(1) Punch board and pull-tab operators must keep all punch boards or pull-tab series removed from play, including, at least:
- (a) All prize flares; and
- (b) All unplayed tabs; and
- (c) All winning punches or tabs.
- (2) Operators must make the items in subsection (1) of this section available on the licensed premises for us, local law enforcement, or local tax agencies to inspect.
- (3) If stored off premises, operators must produce the game for inspection on demand.
(4) Operators must retain punch board or pull-tab series removed from play for:
- (a) Charitable or nonprofit operators - Four months following the last day of the month in which the board or series was removed from play; and
(b) Commercial operators -
- (i) Two months following the last day of the month in which they removed the board or series from play; and
- (ii) Three months following the day they removed the board or series from play for winning punches or pull-tabs over fifty dollars. Operators must also retain the flare for these games; and
- (c) Carry-over jackpot series - For four months after the last day of the month in which the carry-over jackpot was won; and
- (d) Progressive pull-tab series - For one year. After the retention period, operators must destroy unsold progressive pull-tab series tabs in such a way that no one may find and use unopened winning tabs later; and
- (e) Cumulative prize pool pull-tab games - for four months, following the last day of the month, in which the last seal is opened on the cumulative prize pull-tab game board.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070, 9.46.110. WSR 14-08-002 (Order 695), § 230-14-265, filed 3/20/14, effective 7/1/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 9.46.070. WSR 09-17-077 (Order 657), § 230-14-265, filed 8/14/09, effective 1/1/10; WSR 07-17-058 (Order 614), § 230-14-265, filed 8/10/07, effective 1/1/08.]