WAC 230-15-141   Additional merchandise or cash prizes for card games.  


Nonproprietary games.


     (1) Licensees may add additional merchandise or cash prizes to nonproprietary games like Blackjack or Pai Gow. We consider these additional prizes a gambling promotion and they must meet all requirements of WAC 230-06-030.


Proprietary games.


     (2) Licensees must not add additional merchandise or cash prizes to proprietary games without the approval of the company that owns the rights to the games.

     (3) To indicate their approval, the owner of the rights to a proprietary game must:

     (a) Submit an alternative pay-table that includes the additional or revised prize payout to us for review and approval; or

     (b) Send an authorization letter to us allowing the addition of gambling promotions to their game.

     (4) Once we approve the changes, the revised pay-tables are available to all card game licensees. The prizes become a part of the game rules and we consider them prize payouts on the game. Because of this, we do not consider the prizes a gambling promotion.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 08-17-066 (Order 629), § 230-15-141, filed 8/18/08, effective 9/18/08; 07-21-116 (Order 617), § 230-15-141, filed 10/22/07, effective 1/1/08.]