WAC 230-14-170   Prizes in progressive jackpot pull-tab series.  Manufacturers and operators must offer prizes for progressive jackpot pull-tab series that follow these requirements:

     (1) Instant winners must be at least forty percent of total gross gambling receipts available from the series; and

     (2) The starting jackpot must, at least, equal the value of the highest instant winner; and

     (3) Operators must set the minimum jackpot accrual rate to generate an accrued jackpot prize of at least sixty percent of the total gross gambling receipts available from the series when added to the starting jackpot prize and instant winners; and

     (4) The manufacturer must determine the starting jackpot prize and corresponding jackpot accrual rate needed to meet the sixty percent payout requirement. Manufacturers must include this information in the package with each series; and

     (5) The maximum contribution to a progressive jackpot for each individual progressive pull-tab series must be five thousand dollars. The contribution amount excludes portions carried over from previous series.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. 07-17-058 (Order 614), § 230-14-170, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]