Washington Administrative Code

(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 th…

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 and 9.46.0282. WSR 14-11-021 (Or…

House-banked card game licensees must permanently number each gambling table.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-470, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]

(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 …

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 and 9.46.0282. WSR 14-11-021 (Order 699), § 230-15-480, filed 5/9/14, effective 7/1/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 9.…

(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 …

(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…

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 o…

(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 fr…

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 9.4…

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 transact…

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) Exec…

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 co…

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. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-515, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/0…

(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 …

Requesting a fill.(1) A floor supervisor must prepare a request for fill slip to authorize the cage cashier to perform a fill for the distribution of chips or coin to gambling tables.(2) The floor supervisor and security must sign the request for fill slip at the gambling table t…

Requesting credit.(1) The floor supervisor must prepare a request for credit to authorize the cage to prepare a credit slip for removing gambling chips and coin to the cashier's cage.(2) The floor supervisor and a security department employee must sign the request for credit slip…

When closing tables, house-banked card game licensees must follow these steps:(1) The floor supervisor and the dealer assigned to the gambling table must count the gambling chips and coins. The surveillance department must monitor and record the entire count and closure process.(…

House-banked card game licensees must notify us in writing if they interrupt operations of card games for more than seven days. Licensees must:(1) Notify us within three days of the interruption; and(2) Include the reason for the interruption; and(3) Include the estimated date ca…

(1) If a house-banked card game licensee interrupts card game operations for more than seven days, we determine whether a preoperational review and evaluation (PORE) is needed. The licensee must receive our written approval before resuming operations.(2) The PORE determines wheth…

House-banked card game licensees must closely control and keep records documenting all receipts and disbursements of cash, cash equivalents, chips, and coin related to the operation of card games.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-550, filed 4…

"Cash equivalent" means a:(1) Treasury check; or(2) Personal check; or(3) Traveler's check; or(4) Wire transfer of funds; or(5) Money order; or(6) Certified check; or(7) Cashier's check; or(8) Check drawn on the licensee's account payable to the patron or to the licensee; or(9) V…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must:(a) Locate on, or immediately adjacent to, the gambling floor a physical structure to house the cashier and act as a cashier's cage; and(b) Design, construct, and operate the cashier's cage to provide maximum security and accountability f…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must have a cashier's cage used for securing and accounting for all chips and moneys in the card room portion of the business premises. Licensees must ensure that their cage cashiers, at least:(a) Maintain the cage inventory including currency…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must limit entry to the cashier's cage to authorized personnel.(2) Licensees must keep a sign-in log in the format we require of all persons accessing the cashier's cage.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070 and 9.46.0282. WSR 14-11-021 (Order 69…

House-banked card game licensees operating both house-banked and nonhouse-banked games may sell chips for poker games through an imprest bank other than the cashier's cage. "Imprest bank" means the bank must replenish funds on a regular basis to maintain exactly the amount of out…

(1) House-banked card game licensees may accept checks from players as explained in WAC 230-06-005 and must meet the following additional requirements:(a) Licensees may only accept checks from players at the cashier's cage or poker podium; and(b) Before cashing the check, the cag…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must use a drop box to collect all cash, tickets redeemed by TITO-enabled bill validators, chips, coins, debit card transaction receipts, requests for fill, fill slips, requests for credit, credit slips, and table inventory forms.(2) The deale…

(1) When transporting drop boxes, house-banked card game licensees must have one security employee and one gambling operation employee transport all drop boxes removed from the gambling tables directly to the count room and secure them there. The security employee must notify the…

House-banked card game licensees must store all drop boxes not attached to a gambling table in the count room in an enclosed storage cabinet or trolley with two separately keyed locks. The security department must keep and control keys to the first lock and the gambling operation…

House-banked card game licensees may store drop boxes on closed gambling tables if recorded surveillance covers the entire area.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-600, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]

(1) House-banked card game licensees must have a secured area, called a "count room," for counting the contents of drop boxes.(2) Licensees must design and construct the count room to provide maximum security for the materials housed there and for the activities conducted there. …

(1) House-banked card game licensees must assign licensed employees to conduct the count. The count team must not include anyone who works in the surveillance department or whose duties included preparing, approving, or reviewing records used in the specific count process. Count …

(1) All house-banked card room licensees must have a three person count team except as set forth in subsections (2) and (3) of this section. The three person count team must conduct the count as follows:(a) The contents of drop boxes must not be combined before the count team sep…

(1) After the count team finishes their count, the cage cashier or accounting department employee must verify the contents of the drop boxes.(2) In the presence of the count team and before looking at the master game report, the verifier must recount the cash, coin, chips, debit …

(1) On a daily basis, the accounting department must:(a) Have a card room employee with no recording responsibilities compare a sample of originals and copies of the day's master game report, requests for fill, fill slips, requests for credit, credit slips and table inventory sli…

House-banked card game licensees must:(1) Use keys or electronic key control systems to control access to restricted areas of the business premises; and(2) Restrict access to keys or electronic key control systems to only those licensed card room employees whose specific job func…

House-banked card room licensees may offer and operate "jackpot" prizes with approved house-banked card games.(1) "Jackpot" prizes are cash prizes displayed at house-banked card game tables. Jackpot prizes are won by achieving a predetermined specific hand. There are two types of…

(1) House-banked card room licensees must immediately pay out verified prizes of $5,000 or less.(2) For verified prizes over $5,000, licensees must immediately pay out a minimum of $5,000 and pay the remaining balance within 24 hours by check. The player may request that the lice…

House-banked card room licensees must maintain at least the amount of the single largest house jackpot prize offered in a bank, mutual savings bank, or credit union located in Washington. Licensees must maintain a monthly record showing the daily amount of each house jackpot priz…

House-banked card room licensees may operate progressive jackpot prizes with certain approved house-banked card games.(1) To participate in a progressive jackpot, a player places a separate wager, part of which accrues to the progressively increasing prize.(2) The company that ow…

House-banked card room licensees operating progressive jackpots must follow these restrictions and procedures:(1) Progressive jackpot funds must accrue according to the rules of the game.(2) At each gambling table, licensees must prominently post the amount of the progressive jac…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must immediately pay out verified prizes of five thousand dollars or less.(2) For verified prizes over five thousand dollars, licensees must immediately pay out a minimum of five thousand dollars and pay the remaining balance within twenty-fou…

House-banked card room licensees must not reduce the amount of a progressive jackpot prize accrued or displayed except for the following reasons:(1) To reduce the primary or secondary jackpot(s) and the displayed amount by the amount won; or(2) To correct an amount displayed inco…

House-banked card room licensees may use only nondisplayed progressive jackpot funds to purchase merchandise prizes to be offered on a progressive jackpot game in lieu of fixed prizes as set out in the approved pay table for the card game as posted on the commission's website. Th…

Players have a vested interest in the displayed progressive jackpot prize.(1) House-banked card room licensees must not remove a progressive jackpot game from play without written approval. Licensees must:(a) Submit a detailed distribution plan to us in writing and receive writte…

If a taxing authority seizes jackpot funds, the house-banked card room licensee must immediately cease operating the progressive jackpot game and collecting funds for the progressive jackpot until the amount that was posted as the prize has been replaced in the bank account. Lice…

(1) House-banked card room licensees must deposit all progressive jackpot funds in a separate bank account at least weekly. The account must be kept in a bank, mutual savings bank, or credit union located in Washington state. If the progressive bank account is reduced below the p…

House-banked card game licensees must keep and maintain all card game records in the format we require.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-725, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]

(1) House-banked card game licensees must keep and maintain a complete set of accounting records which we have approved before licensure. These records must include all receipts and disbursements of the licensee, including, at least, those related to gambling activities.Revenue, …