RCW 9.46.0241 "Gambling Device."

• Library: Washington Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through the 2023 1st Special Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: RCW 9.46.0241

"Gambling device," as used in this chapter, means:

(1) Any device or mechanism the operation of which a right to money, credits, deposits or other things of value may be created, in return for a consideration, as the result of the operation of an element of chance, including, but not limited to slot machines, video pull-tabs, video poker, and other electronic games of chance;

(2) any device or mechanism which, when operated for a consideration, does not return the same value or thing of value for the same consideration upon each operation thereof;

(3) any device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation designed primarily for use in connection with professional gambling; and

(4) any subassembly or essential part designed or intended for use in connection with any such device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation. In the application of this definition, a pinball machine or similar mechanical amusement device which confers only an immediate and unrecorded right of replay on players thereof, which does n...

Cite as RCW 9.46.0241

History: 1994 c 218 § 8; 1987 c 4 § 11. Formerly RCW 9.46.020(10).

Note:

Effective date-1994 c 218: See note following RCW 9.46.010.