725.5 Keeping gambling houses.
Any person who keeps a house, shop, or place resorted to for the purpose of gambling, or permits any person in any house, shop, or other place under the person’s control or care to conduct bookmaking or to play at cards, dice, faro, roulette, equality, punchboard, slot machine or other game for money or other thing, commits a serious misdemeanor.
[C51, §2721; R60, §4363; C73, §4026; C97, §4962; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13198; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.1; C79, 81, §725.5]
Referred to in §709A.1, 725.6, 725.15
Structure Iowa Code
Title XVI - CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE
Section 725.4 - Leasing premises for prostitution.
Section 725.5 - Keeping gambling houses.
Section 725.6 - “Keeper” defined.
Section 725.7 - Gaming and betting — penalty.
Section 725.8 - Wagers — forfeiture.
Section 725.9 - Possession of gambling devices prohibited — exception for manufacturing.
Section 725.10 - Pool selling — places used.
Section 725.11 - Bullfights and other contests.
Section 725.12 - Lotteries and lottery tickets — definition — prosecution.
Section 725.13 - Definition of bookmaking.
Section 725.14 - Exception for state racing and gaming commission and pari-mutuel betting.
Section 725.15 - Exceptions for legal gambling.
Section 725.16 - Gambling penalty.
Section 725.17 - Protection money prohibited.