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WSR 13-03-063 PERMANENT RULES
GAMBLING COMMISSION [ Order 683 -- Filed January 11, 2013, 3:10 p.m. , effective February 11, 2013 ] Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: A petition for rule change from the public was approved to increase the amount of payout in chips or cash for player-supported jackpot prizes from $2,500 to $5,000.
Reasons Supporting Proposal: This change will make doing business easier for card room licensees. Card room licensees will be able to pay jackpot winners in a timelier manner and will no longer have to issue checks for amounts between $2,500 and $5,000; they can pay the prize immediately in cash or chips rather than a check. The change also reduces the need to call in an off-duty card room employee to issue checks.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 230-15-405.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.0282.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 12-21-023 on October 8, 2012.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: January 11, 2013.
Susan Newer
Rules Coordinator
OTS-5005.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending Order 608, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08)
WAC 230-15-405 Paying out prizes on a player-supported jackpot. (1) Class F or house-banked licensees must award all player-supported jackpot funds as prizes; and(2) ((
Cash)) Prizes of ((two thousand five hundred)) five thousand dollars or less may be paid in cash or chips; and(3) Prizes not awarded in cash must be paid within twenty-four hours with a check that provides a duplicate copy; and
(4) Licensees must maintain a record of all prizes paid in the format we prescribe; and
(5) When a player wins a prize of five hundred dollars or more, in view of the surveillance camera, the dealer must:
(a) Display the value and suit of each card in the winning hand; and
(b) Count and put in numerical order by suit the remaining cards in the deck to confirm a complete deck; and
(6) Licensees must collect the hand and seal it with a copy of the prize record. Licensees must keep the winning hand and remaining deck on the business premises for seven days.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-405, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]
