Washington Administrative Code

(1) Licensees must keep a records system on the business premises that ensures all applicable employees have met licensing requirements. The records must include:(a) Employees' names;(b) Gambling license numbers;(c) Gambling license expiration dates; and(d) Photocopies of all cur…

Definitions.(1) The following definitions apply to all subsections of this rule:(a) "Financial statements" means documents, including, at least: Balance sheet, statement of income, statement of retained earnings or changes in equity, statement of cash flows, and all required note…

House-banked card game licensees must keep signature cards in the format we require for all licensed card room employees.(1) The card must be prepared in the presence of a member of the accounting department, who must review a picture identification card and verify the signer's i…

(1) House-banked card game licensees must document each transfer of cash, coins, or chips and verify the transfer with the signature(s) of individual(s) responsible for the records.(2) By signing documents, records, and forms, signers are indicating that they:(a) Have prepared th…

For the purposes of this chapter, "ticket in ticket out (TITO) system" refers to electromechanical devices equipped with a ticket in ticket out (TITO) enabled bill validator and a ticket validation system that allows for the reporting issuance, validation, and acceptance of ticke…

For the purposes of this chapter, a "ticket" means an encoded paper ticket or voucher dispensed by an approved TITO-enabled bill validator.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 23-20-017, § 230-15-758, filed 9/22/23, effective 10/23/23.]

For the purposes of this chapter, "invalid ticket" means an encoded paper ticket or voucher that is expired, damaged/unreadable, and/or voided.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 23-20-017, § 230-15-761, filed 9/22/23, effective 10/23/23.]

For the purposes of this chapter, "TITO-enabled bill validator" means an electromechanical device that accepts United States currency (bills) and issues, validates, and accepts encoded paper tickets or vouchers.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 23-20-017, § 230-15-764, file…

For the purposes of this chapter, "ticket redemption kiosk" means an electromechanical device that accepts redeemable encoded tickets or vouchers issued from TITO-enabled bill validators for cash.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 23-20-017, § 230-15-767, filed 9/22/23, effe…

Tickets printed by TITO-enabled bill validators must have the following minimum standards:(1) Card room name; and(2) Date and time the ticket was generated; and(3) Dollar value of ticket, printed both numerically and in text; and(4) A unique identifier such as a magnetic strip or…

Ticket validation systems must:(1) Not use, permit the use of, validate, or redeem tickets issued by another licensee; and(2) Be able to identify invalid tickets and issued tickets, and notify the cashier, dealer, or kiosk, which is applicable, if:(a) The validation number cannot…

TITO-enabled bill validators must:(1) Only be used in conjunction with approved ticketing (TITO) systems; and(2) Be secure from unauthorized access, tampering, and bill/ticket removal; and(3) Only be installed at house-banked card game tables or in the cashier's cage; and(4) Only…

Ticket-enabled bill validators must be equipped with a drop box/cassette to collect, store, and secure currency and tickets.(1) Drop boxes/cassettes must:(a) Be housed in a locked compartment; and(b)(i) Have a separate lock to open the drop box/cassette; and(ii) The locks to secu…

Ticket redemption kiosks must:(1) Only be used in conjunction with approved ticketing (TITO) systems; and(2) Be secure from unauthorized access, tampering, and bill/ticket removal; and(3) Contain a lockable ticket and currency storage box which retains tickets and currency accept…

(1) A licensed manufacturer, distributor, or gambling service supplier must not allow an unlicensed person to sell, promote, or provide its gambling equipment, or supplies, or to supervise those who do, and must take all measures necessary to prevent an unlicensed person from doi…

Manufacturers, distributors, and gambling service suppliers and their representatives must comply with WAC 230-14-030, 230-14-080, and 230-14-085.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-19-069 (Order 615), § 230-16-010, filed 9/17/07, effective 1/1/08.]

(1) Manufacturers, distributors, and manufacturer and distributor representatives must sell or distribute punch boards, pull-tabs, pull-tab dispensers, or related equipment only to other distributor, distributor representative, or punch board and pull-tab licensees.(2) Distributo…

Licensed manufacturers, distributors, and gambling service suppliers may sell to Indian tribes operating Class II activities that are legal under federal law.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-19-069 (Order 615), § 230-16-020, filed 9/17/07, effective 1/1/08.]

Manufacturers must design, construct, and manufacture punch boards to eliminate any patterns between punch boards or portions of punch boards from which someone could determine the location or approximate location of winning punches.(1) Manufacturers must randomly distribute and …

Manufacturers of step up boards must:(1) Completely seal all cards, strips, or punches to prevent winner identification before the punch is removed from the board; and(2) Thoroughly mix all cards, strips, or punches that contain the winners to ensure that no pattern of winners ex…

Manufacturers must:(1) File their label or trademark with us before printing pull-tabs; and(2) Construct, glue, seal, or band pull-tabs to prevent the discovery of the winning numbers, symbols, or set of symbols, or game protection before the pull-tab is dispensed or opened by us…

(1) Each manufacturer must create methods of winner protection for each punch board and pull-tab series, except spindle-type pull-tab series. This protection must allow operators, us, and other law enforcement personnel to distinguish opened winning pull-tabs from nonwinning, alt…

(1) If we determine that punch boards, pull-tabs, or pull-tab dispensers do not meet our requirements, the director may order manufacturer(s) to recall all defective products and all similarly constructed or printed products.(2) If the director orders a recall, we immediately not…

To ensure the integrity of punch boards and pull-tab series, we maintain a quality control program. This program includes a level of inspection and evaluation we deem necessary to ensure punch boards and pull-tabs meet the standards of chapter 9.46 RCW and Title 230 WAC. Manufact…

Flares must clearly display the:(1) Manufacturer of the punch board or pull-tab series. A stamp, seal or label identifying the manufacturer may be substituted if we have been informed; and(2) Manufacturer assigned series number; and(3) I.D. stamp; and(4) Cost of each punch or pul…

In addition to other flare requirements, manufacturers of step up punch board and bonus pull-tab flares must:(1) Develop and use at least twenty-five randomly distributed versions of flares for each form number of a bonus series; and(2) Construct flares which contain prizes deter…

When assembling and packaging a pull-tab series, manufacturers must:(1) Place each pull-tab series in one packaging container, unless the number of tickets in the series exceeds 10,000. For pull-tab series that contain more than 10,000 tickets, manufacturers may package the pull-…

(1) For progressive jackpot series, the director approves:(a) All gambling equipment for use in the series; and(b) The process used to manufacture the series; and(c) The secondary win code.(2) Gambling related software must, at least:(a) Prevent all persons other than the manufac…

Prizes for progressive jackpot pull-tab series must meet the following requirements:(1) Manufacturers must determine the starting jackpot prize and corresponding jackpot accrual rate needed to meet the sixty percent payout requirement. Manufacturers must include this information …

(1) Manufacturers must include the packing slip and flare with the first box of a series.(2) Manufacturers may package progressive jackpot pull-tab series in more than one container if they:(a) Shrink wrap all boxes and seal them with a manufacturer sticker or seal; and(b) Identi…

(1) Manufacturers must ensure that event pull-tab series meet all standards of construction for other pull-tab series; and(2) Manufacturers must ensure the flare for event pull-tab series meets requirements for flares and substitute flares and explain:(a) The number of chances av…

Bonus pull-tab series with carry-over jackpots must:(1) Have not less than one winner out of ten, so the chance of winning the carry-over jackpot is ten percent or higher; and(2) Have only one advance level on the flare; and(3) Have at least one guaranteed chance to win the carry…

Manufacturers must ensure that secondary win codes on pull-tab series with carry-over jackpots are not repeated within any three-year period.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-19-069 (Order 615), § 230-16-090, filed 9/17/07, effective 1/1/08.]

Manufacturers must:(1) Determine the contribution amount and the method of play and disclose both on the flare; and(2) Ensure guaranteed prizes are sixty percent or more of gross receipts available from the pull-tab series. "Guaranteed prizes" means all prizes available, excludin…

(1) Manufacturers of seal card pull-tab series must meet all standards of pull-tab construction, including the seals on the flare; and(2) The seal card pull-tab series must include forms to attach to the pull-tabs. The forms must list enough information to contact the winners of …

(1) Manufacturers of cumulative prize pool pull-tab games must meet all standards of pull-tab construction, including the seals on the board; and(2) A cumulative prize pool pull-tab game board must include at a minimum:(a) All seal card prizes; and(b) Manufacturer's name or logo;…

A cumulative prize pool pull-tab series flare must meet the requirements of WAC 230-16-052 and include at a minimum:(1) A perforated window or seal; and(2) A list for players to write their name on for the chance to open a seal on the cumulative prize pool pull-tab board.[Statuto…

(1) Manufacturers of disposable bingo cards must:(a) Create quality control methods to ensure manufacturing processes, including collating of bingo cards into packets, meet our requirements; and(b) Document these methods; and(c) Provide the documentation to us on request.(2) Manu…

(1) We prohibit duplicate cards within a specific product line. Manufacturers must:(a) Imprint each card in a specific product line with a unique set of numbers and unique configurations of numbers; and(b) Ensure that there are no duplicate cards in a set or collation sold to dis…

(1) In each set of bingo cards, manufacturers must include a control system that:(a) Identifies each card by a card number printed on the face of the card. However, we exempt "player selection" game cards from this requirement; and(b) Consecutively numbers each sheet of cards wit…

Manufacturers of disposable bingo cards must establish marketing units that are complete and contain the correct number of cards or packets they have chosen. Manufacturers must complete a packing slip for each set of cards or collation of packets and either enclose it inside the …

(1) Manufacturers of disposable bingo cards must sell each set or collation as a single unit.(2) We allow distributors to open containers for licensed operators and operators of authorized unlicensed activities:(a) At an operator's request to change the "on," "up," and "cut." Whe…

Manufacturers and distributors of "player selection" bingo cards must:(1) Meet all requirements for disposable bingo cards; and(2) Print cards on two-part, self-duplicating paper that provides an original and duplicate copy.[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-19-069 (Order…

Manufacturers and distributors of "hidden face" bingo cards must:(1) Meet all requirements for disposable bingo cards; and(2) Print, fold, and seal each card or sheet of cards so that no one may determine the numbers or configurations of numbers on the card, or the card number un…

Manufacturers of electronically generated bingo cards for electronic bingo daubers must use a computer to store the bingo cards and interface with a printer. The computer must:(1) Retain in memory a record of transactions for a session until the operator totals, prints, and clear…

Manufacturers of electronically generated bingo cards for electronic bingo daubers must imprint their cards with a control system that includes at least:(1) A card number; and(2) A consecutive transaction number for each sheet of cards that does not repeat in less than 999,999 tr…

(1) The following gambling equipment can be connected to external tools for standard maintenance only through a closed network:(a) Card shuffling devices; and (b) Ace finders or no peek devices; and(c) Similar gambling equipment that has been approved by us.(2) For purposes of th…

Card shuffling devices can be connected to a secure cellular network for billing purposes.(1) For the purposes of this rule:(a) A secure cellular network includes the card shuffling device and a cellular modem that is used to transmit information via a secure cellular network.(b)…

Electronic raffle systems may be accessed remotely, at any time, only by a licensed representative of the manufacturer of the equipment for repair, troubleshooting, or technical support under the following provisions:(1) In order to be approved to remotely access the electronic r…

(1) Manufacturers of electronic card facsimiles must ensure their system:(a) Produces accurate facsimiles of one or more standard deck(s) of cards; and(b) Randomly shuffles cards before each round of play or shoe loading; and(c) Contains a backup system that records and displays …