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Wash. Rev. Code § 9.46.0213 (2026)

"Bookmaking."

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"Bookmaking," as used in this chapter, means accepting bets, upon the outcome of future contingent events, as a business or in which the bettor is charged a fee or "vigorish" for the opportunity to place a bet.
[ 1991 c 261 s 1; 1987 c 4 s 5. Formerly RCW 9.46.020(4).]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 2009–2013 · leading case: Internet Cmty. v. State Gambling Com'n, 238 P.3d 1163 (Wash. 2010).
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Internet Cmty. v. State Gambling Com'n, 238 P.3d 1163 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 9× “The trial court ruled that bettors on Betcha were engaged in "gambling" as defined in RCW 9.”
Internet Cmty. & Ent. Corp. v. Washington State Gambling Comm'n, 169 Wash. 2d 687 (Wash. 2010). · cites it 9× “The trial court ruled that bettors on Betcha were engaged in “gambling” as defined in RCW 9.”
Internet Comm. & Ent. Corp. v. State, 201 P.3d 1045 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “com engages in "`[b]ookmaking'" as that term is defined in RCW 9.46.0213 when it charges a fee to persons placing bets on its website and when it charges a percentage commission on each matched wager on its website; (4) Betcha.”
Internet Cmty. & Ent. Corp. v. Washington State Gambling Comm'n, 148 Wash. App. 795 (Wash. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 5× “com engages in “ ‘[bjookmaking’ ” as that term is defined in RCW 9.46.0213 when it charges a fee to persons placing bets on its web site and when it charges a percentage commission on each matched wager on its web site; (4) Betcha.”
State Of Washington v. Nicholas Jenkins (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 3× “com engaged in prohibited "bookmaking" as defined in RCW 9.46.0213; and that Betcha.com's activities were therefore "professional gambling" as defined in RCW 9.”
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