This bill amends RCW 67.70.040 to change how the Washington State Lottery Commission may adopt rules and operate the state lottery. It adds or specifies a list of rulemaking authorities and duties, prohibits sale of lottery tickets or shares over the internet and prohibits electronic or mechanical devices or video terminals that allow individual play against such devices. It requires a 60 percent affirmative vote of both houses of the Legislature before the lottery may offer any game that allows or requires player interaction with devices or terminals involving digital, video, or other electronic representations of games of chance, and it requires legislative approval before entering shared-game agreements with other state lotteries or before conducting online games with drawings or selections more frequently than once every 24 hours. The bill establishes several procedural and operational requirements: licensed sales agents must be at least 18 years old; at least 45 percent of gross annual lottery revenue must be paid as prizes; the commission may set methods for processing second chance drawing entries, including electronic receipt; the probability of purchasing a winning ticket must be conspicuously estimated on the back of each ticket or share and in advertising; and the commission must adopt rules by June 30, 2021 to establish a voluntary self-exclusion program with specified elements. For self-excluded individuals, monetary prizes over $600 (after payment of debts under RCW 67.70.255) must be transferred to the problem gambling account (RCW 41.05.751), promotional and merchandise prizes over $600 must be retained by the lottery, those individuals have no cause of action against the state, the commission, or licensed retailers for acts or omissions in processing or enforcing the program, and personal information collected for the program may only be used to administer it. The bill defines “second chance drawing” and references several existing RCW sections but does not include the full prior statutory text or the contents of the cited RCW sections, so exact prior language and some statutory details are unclear. This is a modification of existing law (an amendment to RCW 67.70.040) that creates procedural requirements, new prohibitions, approval thresholds, prize-handling rules, a voluntary self-exclusion program framework, data-use limits, and a liability limitation for self-excluded participants. The bill is Senate Bill 6040 (69th Legislature, 2026 Regular Session), prefiled 01/08/26, read first time 01/12/26, and referred to the Committee on Business, Trade & Economic Development; sponsors listed are Senators Cortes, Holy, and Shewmake and it was requested by the Lottery Commission.

If enacted, the bill would keep Washington lottery sales in physical retail outlets (internet sales remain banned) and bar individual play against electronic/video terminals unless the Legislature gives prior approval, so the Lottery Commission would have to limit product offerings, get more legislative sign‑off for interactive or shared games, and enforce new retailer rules (including an 18+ age requirement for sales agents). Players would gain a voluntary self‑exclusion program with confidential handling of their data and an assurance that large cash prizes won while self‑excluded (over $600) are diverted to the state problem gambling account after debts are settled, while large promotional or merchandise prizes are retained by the lottery; the commission must also display odds on tickets and allow electronic entry for second‑chance drawings. Financially, the commission must pay at least 45 percent of gross annual lottery revenue as prizes, which will likely reduce the share available for transfers to the state general fund and administrative accounts and could change budgeting for the Lottery and related programs; requiring legislative approval for faster online drawings or shared games and the ban on internet sales may limit revenue growth options and slow new product rollout. Some implementation details and prior statutory baselines are not included in the extract, so exact dollar impacts and how existing accounts interact with these changes are uncertain.