Participants may be required to place a telephone call to enter a promotional contest of chance, but additional fees such as those for a 1-900 number are "consideration" and are not authorized.

A business may offer a promotional contest of chance (PCOC) that is similar to bingo, commonly referred to as "no fee bingo."

(1) A business must not:

(a) Charge participants a direct or indirect fee to participate in the PCOC. Indirect fees include, but are not limited to, cover charges; and

(b) Operate the PCOC for no more than a total of three hours per day, twice per week. Participants must receive a bingo card immediately before the start of each game.

(2) A business must:

(a) Award only merchandise items, such as food, nonalcoholic beverages, hats, shirts, or other promotional items valued at less than twenty-five dollars each. The business must:

(i) Not substitute cash prizes for merchandise prizes; and

(ii) Not award prizes worth more than one hundred dollars per week or five thousand dollars per year; and

(iii) Record the names of winners and prize(s) won for each game; and

(b) Use recreational bingo cards that are not used in authorized bingo games.

(1) A business may use promotional game cards similar to pull-tabs as part of a promotional contest of chance (PCOC) if the game cards:

(a) Are readily distinguishable from other pull-tabs sold in the state of Washington; and

(b) Are designed and manufactured for a specific PCOC; and

(c) Clearly display the name of the sponsoring business or the promoted product(s); and

(d) Have no price per play on the card; and

(e) Have the official rules of play, including "no purchase necessary," printed on the back.

(2) We may seize PCOC game cards that violate these restrictions.