Washington Administrative Code › Title 230 - Gambling Commission › Chapter 230-06 - Rules for all licensees › RULES FOR CONDUCTING A GAMBLING ACTIVITY › Section 230-06-030 - Restrictions and conditions for gambling promotions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Licensees may conduct gambling promotions to encourage
				  players to participate in the gambling activity they are licensed to conduct
				  without our review or approval under these restrictions and conditions:
(1) You must establish rules and restrictions
				to determine how you will give promotional prizes and items to players;
				and
(2) You must comply with all
				applicable federal, state, and tribal laws and rules; and
(3) You must display all rules and
				restrictions clearly in the gambling area and include them on promotional
				materials or advertisements; and
(4) You must
				give all players eligible for the promotion an equal opportunity to
				participate; and
(5) Except for
				members-only progressive raffles conducted as authorized in WAC
				230-11-091,
				you must not give another chance to participate in a gambling activity we
				regulate as a promotional item; and
(6) As part of a gambling promotion, you may
				add additional merchandise or cash prizes, including increasing payouts for
				gambling activities you are licensed to conduct; and
(7) Licensed manufacturers, distributors, and
				service suppliers may give cash or merchandise items to licensed operators to
				be used as promotional prizes as long as:
(a)
				The cash or merchandise is offered to all licensed operators; and
(b) The gambling promotion is approved by the
				director or director's designee when cash or merchandise provided to a licensed
				operator for a single promotion is over twenty-five thousand dollars; and
(8) In order for a
				licensed manufacturer, distributor, and service supplier to receive approval,
				the plan for the gambling promotion must be submitted to the director at least
				ninety days in advance of the intended start date. The promotion must include
				sufficient information for the director's approval, comply with all applicable
				federal and state laws, and include:
(a) The
				gambling promotion rules and restrictions; and
(b) How the operator will safeguard the
				prizes; and
(c) How the prizes will
				be given away; and
(d) The
				beginning and ending dates for the gambling promotion; and
(e) A detailed prize winner's record to be
				filled out upon completion of the promotion that includes the winner's name,
				prizes paid out, date the prize was awarded; and
(f) Any other information we request; and
(9) You must not give
				promotional prizes or items based on additional elements of chance except that:
(a) Licensed bingo operators are authorized
				to give promotional prizes or items as part of a bingo game; and
(b) Licensed card rooms are authorized to
				give promotional prizes or items as part of a physical drawing, spinning a
				wheel, or selecting from a group of concealed items; and
(10) You must not combine gambling activities
				and related gambling promotions in any way with a promotional contest of chance
				as defined in
				RCW
				   9.46.0356.