PDFWAC 230-06-031
Using wheels in promotional contests of chance, fund-raising events, or gambling activities.
Promotional contests of chance (PCOCs)
(1) Operators may use wheels specifically manufactured for a promotional contest of chance (PCOC), whether commercially made or home made.
(2) Operators must not use professionally manufactured wheels made specifically for gambling activities (for example, Big 6 Wheels) in PCOCs unless they receive permission ahead of time from us.
Fund-raising events
(3) Operators may use commercially made wheels in gambling activities for fund-raising events.
Separation of PCOCs from gambling activities and promotions
(4) No wheel may be used in conjunction with their gambling activities by pull-tab licensees.
Card rooms, pull-tabs, bingo, raffles
(5) Licensees and operators must not use professionally manufactured wheels made specifically for gambling activities (for example, Big 6 Wheels) in:
(a) Bingo; or
(b) Card games; or
(c) Pull-tabs.
(6) Operators may use commercially made or home made wheels as part of drawings for prizes, good neighbor prizes, or second element of chance prizes as part of bingo games, as set out in WAC 230-10-280 or to award promotional prizes as set out in WAC 230-06-030.
(7) Raffle licensees and operators may use:
(a) Other types of wheels, such as paddle wheels, in raffles; and
(b) Commercially made or home made wheels in an alternative drawing format for determining the winner of a raffle. Alternative drawing formats are set out in WAC 230-11-055 and 230-11-060.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 17-04-009, § 230-06-031, filed 1/19/17, effective 2/19/17; WSR 07-21-116 (Order 617), § 230-06-031, filed 10/22/07, effective 1/1/08.]