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PDFWAC 230-15-506

Using debit cards to purchase chips on house-banked card games.

House-banked card game licensees may allow a player to use a debit card to purchase chips at house-banked card games under the following conditions:
(1) The licensee must use approved debit card reading devices to process the debit card transactions; and
(2) The debit card transaction must be initiated at an approved gambling table; and
(3) A supervisor must be present at the gambling table during the debit card transaction; and
(4) The dealer or supervisor must examine the player's identification to confirm the player's identity. The dealer or supervisor must verify that the name on the identification matches the name on the debit card; and
(5) Verify the player is not on the state-wide self-exclusion list; and
(6) Not execute a debit card transaction upon notification from the player's financial institution that the available funds in the player's account associated with the debit card are less than the amount requested by the player; and
(7) A single debit card transaction is limited to $500 or less. Furthermore, aggregated debit card transactions at gambling tables for a single player cannot exceed $2,500 during a 24-hour period; and
(8) The licensee must prominently post all fees charged by the gaming establishment or system provider associated with the transfer at the gambling table or on the approved debit card reading device; and
(9) The debit card transaction receipt must be deposited into the drop box attached to the gambling table; and
(10) Licensees are required to post at all tables in which the debit transaction may be completed signage with the problem gambling helpline and how to register for the state-wide self-exclusion program at the licensee's establishment. The signage must be in at least the same font as all other signage on the table; and
(11) Conspicuously display on or at the gaming device or game, and on a printed item given to the patron, notice that funds may be approved for transfer from sources other than the account associated with the patron's debit instrument, as determined by the patron's financial institution; and
(12) Licensees must submit internal controls to us in the format we require.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 23-11-108, ยง 230-15-506, filed 5/19/23, effective 6/19/23.]