PDFWAC 315-06-080
Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value, and winning of prizes prohibited.
Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value and winning and sharing of prizes, are prohibited as follows:
(1) Members of the commission and employees of the lottery, or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any member of the commission or employee of the lottery shall not purchase or share in any portion of or receive the prize winnings of any of Washington's lottery tickets.
(2) No things of economic value offered by prize winners, vendors, contractors, or others conducting business with the lottery, may be accepted by lottery retailers or by any member of the commission or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any member of the commission.
(3) A ticket shall not be purchased by, and a prize shall not be paid to any CPA accounting firm, or its employees, retained by the director of financial management pursuant to RCW 67.70.310 and 67.70.320, or any employee of the director of financial management performing a management review or audit of the commission or director.
(4) A ticket shall not be sold to or purchased by any person under the age of eighteen. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age.
(5) A ticket shall not be purchased with public assistance electronic benefit cards or coupons and a lottery retailer shall not accept these as consideration for a ticket.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 67.70.040. WSR 08-11-043, § 315-06-080, filed 5/14/08, effective 6/14/08; WSR 90-11-040, § 315-06-080, filed 5/10/90, effective 6/10/90; WSR 86-01-060 (Order 83), § 315-06-080, filed 12/16/85; WSR 84-22-047 (Order 68), § 315-06-080, filed 11/7/84. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 §§ 4 and 5. WSR 83-03-033 (Order 9), § 315-06-080, filed 1/14/83. Statutory Authority: 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7. WSR 82-21-037 (Order 2), § 315-06-080, filed 10/15/82.]