WAC 230-14-047. Standards for electronic video pull-tab dispensers

Electronic video pull-tab dispensers must be approved by us prior to use. (1) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers must dispense a paper pull-tab as defined in WAC 230-14-010 and follow the rules for: (a) Pull-tabs; and (b) Flares; and (c) Authorized pull-tab dispensers. (2) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers that use a reading and displaying function must: (a) Use a video monitor for entertainment purposes only; and (b) Open all, or a portion of, the pull-tab in order to read encoded data that indicates the win or loss of the pull-tab if the dispenser is equipped to automatically open pull-tabs; and (c) Dispense the pull-tab to the player and not retain any portion of the pull-tab; and (d) Read the correct cash award from the pull-tab either when it is dispensed or when the pull-tab is reinserted into the dispenser; and (e) Display the cash award from the pull-tab, one pull-tab at a time; and (f) Provide: (i) An electronic accounting of the number of pull-tabs dispensed; and (ii) A way to identify the software version and name; and (iii) A way to access and verify approved components; and (iv) Security on the dispenser to prevent unauthorized access to graphic and prize amount displays. (3) Cash cards used in electronic video pull-tab dispensers must: (a) Be purchased with cash, check, gift certificates, or electronic point-of-sale bank transfer before use in the dispenser; and (b) Be convertible to cash at any time during business hours; and (c) Subtract the purchase price of the pull-tab one pull-tab at a time. (4) Electronic video pull-tab dispensers that accept cash cards may award any pull-tab cash prize of twenty dollars or less onto the cash card.