WAC 230-14-150   Awarding seal card pull-tab winners.  (1) Pull-tab operators using seal card pull-tabs series must:

     (a) Award seal card round prizes for all seal card pull-tab series placed out for play; and

     (b) Establish and fully disclose the method of selecting alternate winners before placing a game out for play.

     (2) When players buy pull-tabs that allow them to enter the seal card round, the operator must:

     (a) Enter, or allow the winners to enter, their names on the flare where indicated by the number or symbol on the pull-tab. Players must then turn in their pull-tabs to the operator; and

     (b) Gather player contact information and keep it with the records of the series during the record retention period; and

     (c) Wait until the series plays out before removing it from play, unless the operator elects to award the seal card round prizes without all pull-tabs being purchased.

     (3) After the series is played out, or when they begin to award prizes, operators must:

     (a) Contact the seal card round winner within two business days of the end of the series; and

     (b) Allow the winner fourteen days after being contacted to redeem their prize; and

     (c) Keep all series on premises and available for public inspection for a period of fourteen days after they pull them from play; and

     (d) Keep the series until they name a winner for the game if they do not locate the seal card round winner within fourteen days.

     (4) If seal card round winners do not redeem their prizes within fourteen days, licensees must select alternate winners.

     (5) Licensees must not use substitute flares, bonus pull-tab series, or carry-over jackpots with seal card pull-tab series.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-17-058 (Order 614), § 230-14-150, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]