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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 9.46.0311 (2026)

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The legislature hereby authorizes bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations to conduct bingo games, raffles, amusement games, and fund-raising events, and to utilize punchboards and pull-tabs and to allow their premises and facilities to be used by only members, their guests, and members of a chapter or unit organized under the same state, regional, or national charter or constitution, to play social card games authorized by the commission, when licensed, conducted or operated pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
[ 1987 c 4 s 26. Formerly RCW 9.46.030(1).]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2024 · leading case: Paradise, Inc. v. Pierce Cnty., 102 P.3d 173 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004).
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Paradise, Inc. v. Pierce Cnty., 102 P.3d 173 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations may operate or conduct social card games pursuant to RCW 9.46.0311. B. Social card games operating and open for business on or before the effective date of this Ordinance may be conducted and operated in accordance with the…”
Paradise, Inc. v. Pierce Cnty., 124 Wash. App. 759 (Wash. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations may operate or conduct social card games pursuant to RCW 9.46.0311. B. Social card games operating and open for business on or before the effective date of this Ordinance may be conducted and operated in accordance with the…”
Maverick Gaming LLC v. USA, 123 F.4th 960 (9th Cir. 2024). “See Wash. Rev. Code § 9.46.0311 . But because it is otherwise “the policy of the legislature, recognizing the close relationship between professional gambling and organized crime, to restrain all persons from seeking profit from professional gambling activities in this state,”…”
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