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PDFWAC 230-15-680

Operating progressive jackpot prizes.

House-banked card room licensees may operate progressive jackpot prizes with certain approved house-banked card games.
(1) To participate in a progressive jackpot, a player places a separate wager, part of which accrues to the progressively increasing prize.
(2) The company that owns the rights to the approved game rules must determine or establish the:
(a) Winning patterns or combinations of cards to win the progressive jackpot prize(s); and
(b) Pay tables to include a description of any fixed payouts, odds-based payouts, or percentage-based payouts of the total prize amount displayed.
(3) Licensees must offer a primary jackpot prize and may also offer secondary jackpot prizes.
(4) Licensees must conspicuously and prominently disclose at the gaming table all prizes available and how they are won.
(5) Licensees must ensure that they closely control progressive jackpot games and account for all the funds collected.
(6) Licensees may take a portion of each progressive bet to be retained in the progressive account for the purposes of reseeding primary and secondary jackpot prizes after they are won.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 21-11-057, § 230-15-680, filed 5/14/21, effective 6/14/21; WSR 07-09-033 (Order 608), § 230-15-680, filed 4/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]