RCW 9.46.0335
Sports pools authorized.
The legislature hereby authorizes any person, association, or organization to conduct sports pools without a license to do so from the commission but only when the outcome of which is dependent upon the score, or scores, of a certain athletic contest and which is conducted only in the following manner:
(1) A board or piece of paper is divided into one hundred equal squares, each of which constitutes a chance to win in the sports pool and each of which is offered directly to prospective contestants at one dollar or less;
(2) The purchaser of each chance or square signs his or her name on the face of each square or chance he or she purchases; and
(3) At some time not later than prior to the start of the subject athletic contest the pool is closed and no further chances in the pool are sold;
(4) After the pool is closed a prospective score is assigned by random drawing to each square;
(5) All money paid by entrants to enter the pool less taxes is paid out as the prize or prizes to those persons holding squares assigned the winning score or scores from the subject athletic contest;
(6) The sports pool board is available for inspection by any person purchasing a chance thereon, the commission, or by any law enforcement agency upon demand at all times prior to the payment of the prize;
(7) The person or organization conducting the pool is conducting no other sports pool on the same athletic event; and
(8) The sports pool conforms to any rules and regulations of the commission applicable thereto.
[ 1987 c 4 § 31. Formerly RCW 9.46.030(6).]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 9 - Crimes and Punishments
Chapter 9.46 - Gambling—1973 Act.
9.46.010 - Legislative declaration.
9.46.0209 - "Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization."
9.46.0217 - "Commercial stimulant."
9.46.0225 - "Contest of chance."
9.46.0233 - "Fund-raising event."
9.46.0241 - "Gambling device."
9.46.0245 - "Gambling information."
9.46.0249 - "Gambling premises."
9.46.0253 - "Gambling record."
9.46.0261 - "Member," "bona fide member."
9.46.0269 - "Professional gambling."
9.46.0273 - "Punchboards," "pull-tabs."
9.46.0282 - "Social card game."
9.46.0289 - "Whoever," "person."
9.46.0305 - Dice or coin contests for music, food, or beverage payment.
9.46.0311 - Charitable, nonprofit organizations—Authorized gambling activities.
9.46.0315 - Raffles—No license required, when.
9.46.0321 - Bingo, raffles, amusement games—No license required, when.
9.46.0323 - Enhanced raffles—Authority of commission—Report, recommendations.
9.46.0325 - Social card games, punchboards, pull-tabs authorized.
9.46.0331 - Amusement games authorized—Minimum rules.
9.46.0335 - Sports pools authorized.
9.46.0341 - Golfing sweepstakes authorized.
9.46.0345 - Bowling sweepstakes authorized.
9.46.0351 - Social card, dice games—Use of premises of charitable, nonprofit organizations.
9.46.0356 - Promotional contests of chance authorized.
9.46.0361 - Turkey shoots authorized.
9.46.0364 - Sports wagering authorized.
9.46.0368 - Sports wagering over the internet authorized.
9.46.037 - Sports wagering—Prohibited activities—Penalty.
9.46.038 - Sports wagering—Defined.
9.46.039 - Greyhound racing prohibited.
9.46.040 - Gambling commission—Members—Appointment—Vacancies, filling.
9.46.050 - Gambling commission—Chair—Quorum—Meetings—Compensation and travel expenses—Bond—Removal.
9.46.060 - Gambling commission—Counsel—Audits—Payment for.
9.46.070 - Gambling commission—Powers and duties.
9.46.0701 - Charitable or nonprofit organizations—Sharing facilities.
9.46.072 - Pathological gambling behavior—Warning.
9.46.077 - Gambling commission—Vacation of certain suspensions upon payment of monetary penalty.
9.46.080 - Gambling commission—Administrator—Staff—Rules and regulations—Service contracts.
9.46.085 - Gambling commission—Members and employees—Activities prohibited.
9.46.090 - Gambling commission—Reports.
9.46.095 - Gambling commission—Proceedings against, jurisdiction—Immunity from liability.
9.46.100 - Gambling revolving fund—Created—Receipts—Disbursements—Use.
9.46.113 - Taxation of gambling activities—Disbursement.
9.46.116 - Fees on pull-tab and punchboard sales.
9.46.120 - Restrictions on management or operation personnel—Restriction on leased premises.
9.46.150 - Injunctions—Voiding of licenses, permits, or certificates.
9.46.155 - Applicants and licensees—Bribes to public officials, employees, agents—Penalty.
9.46.158 - Applicants, licensees, operators—Commission approval for hiring certain persons.
9.46.160 - Conducting activity without license.
9.46.170 - False or misleading entries or statements, refusal to produce records.
9.46.180 - Causing person to violate chapter.
9.46.185 - Causing person to violate rule or regulation.
9.46.192 - Cities and towns—Ordinance enacting certain sections of chapter—Limitations—Penalties.
9.46.193 - Cities and towns—Ordinance adopting certain sections of chapter—Jurisdiction of courts.
9.46.195 - Obstruction of public servant—Penalty.
9.46.1961 - Cheating in the first degree.
9.46.1962 - Cheating in the second degree.
9.46.198 - Working in gambling activity without license as violation—Penalty.
9.46.210 - Enforcement—Commission as a law enforcement agency.
9.46.215 - Ownership or interest in gambling device—Penalty—Exceptions.
9.46.217 - Gambling records—Penalty—Exceptions.
9.46.220 - Professional gambling in the first degree.
9.46.221 - Professional gambling in the second degree.
9.46.222 - Professional gambling in the third degree.
9.46.225 - Professional gambling—Penalties not applicable to authorized activities.
9.46.231 - Gambling devices, real and personal property—Seizure and forfeiture.
9.46.235 - Slot machines, antique—Defenses concerning—Presumption created.
9.46.240 - Gambling information, transmitting or receiving.
9.46.260 - Proof of possession as evidence of knowledge of its character.
9.46.270 - Taxing authority, exclusive.
9.46.285 - Licensing and regulation authority, exclusive.
9.46.291 - State lottery exemption.
9.46.293 - Fishing derbies exempted.
9.46.295 - Licenses, scope of authority—Exception.
9.46.300 - Licenses and reports—Public inspection—Exceptions and requirements—Charges.
9.46.310 - Licenses for manufacture, sale, distribution, or supply of gambling devices.
9.46.360 - Indian tribes—Compact negotiation process.
9.46.36001 - Tribal actions—Federal jurisdiction.
9.46.420 - RCW 9.46.410 to be negotiated with Indian tribes.