(1) Pull-tab operators using seal card pull-tabs series must:
- (a) Award seal card round prizes for all seal card pull-tab series placed out for play; and
- (b) Establish and fully disclose the method of selecting alternate winners before placing a game out for play.
(2) When players buy pull-tabs that allow them to enter the seal card round, the operator must:
- (a) Enter, or allow the winners to enter, their names on the flare where indicated by the number or symbol on the pull-tab. Players must then turn in their pull-tabs to the operator; and
- (b) Gather player contact information and keep it with the records of the series during the record retention period; and
- (c) Wait until the series plays out before removing it from play, unless the operator elects to award the seal card round prizes without all pull-tabs being purchased.
(3) After the series is played out, or when they begin to award prizes, operators must:
- (a) Contact the seal card round winner within two business days of the end of the series; and
- (b) Allow the winner fourteen days after being contacted to redeem their prize; and
- (c) Keep all series on premises and available for public inspection for a period of fourteen days after they pull them from play; and
- (d) Keep the series until they name a winner for the game if they do not locate the seal card round winner within fourteen days.
- (4) If seal card round winners do not redeem their prizes within fourteen days, licensees must select alternate winners.
- (5) Licensees must not use substitute flares, bonus pull-tab series, or carry-over jackpots with seal card pull-tab series.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 07-17-058 (Order 614), § 230-14-150, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]