Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 67 Sports And Recreation -- Convention Facilities - Chapter 67.70 State Lottery

67.70.010 Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter: (1) "Commission" means the state lottery commission established by this chapter; (2) "Director" means the director of the state ...

67.70.030 State lottery commission created -- Membership -- Terms -- Vacancies -- Chairman -- Quorum
There is created the state lottery commission to consist of five members appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. Of the initial ...

67.70.040 Powers and duties of commission -- When legislative approval required
The commission shall have the power, and it shall be its duty: (1) To adopt rules governing the establishment and operation of a state lottery ...

67.70.042 Scratch games -- Baseball stadium construction
The lottery commission shall conduct at least two but not more than four scratch games with sports themes per year. These games are intended to ...

67.70.043 New games--Stadium and exhibition center bonds, operation, and development--Youth athletic facilities
The lottery commission shall conduct new games that are in addition to any games conducted under RCW 67.70.042 and are intended to generate additional moneys ...

67.70.044 Shared game lottery
(1) Pursuant to RCW 67.70.040(1)(a), the commission may enter into the multistate agreement establishing a shared game lottery known as"The Big Game," that was entered ...

67.70.050 Office of director created -- Appointment -- Salary -- Duties
There is created the office of director of the state lottery. The director shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the senate. ...

67.70.055 Activities prohibited to officers, employees, and members
The director, deputy directors, any assistant directors, and employees of the state lottery and members of the lottery commission shall not: (1) Serve as an ...

67.70.060 Powers of director
(1) The director or the director's authorized representative may: (a) Make necessary public or private investigations within or outside of this state to determine whether ...

67.70.070 Licenses for lottery sales agents -- Factors -- "Person" defined
No license as an agent to sell lottery tickets or shares may be issued to any person to engage in business exclusively as a lottery ...

67.70.080 License as authority to act
Any person licensed as provided in this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to act as a lottery sales agent.[1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 § ...

67.70.090 Denial, suspension, and revocation of licenses
The director may deny an application for, or suspend or revoke, after notice and hearing, any license issued pursuant to this chapter. Such license may, ...

67.70.100 Assignment of rights prohibited -- Exceptions -- Notices -- Assignment of payment of remainder of an annuity -- Intervention -- Limitation on payment by director -- Rules -- Recovery of costs of commission -- Federal ruling required -- Discharge of liability
(1) Except under subsection (2) of this section, no right of any person to a prize drawn is assignable, except that payment of any prize ...

67.70.110 Maximum price of ticket or share limited -- Sale by other than licensed agent prohibited
A person shall not sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by rule of the commission. No person other than ...

67.70.120 Sale to minor prohibited -- Exception -- Penalties
(1) A ticket or share shall not be sold to any person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit ...

67.70.125 Use of public assistance electronic benefit cards prohibited -- Licensee to report violations
(1) Any licensee authorized under this chapter is prohibited from allowing the use of public assistance electronic benefit cards to purchase lottery tickets or shares ...

67.70.130 Prohibited acts -- Penalty
(1) A person shall not alter or forge a lottery ticket. A person shall not claim a lottery prize or share of a lottery prize ...

67.70.140 Penalty for unlicensed activity
(1) Any person who conducts any activity for which a license is required by this chapter, or by rule of the commission, without the required ...

67.70.150 Penalty for false or misleading statement or entry or failure to produce documents
Whoever, in any application for a license or in any book or record required to be maintained or in any report required to be submitted, ...

67.70.160 Penalty for violation of chapter -- Exceptions
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or knowingly causes, aids, abets, or conspires with another ...

67.70.170 Penalty for violation of rules -- Exceptions
Any person who violates any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided, or knowingly causes, aids, abets, or conspires ...

67.70.180 Persons prohibited from purchasing tickets or shares or receiving prizes -- Penalty
A ticket or share shall not be purchased by, and a prize shall not be paid to any member of the commission, the director, or ...

67.70.190 Unclaimed prizes
Unclaimed prizes shall be retained in the state lottery account for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which ...

67.70.200 Deposit of moneys received by agents from sales -- Power of director -- Reports
The director, in his discretion, may require any or all lottery sales agents to deposit to the credit of the state lottery account in banks ...

67.70.210 Other law inapplicable to sale of tickets or shares
No other law, including chapter 9.46 RCW, providing any penalty or disability for the sale of lottery tickets or any acts done in connection with ...

67.70.220 Payment of prizes to minor
If the person entitled to a prize is under the age of eighteen years, and such prize is less than five thousand dollars, the director ...

67.70.230 State lottery account created
There is hereby created and established a separate account, to be known as the state lottery account. Such account shall be managed, maintained, and controlled ...

67.70.240 Use of moneys in state lottery account limited
The moneys in the state lottery account shall be used only: (1) For the payment of prizes to the holders of winning lottery tickets or ...

67.70.241 Promotion of lottery by person or entity responsible for operating stadium and exhibition center -- Commission approval -- Cessation of obligation
The person or entity responsible for operating a stadium and exhibition center as defined in RCW 36.102.010 shall promote the lottery with any combination of ...

67.70.250 Methods for payment of prizes by installments
If the director decides to pay any portion of or all of the prizes in the form of installments over a period of years, the ...

67.70.255 Debts owed to state agency or political subdivision -- Debt information to lottery commission -- Prize set off against debts
(1) Any state agency or political subdivision that maintains records of debts owed to the state or political subdivision, or that the state is authorized ...

67.70.260 Lottery administrative account created
There is hereby created the lottery administrative account in the state treasury. The account shall be managed, controlled, and maintained by the director. The legislature ...

67.70.270 Members of commission -- Compensation -- Travel expenses
Each member of the commission shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for actual necessary traveling and other expenses in ...

67.70.280 Application of administrative procedure act
The provisions of the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW, shall apply to administrative actions taken by the commission or the director pursuant to this ...

67.70.290 Post-audits by state auditor
The state auditor shall conduct an annual post-audit of all accounts and transactions of the lottery and such other special post-audits as he may be ...

67.70.300 Investigations by attorney general authorized
The attorney general may investigate violations of this chapter, and of the criminal laws within this state, by the commission, the director, or the director's ...

67.70.310 Management review by director of financial management
The director of financial management may conduct a management review of the commission's lottery operations to assure that: (1) The manner and time of payment ...

67.70.320 Verification by certified public accountant
The director of financial management shall select a certified public accountant to verify that: (1) The manner of selecting the winning tickets or shares is ...

67.70.330 Enforcement powers of director -- Office of the director designated law enforcement agency
The director shall have the power to enforce this chapter and the penal laws of this state relating to the conduct of or participation in ...

67.70.340 Transfer of shared game lottery proceeds
(1) The legislature recognizes that creating a shared game lottery could result in less revenue being raised by the existing state lottery ticket sales. The ...

67.70.902 Construction -- 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7
This act shall be liberally construed to carry out the purposes and policies of the act.[1982 2nd ex.s. c 7 § 35.] ...

67.70.903 Severability -- 1982 2nd ex.s. c 7
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

67.70.904 Severability -- 1985 c 375
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

67.70.905 Effective date -- 1985 c 375
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public ...