Washington State Gambling Commission convenes special meeting, enters executive session and adjourns

The Washington State Gambling Commission convened a special meeting on April 6, 2026, at its headquarters and announced it would go into an executive session before returning to close the meeting.

The chair opened the meeting at 11:03 a.m., said the session was being held in person and virtually at the Washington State Gambling Commission headquarters and that the meeting was being recorded. The chair said, "We encourage the public to provide comments specific to items on the meeting agenda." The chair later stated, "No one indicated they wish to provide public comment at today's meeting," and noted that no written comments were received by the April 3 deadline.

The chair announced, "We will now, go into executive session for 1 hour and return here a little less than 1 hour. We will return back here at 12PM, to close the meeting." The transcript later records that the executive session concluded at 11:26 a.m., and the chair said the meeting was back in open session "for purposes of concluding this meeting." The chair then stated, "It is now 12PM, and we are adjourned." The transcript does not record any formal motions, votes or public testimony during the open portions of the meeting.

Vice Chair Lawson and Commissioners Michael Charles and Noah Skartbett were noted as present during the roll call. The chair provided a contact email (askus@wsgc.law.gov) for technical difficulties and said the chat feature was turned off.

The meeting record shows no formal actions recorded in open session beyond the announcement of the executive session and the adjournment; no public commenters or written submissions were filed for this meeting.