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There is levied a tax upon all persons, associations and organizations who conduct or operate gambling activities within the town of Cathlamet, or who have been duly licensed by the Washington State Gambling Commission to conduct or operate such gambling activities, which tax shall be paid on the following gambling activities in the following respective amounts:

(1) Bingo and Raffle Games. Any bingo or raffle activity, a tax computed at the rate of five percent of the difference between the gross revenue received from the conduct of such activity and the amount paid for or as prizes in the conduct of such activity; provided, however, that no tax shall be imposed under the authority of this section on bingo or raffles when such activity or any combination thereof are conducted by any bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization as defined in RCW 9.46.0209,which organization has no paid operating or management personnel and has gross income from bingo or raffles, or any combination thereof, not exceeding $5,000 per year less the amount paid for as prizes; and no tax shall be imposed on the first $10,000 of gross receipts less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes from raffles conducted by any bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization as defined in RCW 9.46.110; and

(2) Punch Board or Pull Tab. Operations of punchboards and pull tabs are subject to the conditions set forth in RCW 9.46.110(2). The tax on punch boards or pull tabs shall be computed at the rate of five percent of the gross receipts from the conduct of such activity.

(3) Social Card Game. For any card game, as defined in RCW 9.46.0282, a tax shall be computed at the rate of 20 percent of the gross revenue from the conduct of such activity. (Ord. 648 § 3, 2021; Ord. 422 §§ 1 – 3, 2001; Ord. 341 § 4, 1990)