in addition to the requirements set forth in
			 RCW  67.70.100(2), the following
			 provisions:
(a) The assignor's name. For an
			 initial assignment, the winner's name as it appears on the prize claim
			 form;
(b) The assignee's
			 name;
(c) The citizenship or
			 resident alien number of the assignee (if a natural person).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-125 - Debts owed the state

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(1) The
			 terms used in
			 RCW  67.70.255 and these regulations are defined
			 as follows:
(a) Creditor - Any state agency or
			 political subdivision of this state that maintains records of debts owed to the
			 state or political subdivision, or that the state is authorized to enforce or
			 collect.
(b) Debt - A judgment
			 rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction or obligations established
			 pursuant to
			 RCW  50.20.190,
			 51.32.240,
			 51.48.140,
			 74.04.300,
			 74.20A.040,
			 74.20A.055 and
			 82.32.210 or administrative orders
			 as defined in
			 RCW  50.24.110,
			 51.32.240,
			 51.48.150, and
			 74.20A.020(6).
(c) State - The state of
			 Washington.
(d) Two working days -
			 Two days not to include Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays as defined in
			 RCW  1.16.050 commencing the day following the
			 date the claim was validated by the lottery.
(e) Verification - A facsimile or photo copy
			 of a judgment or final order received by the lottery during the requisite two
			 working day period.
(f) Individual
			 - A natural person.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-130 - Prizes payable after death or disability of individual winner

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(1) All prizes or a
			 portion thereof which remain unpaid at the time of an individual prize winner's
			 death shall be payable to the court appointed representative of the prize
			 winner's estate once satisfactory evidence of said representative appointment
			 has been presented to the director, claim forms have been properly filled out,
			 and the director is satisfied that such payment is lawful and proper: Provided,
			 however, That where the prize winner and spouse had entered into any agreement
			 valid under the law of this state or another state which establishes the prize
			 as property to pass to the surviving spouse without probate upon the death of
			 the prize winner, then the prize shall be made payable to the surviving spouse,
			 without the probating of an estate of the deceased.
(2) Prize moneys will be paid according to
			 the law of descent and distribution,
			 chapter
			 11.04 RCW, of the state of
			 Washington if the winner thereof dies intestate regardless of whether the prize
			 winner was domiciled at the time of the prize winner's death in the state of
			 Washington.
(3) The director may
			 rely wholly on the presentment of certified copies of a court's appointment of
			 an administrator or executor, guardian, conservator or on any other evidence
			 that a person is entitled to the payment of any prize winnings then
			 due.
(4) The payment to the estate
			 of the deceased winner of any prize winnings by the director shall absolve the
			 director, the commission and employees of the lottery of any further liability
			 for payment of said prize winnings.
(5)
(a)
			 Where the party who claimed a prize from the lottery was an individual, and the
			 individual has died, the estate of the deceased individual prize winner may
			 petition the lottery director to have the payment of an installment prize
			 accelerated and paid to the estate at the installment prize's present cash
			 value in lieu of receiving continued payments. The director may grant the
			 petition if, in the director's sole discretion, payment of the remaining
			 installments in a single, present cash value payment is in the best interests
			 of the state lottery.
(b) The
			 estate of an individual which has a community property interest in a prize, may
			 petition the lottery director to have the payment of its interest in an
			 installment prize accelerated and paid to the estate at the installment prize's
			 present cash value in lieu of receiving continued payments. The director may
			 grant the petition if, in the director's sole discretion, payment of the
			 remaining installments in a single, present cash value payment is in the best
			 interests of the state lottery. Payment to the surviving spouse of the
			 remaining community property interest shall continue in installments.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-170 - Filing of reports

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Each lottery retailer may be required to file with the director
				periodic reports of its respective receipts and transactions in the sale of
				tickets in such form as approved by the director.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 94-03-020, §
										315-06-170,
				  filed 1/7/94, effective 2/9/94; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-170, filed
				  12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040 (Order 5), §
										315-06-170, filed 10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-190 - Erroneous or mutilated tickets

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(1)
			 Tickets erroneously made out or in any way mutilated when received by a lottery
			 retailer are to be returned by the lottery retailer immediately to the
			 director. Credit may be allowed for said tickets but only if the authenticity
			 of the tickets can be reasonably determined by the director.
(2) Unless the director is satisfied that a
			 mutilated ticket is authentic, no credit or prize will be issued to the holder
			 of said ticket.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 94-03-020, §
										315-06-190,
				  filed 1/7/94, effective 2/9/94; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-190, filed
				  12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040 (Order 5), §
										315-06-190, filed 10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-200 - Returned tickets

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All tickets once returned by a lottery retailer may not be
				reissued without prior approval of the director.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-06-200, filed 12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-040
				  (Order 5), §
										315-06-200, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-210 - Law enforcement

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(1) The
			 director shall be the chief law enforcement officer, pursuant to
			 chapter
			 67.70 RCW, for the
			 purposes of enforcing such chapter, and the penal laws of this state relating
			 to the conduct of or participation in lottery activities.
(2) The director shall appoint in accordance
			 with the laws of the state of Washington a sufficient number of competent
			 persons to act as Washington state lottery law enforcement officers, may remove
			 them from a law enforcement capacity without cause, and shall define their rank
			 and duties.
(3) The director may
			 appoint employees to serve as special deputies, with such restricted police
			 authority as the director shall designate as being necessary and consistent
			 with their assignment to duty.
(4)
			 The director shall apply for certification as a criminal justice agency
			 pursuant to WAC
			 446-20-050 and shall designate
			 specific employees for the collection and dissemination of criminal history
			 record information, and for undercover audit or investigative work or other
			 security operations.
(5) The
			 director may issue a badge and shall issue an identification card to each
			 employee designated as a lottery law enforcement officer.
(6) The director shall develop cooperative
			 arrangements with other criminal justice agencies in the state of Washington
			 for enforcement of laws related to lottery activities.
(7) The director shall issue guidelines for
			 the conduct of lottery law enforcement personnel.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-06-210,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7.
				  82-21-040 (Order 5), §
										315-06-210, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-06 - General lottery rules › Section 315-06-220 - Voluntary self-exclusion

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(1) The
			 voluntary self-exclusion program is established for the purpose of allowing
			 persons to exclude themselves from lottery play and related activities. Each
			 person who enrolls in the voluntary self-exclusion program acknowledges that it
			 is their responsibility to refrain from engaging in lottery play and other
			 related activities.
(2)
			 Definitions. The following definitions apply throughout this section unless the
			 context clearly requires otherwise.
(a)
			 "Director" means the director of the Washington state lottery
			 commission.
(b) "Excluded prize"
			 means:
(i) Any monetary, promotional, or
			 merchandise prize valued at more than $600; and
(ii) any monetary, promotional, or
			 merchandise second chance drawing prize regardless of value.
(c) "Lottery" means the Washington
			 state lottery commission, otherwise known as Washington's lottery.
(d) "Lottery play" means purchase, play, or
			 redemption of lottery tickets or games.
(e) "Lottery related activities" or "related
			 activities" include, but are not limited to: Promotions, second chance
			 promotions or drawings, events, and participation in the lottery's loyalty
			 program.
(f) "Merchandise prize"
			 means a prize offered by the lottery that is a product, experience, or service
			 other than a monetary prize. Merchandise prizes include gift cards.
(g) "Monetary prize" means a prize offered by
			 the lottery that is payable as a check, bank transfer, or annuity.
(h) "Participant" means a person who has
			 enrolled in the program.
(i)
			 "Prize" means any award, financial or otherwise, awarded by the director.
			 Prizes may include any monetary amount, merchandise item, or experience offered
			 by the lottery.
(j) "Promotion"
			 means a time-limited opportunity for a player to receive a prize or other
			 benefit not typically offered by the lottery, the purpose of which is to
			 promote a certain lottery product, activity, partnership, or event.
(k) "Second chance lottery promotion" or
			 "second chance drawing" means a drawing or promotion wherein a player must
			 submit a non winning lottery ticket in order to be eligible to win a
			 prize.
(l) "Voluntary
			 self-exclusion program" or "program" means the voluntary self-exclusion program
			 authorized under RCW   67.70.040, and does not apply to any form of gambling
			 other than the lottery.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-08 - Financial management › Section 315-08-010 - Expenditure and transfer limits - State lottery account

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(1) At the outset of fiscal year 1991, and at
			 the outset of each biennium after fiscal year 1991, the commission shall
			 determine by resolution the following:
(a) The
			 total amount of moneys which may be transferred from the state lottery account
			 to the state's general fund and to the lottery administrative account, pursuant
			 to legislative appropriation; and
(b) The total amount of moneys which may be
			 expended from the state lottery account for each of the following purposes:
(i) Payment of retailer
			 compensation;
(ii) Payment of
			 prizes (which shall not be less than forty-five percent of gross annual revenue
			 of the lottery);
(iii) On-line
			 vendor payments;
(iv) On-line
			 telecommunications payments;
(v)
			 Instant game vendor payments;
(vi)
			 Promotion/advertising; and
(vii)
			 Any other purposes required by law.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-08 - Financial management › Section 315-08-020 - Revenue projections by commission

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The director shall present to the revenue forecast council
				periodic revenue projections made by the commission consistent with the
				executive budget.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 90-11-040, §
										315-08-020,
				  filed 5/10/90, effective 6/10/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-08 - Financial management › Section 315-08-030 - State lottery account - Director's responsibilities

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The director may transfer and expend moneys as he/she deems
				appropriate within the totals determined pursuant to WAC
				315-08-010 and shall perform all
				functions necessary for the administration and operation of the state lottery
				account.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 90-11-040, §
										315-08-030,
				  filed 5/10/90, effective 6/10/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-08 - Financial management › Section 315-08-040 - Director's quarterly report to the commission

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The director shall provide quarterly to the commission a full
				and complete statement of fund transfer and expenditure activity for the
				preceding quarter.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 90-11-040, §
										315-08-040,
				  filed 5/10/90, effective 6/10/90.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-010 - Instant games - Authorized - Director's authority

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The director shall:
(1) Select, operate, and contract relating to
			 and for the operation of instant games meeting the criteria set forth in this
			 chapter.
(2) Establish final
			 instant game specifications, including the determination of winning tickets, in
			 executed working papers or software requirement specifications; keep the
			 portions of these documents that are subject to public disclosure available for
			 one hundred eighty days after the end of each game for public review during
			 normal business hours.
(3) Inform
			 commission members of instant game development.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-010,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-010, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 98-08-067, §
										315-10-010,
				  filed 3/30/98, effective 4/30/98; 97-04-047, §
										315-10-010, filed 1/31/97,
				  effective 3/3/97. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-038 (Order 3),
				  §
										315-10-010, filed 10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-020 - Definitions

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(1) Ticket. The
			 ticket purchased for participation in an instant game and any ticket used in
			 media promotions and retailer incentive programs authorized by the director for
			 an instant game.
(2) Instant game.
			 A game in which a ticket is purchased and the ticket bearer determines his or
			 her winnings, if any.
(3) Ticket
			 bearer. The person who has signed the ticket or has possession of the unsigned
			 ticket.
(4) Play symbols. The
			 numbers or symbols appearing in the designated areas on the front and or the
			 back of the ticket. Play symbols were formerly called play numbers. Both terms
			 shall have the same meaning.
(5)
			 Your(s). The ticket bearer's play area or areas (for example, "your hand(s),"
			 "your card(s)," or "your roll(s)").
(6) Their(s). The opponent's play area or
			 areas (for example, "their card(s)," or "their roll(s)").
(7) Validation number. The multidigit number
			 found on the ticket and on any ticket stub. There must be a validation number
			 on the ticket or any stub.
(8)
			 Working papers or software requirement specifications. The documents providing
			 production and winning ticket specifications for each instant ticket
			 game.
(9) Scratch game. An instant
			 game in which a ticket is purchased and, upon removal of a scratch-off coating
			 on the front and or the back of the ticket, the ticket bearer determines his or
			 her winning, if any.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040(1), (3).
				  12-24-009, §
										315-10-020, filed 11/27/12, effective 12/28/12. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-020, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 98-08-067, §
										315-10-020,
				  filed 3/30/98, effective 4/30/98; 97-04-047, §
										315-10-020, filed 1/31/97,
				  effective 3/3/97; 89-21-029, §
										315-10-020, filed 10/10/89, effective
				  11/10/89; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-10-020, filed 12/16/85; 84-05-008
				  (Order 51), §
										315-10-020, filed 2/7/84. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  67.70.040 and
				  67.70.050. 83-05-029 (Order 14),
				  §
										315-10-020, filed 2/10/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7.
				  82-21-038 (Order 3), §
										315-10-020, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-022 - Essential elements of instant game tickets

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The director shall establish in executed working papers or
				software requirement specifications for each instant game the specific form and
				location in which the following essential elements shall appear on each instant
				game ticket:
(1)
Play
			 field
is generally the area that may contain play symbols, play symbol
			 captions, prize symbols, prize symbol captions, and validation
			 numbers;
(2)
Play
			 spots
are the specific areas where play symbols are located;
(3)
Play symbols
are symbols,
			 letters, or numbers appearing in each play spot of a ticket;
(4)
Play symbol captions
are
			 small printed characters generally associated with each play symbol which may
			 appear on the play field and correspond with and verify that play symbol. These
			 captions spell out, in full or abbreviated form, the play symbol. There is only
			 one play symbol caption for each play symbol, and each play symbol caption is
			 associated with the three-digit ticket number;
(5)
Prize symbols
may be numeric
			 or symbolic representations, printed either in a display printed prize legend
			 or on the play field, which indicate the amount of money a player may
			 win;
(6)
Prize symbol
			 captions
may be small printed characters generally associated with each
			 prize symbol appearing on the play field which correspond to and verify that
			 prize symbol. The prize symbol caption is a spelling out, in full or
			 abbreviated form, of the prize symbol;
(7)
Validation number
is a
			 unique multidigit number on the ticket;
(8)
Pack-ticket number
is a
			 number that may include the game, pack and ticket identifier;
(9)
Retailer verification code
is the code on the ticket that the lottery retailer uses to verify instant
			 winners; and
(10)
Odds of
			 winning
shall always appear on the back of the ticket.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-022,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-022, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 97-04-047, §
										315-10-022,
				  filed 1/31/97, effective 3/3/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-023 - Prizes available for instant games

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Prizes available are as set forth on the instant game ticket.
				Prizes may also include "Win for Life" prizes. "Win for Life" prizes will be
				paid in accordance with WAC
				315-06-120(15) and may include prizes exceeding one million dollars.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-023,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-023, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 98-08-067, §
										315-10-023,
				  filed 3/30/98, effective 4/30/98.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-024 - Methods of selecting winning tickets

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(1) Methods for selecting winning tickets may
			 be as set forth on the instant game ticket and in the executed working papers
			 or software requirement specifications. Methods for selecting winning tickets
			 may include:
(a) Higher number. Your (the
			 player's) number is greater than their number.
(b) Match one or more. Match your play
			 symbols to the winning play symbol(s).
(c) Bonus play. Find a bonus symbol to win a
			 bonus prize instantly.
(d) Match
			 two or more consecutive. Match two or more consecutive "Game Cards" within a
			 game to the "Draw Cards" to win the corresponding amount shown on the
			 ticket.
(e) Match two or more.
			 Match two or more "Game Cards" within a game to the "Draw Cards" to win the
			 corresponding amount shown on the legend on the ticket.
(f) Three like cards. Get three like cards
			 with one hand to win the corresponding amount shown on the ticket.
(g) Grand prize drawing. Find a bonus symbol
			 that qualifies you to enter a grand prize drawing or submit one or more
			 nonwinning tickets to enter a grand prize drawing.
(h) Match symbols. Match a specified number
			 of identical play symbols on a play area.
(i) Add up "yours." Add up the play symbols
			 designated as "yours" and the total is greater than, less than or equal to the
			 symbol or symbols designated as "theirs."
(j) Add up. Add up the play symbols and the
			 amount is greater than or equal to the designated symbols on the
			 ticket.
(k) Tic tac toe. Match
			 three identical play symbols, in a row, column, or diagonal, on a grid in the
			 play area.
(l) Sequence. Find the
			 designated play symbols in the specified sequential order.
(m) Spellout. Find the play symbols to form
			 the designated word or words.
(n)
			 In between. Find the play symbol or symbols designated as "yours" with a value
			 less than the play symbol or symbols designated as "their high value" and
			 greater than the play symbol or symbols designated as "their low
			 value."
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-025 - Cost to purchase an instant game ticket

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The price of an instant game ticket shall not be less than
				$1.00 and not more than $ 30.00, except for those tickets used in media
				promotions authorized by the director and retailer incentive programs
				authorized by the commission.
Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70-040 [67.70.040] (1)(3).
				  10-16-025, §
										315-10-025, filed 7/23/10, effective 8/23/10. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW  67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-025,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 98-08-067, §
										315-10-025, filed 3/30/98,
				  effective 4/30/98; 97-04-047, §
										315-10-025, filed 1/31/97, effective
				  3/3/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-030 - Instant games criteria

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(1) The
			 total of all prizes available to be won in an instant game shall not be less
			 than forty-five percent of the instant game's projected revenue.
(2) There is no required frequency of drawing
			 or method of selection of a winner in an instant game.
(3) At the director's discretion, an instant
			 game may include a grand prize or second chance drawing(s). The criteria for
			 the grand prize or second chance drawing shall be as follows:
(a) Finalists for such drawing(s) shall be
			 selected in an elimination drawing(s) from tickets meeting the criteria stated
			 on the ticket and in executed working papers or software requirement
			 specifications or stated in lottery promotional materials, at the discretion of
			 the director. Participation in the elimination drawing(s) shall be limited to
			 such tickets that are actually received or ticket information is actually
			 received and validated by the director on or before a date to be announced by
			 the director. The director may reserve the right to place any semi-finalist
			 whose entry was not entered in the elimination drawing(s) and who is
			 subsequently determined to have been entitled to such entry into an elimination
			 drawing of a subsequent instant game, and the determination of the director
			 shall be final.
(b) The number of
			 prizes and the amount of each prize in the drawing(s) shall be determined by
			 the director to correspond with the size and length of the instant game and to
			 comply with subsection (1) of this section.
(c) The dates and times as well as the
			 procedures for conducting the drawing(s) shall be determined by the
			 director.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-035 - Winning an instant game ticket

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Each instant ticket shall be printed with instructions clearly
				indicating what constitutes a winning ticket. In addition, written descriptions
				of winning play and prize symbol combinations shall be included in the executed
				working papers or software requirement specifications for the production of
				each game. The ticket bearer must submit the winning ticket to the lottery as
				specified by the director. The winning ticket must be validated by the lottery
				through use of the validation number or any other means as specified in WAC
				315-10-070 or by the
				director.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-035,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-035, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 97-04-047, §
										315-10-035,
				  filed 1/31/97, effective 3/3/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-040 - Confidentiality of tickets

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No lottery retailer or its employees or agents shall attempt to
				ascertain the retailer verification code or otherwise attempt to identify
				unsold winning tickets.
Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-040, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW  67.70.040. 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-10-040, filed 12/16/85. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. 82-21-038
				  (Order 3), §
										315-10-040, filed
				  10/15/82.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-055 - Redemption time

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(1) A player may
			 submit a winning ticket for prize payment up to one hundred eighty days after
			 the official end of game or one hundred eighty days from date of purchase of a
			 computer generated ticket.
(2) In
			 order to participate in a grand prize drawing in which the entry is the
			 submittal of one or more winning or nonwinning tickets, a player must redeem
			 and submit such a ticket or tickets or ticket information within the time
			 limits set forth in chapter 315-06 WAC governing the conduct of that specific
			 game.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-055,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  67.70 RCW. 05-11-049,
				  §
										315-10-055, filed 5/13/05, effective 6/13/05. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 97-04-047, §
										315-10-055,
				  filed 1/31/97, effective 3/3/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-060 - Official beginning and end of an instant ticket game ticket sales

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The director shall announce the official start date and closing
				date of each instant ticket game in an official lottery publication via printed
				or electronic media, or both. Lottery retailers shall not sell any tickets
				prior to the start date of a game unless expressly authorized by the
				director.
A lottery retailer may continue to sell tickets for each
				instant game up to sixty days after the official end of that
				game.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-10-060,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 97-04-047, §
										315-10-060, filed 1/31/97,
				  effective 3/3/97; 94-03-020, §
										315-10-060, filed 1/7/94, effective 2/9/94;
				  89-09-008 (Order 115), §
										315-10-060, filed 4/10/89; 87-17-012 (Order 103),
				  §
										315-10-060, filed 8/10/87; 86-12-002 (Order 92), §
										315-10-060,
				  filed 5/22/86; 86-01-060 (Order 83), §
										315-10-060, filed 12/16/85;
				  85-09-004 (Order 72), §
										315-10-060, filed 4/5/85; 84-05-008 (Order 51),
				  §
										315-10-060, filed 2/7/84; 84-01-004 (Order 42), §
										315-10-060, filed
				  12/8/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-065 - Return of instant game tickets by state liquor control board outlets

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Return of tickets by state liquor control board outlets shall
				be governed by the interlocal cooperative agreement between the lottery and the
				state liquor control board.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 97-04-047, §
										315-10-065,
				  filed 1/31/97, effective 3/3/97.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-070 - Ticket validation requirements

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(1)
			 To be a valid Washington state lottery instant game ticket, a ticket must meet
			 all of the following validation requirements.
(a) The ticket must have been issued by the
			 director in an authorized manner.
(b) The ticket must not be altered,
			 unreadable, or tampered with in any manner.
(c) The ticket must not be counterfeit in
			 whole or in part.
(d) The ticket
			 must not be stolen nor appear on any list of omitted tickets on file with the
			 lottery.
(e) The ticket must be
			 complete and not blank or partially blank, miscut, misregistered, defective, or
			 printed or produced in error.
(f)
			 If play symbol and play symbol captions are present in the playfield, the
			 ticket must have at least one play symbol and at least one play symbol caption
			 under each play spot. Play symbols must be present in their entirety, legible,
			 right-side up, and not reversed in any manner.
(g) The ticket must have at least one
			 pack-ticket number or serial number, exactly one retailer verification code,
			 and exactly one validation number. These elements must be present in their
			 entirety, legible, and not reversed in any manner.
(h) The validation number of an apparent
			 winning ticket shall appear on the lottery's official list of validation
			 numbers of winning tickets; and a ticket with that validation number shall not
			 have been previously paid.
(i) The
			 ticket must pass all additional confidential validation requirements, if any,
			 established by the director.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-10 - Instant games-General rules › Section 315-10-080 - Retailer settlement

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(1) Each
			 retailer licensed with the lottery to sell instant tickets shall establish an
			 account for deposit of moneys derived from instant game sales with a financial
			 institution that has the capability of electronic funds transfer (EFT) and
			 shall make payment of all moneys due the lottery through the EFT account. Funds
			 generated from the sale of instant tickets are held in trust by the retailer
			 until transfer to the lottery.
(2)
			 Each retailer shall make deposits periodically to its EFT account sufficient to
			 cover moneys due the lottery. The director shall specify the days on which
			 moneys due shall be withdrawn by EFT. Moneys not deposited by a specified day
			 of withdrawal shall be overdue and delinquent.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 94-03-020, §
										315-10-080,
				  filed 1/7/94, effective 2/9/94; 91-20-062, §
										315-10-080, filed 9/25/91,
				  effective 10/26/91.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-12 - Public records disclosure › Section 315-12-010 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter shall be to ensure compliance by
				the Washington state lottery commission and the office of the director,
				Washington state lottery, with the provisions of
				RCW  42.56.040 - 42.56.550, dealing with public
				records.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-12-010,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250. 83-13-080
				  (Order 23), §
										315-12-010, filed
				  6/17/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-12 - Public records disclosure › Section 315-12-020 - Definitions

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(1) Definitions set
			 forth in chapter 315-02 WAC shall apply to this chapter.
(2) "Public record" includes any writing
			 containing information relating to the conduct of government or the performance
			 of any governmental or proprietary function prepared, owned, used or retained
			 by any state or local agency regardless of physical form or
			 characteristic.
(3) "Writing" means
			 handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, and every
			 other means of recording any form of communication or representation, including
			 letters, words, pictures, sounds, or symbols, or combination thereof, and all
			 papers, maps, data processing products, magnetic or paper tapes, photographic
			 films and prints, magnetic or punched cards, discs, drums, and other
			 documents.
(4) "Raw data" means
			 facts, symbols, or observations which have not been processed, edited or
			 interpreted, and are unorganized or unevaluated.
(5) "Information" means raw data that are
			 organized, evaluated or interpreted to impart meaning to potential users and
			 fulfill a recognized need.
(6)
			 "Listing" or "list" means items of any kind including names, words or numbers
			 no matter what the arrangement or purpose. When applied to the release of
			 records, "listing" or "list" means items obtained from one or more source
			 documents and contained in any form of writing or other media.
(7) "Tabulation" means the systematic
			 arrangement of facts, statistics, and similar information, except the names of
			 individuals, in column or table format.
(8) "Individual" means a natural
			 person.
(9) "Commercial purpose"
			 means the use of or the intent to use information contained in a listing to
			 contact or in some way personally affect an individual identified on the list
			 or for the purpose of facilitating the profit expectations of the person(s) who
			 requested or obtained the list.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 97-07-063, §
										315-12-020,
				  filed 3/19/97, effective 4/19/97. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250. 83-13-080
				  (Order 23), §
										315-12-020, filed
				  6/17/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-12 - Public records disclosure › Section 315-12-030 - Description of central and field organization of the commission and the director

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The administrative office of the commission and director is
				located at 814 - 4th Avenue, Olympia, WA 98506. Regional offices of the
				director located in other cities are as follows:
CITY
SERVICES
EVERETT REGION
11419 19th Avenue S.E.
Suite A106
Everett, WA 98208
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
OLYMPIA REGION
814 - 4th Avenue
Olympia, WA 98506
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
(c) Ticket Warehousing
FEDERAL WAY REGION
33701 9th Avenue S
Federal Way, WA 98003-6762
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
SPOKANE REGION
East 10517 Sprague Avenue
Spokane, WA 99206-3631
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
VANCOUVER REGION
El Camino Fountain Shopping Mall
Suite 4
1503 N.E. 78th Street
Vancouver, WA 98665
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
YAKIMA REGION
9 South 5th
Yakima, WA 98901
(a) Sales Representative
(b) Payout Center
All records of the commission and director are maintained in
				the administrative office in Olympia.
Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70-040 [67.70.040] (1)(3).
				  10-16-025, §
										315-12-030, filed 7/23/10, effective 8/23/10. Statutory
				  Authority:
				  RCW  67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-12-030,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; 97-15-122, §
										315-12-030, filed 7/23/97,
				  effective 8/23/97; 89-12-042 (Order 116), §
										315-12-030, filed 6/1/89;
				  87-01-057 (Order 96), §
										315-12-030, filed 12/16/86; 84-05-008 (Order 51),
				  §
										315-12-030, filed 2/7/84. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250. 83-13-080
				  (Order 23), §
										315-12-030, filed
				  6/17/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-12 - Public records disclosure › Section 315-12-050 - Public records available

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All public records of the lottery, its commission and director
				are available for public inspection and copying pursuant to these rules, except
				as otherwise provided by
				RCW  42.56.070,
				42.56.210,
				42.56.540, WAC 315-12-100, and
				other applicable laws.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-12-050,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250. 83-13-080
				  (Order 23), §
										315-12-050, filed
				  6/17/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 315 - Lottery Commission › Chapter 315-12 - Public records disclosure › Section 315-12-060 - Public records officers

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The lottery, its commission and director public records shall
				be in the charge of the public records officer(s) as designated by the
				director. The person(s) so designated shall be located in the administrative
				office of the director. The public records officer(s) shall be responsible for
				the following: The implementation of the commission's rules regarding release
				of public records, coordinating the staff of the director in this regard,
				maintaining, keeping current, and publishing an index of all agency records as
				required by
				RCW  42.56.070 and WAC 315-12-140, and generally
				ensuring compliance by the staff with the public records disclosure
				requirements of
				chapter
				42.56 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW 67.70.040. 08-11-043, §
										315-12-060,
				  filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08. Statutory Authority: RCW  42.17.250. 83-13-080
				  (Order 23), §
										315-12-060, filed
				  6/17/83.