# WAC 315-06-080: WAC 315-06-080. Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value, and winning of prizes prohibited

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_080

## Section

- **Citation:** WAC 315-06-080
- **Heading:** WAC 315-06-080. Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value, and winning of prizes prohibited
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Administrative Code / Title 315 / Chapter 315-06 / Section 315-06-080

## Text

Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value and winning and sharing of prizes, are prohibited as follows:
(1) Members of the commission and employees of the lottery, or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any member of the commission or employee of the lottery shall not purchase or share in any portion of or receive the prize winnings of any of Washington's lottery tickets.
(2) No things of economic value offered by prize winners, vendors, contractors, or others conducting business with the lottery, may be accepted by lottery retailers or by any member of the commission or any spouse, child, brother, sister, or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any member of the commission.
(3) A ticket shall not be purchased by, and a prize shall not be paid to any CPA accounting firm, or its employees, retained by the director of financial management pursuant to RCW 67.70.310 and 67.70.320 , or any employee of the director of financial management performing a management review or audit of the commission or director.
(4) A ticket shall not be sold to or purchased by any person under the age of eighteen. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the purchase of a ticket for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age.
(5) A ticket shall not be purchased with public assistance electronic benefit cards or coupons and a lottery retailer shall not accept these as consideration for a ticket.

## Nearby sections

- [WAC 315-06-010 WAC 315-06-010. Operation of the lottery](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_010.md)
- [WAC 315-06-020 WAC 315-06-020. Authorization to sell tickets](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_020.md)
- [WAC 315-06-030 WAC 315-06-030. Lottery retailer's instructions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_030.md)
- [WAC 315-06-035 WAC 315-06-035. Instant ticket purchase price and conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_035.md)
- [WAC 315-06-040 WAC 315-06-040. Disclosure of probability of purchasing a winning ticket](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_040.md)
- [WAC 315-06-050 WAC 315-06-050. Location of sale](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_050.md)
- [WAC 315-06-060 WAC 315-06-060. Price of tickets — Limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_060.md)
- [WAC 315-06-070 WAC 315-06-070. Purchaser's obligations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_070.md)
- [WAC 315-06-075 WAC 315-06-075. Game sell-out](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_075.md)
- [WAC 315-06-080 WAC 315-06-080. Certain purchases of tickets, acceptance of things of economic value, and winning of prizes prohibited](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_080.md)
- [WAC 315-06-085 WAC 315-06-085. Entering plays](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_085.md)
- [WAC 315-06-090 WAC 315-06-090. Video machines prohibited](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_090.md)
- [WAC 315-06-095 WAC 315-06-095. Promotional contests of chance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_095.md)
- [WAC 315-06-100 WAC 315-06-100. Data processing terminals for the dispensing of tickets authorized](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_ADC_315_06_100.md)

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