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2006 House Bill 2872: Increasing the minimum age for gambling
Introduced by Rep. Mary Helen Roberts, (Edmonds) (D) on January 16, 2006
To increase the minimum age for scratch ticket gambling, official sports betting, or dice/coin gambling to 21 years of age. The bill has an emergency clause. See companion SB 6523.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the House Commerce & Labor Committee on January 16, 2006
Substitute offered to the House Commerce & Labor Committee on February 2, 2006
To delete the sections of the bill addressing horse racing wagering and the state lottery, and increase the minimum age of wagering to age 21 only for house-banked card games. It adds that the state lottery or its licensed agents may not actively target advertisements to persons under age 21. It requires the WSGC to review "minimum age" policies, in collaboration with the appropriate committees of the Legislature, and report its findings and recommendations by December 1, 2006, and it deletes the emergency clause.
Amendment offered by Rep. Richard Curtis (R) on February 14, 2006
To delete the sections of the bill that limit participation in house-banked card games at age 21 and for a Gambling Commission study of issues related to a minimum age of gambling, and insert provisions establishing a 21-year old age limit for the following: gambling under the State Gambling Act (except for stated exceptions, such as amusement games), the selling of lottery tickets, and horse race wagering. H AMD 943.