WAC 230-16-015   Punch board and pull-tab sales restrictions.  (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) Distributor and distributor representatives must buy punch boards, pull-tabs, pull-tab dispensers, or related equipment only from other licensed manufacturer, distributor, or distributor representatives.

     (3) Manufacturers must not sell any punch board or pull-tab series unless the winning punches or pull-tabs are randomly distributed and mixed among all other punches or pull-tabs in that board or series.

     (4) Manufacturers, distributors, and manufacturer and distributor representatives must not make sales promotion statements, demonstrations, or implications that imply:

     (a) One portion of a pull-tab series contains more winners than other portions; or

     (b) Operators can sell pull-tabs in some manner that would give the operator an advantage in selling more pull-tabs before having to pay out winners.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 08-03-062 (Order 623), § 230-16-015, filed 1/14/08, effective 2/14/08; 07-19-069 (Order 615), § 230-16-015, filed 9/17/07, effective 1/1/08.]