99B.26 Game nights.
1. A licensed qualified organization may conduct one game night per calendar month subject to the provisions of this section.
2. A licensed qualified organization conducting a game night may do any of the following during the game night:
a. Charge an entrance fee or a fee to participate in the games.
b. Award cash or merchandise prizes in any games of skill, games of chance, casino-style games, or card games in an aggregate amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars and no participant shall win more than a total of five thousand dollars.
c. Allow participants at the game night that do not have a bona fide social relationship with the sponsor of the game night.
d. Allow participants to wager their own funds and pay an entrance or other fee for participation, but participants shall not be allowed to expend more than a total of two hundred fifty dollars for all fees and wagers.
3. Except as provided by section 99B.62, a person or organization that has not been issued a qualified organization license under section 99B.12 shall not be authorized to conduct a game night as authorized by this section.
2015 Acts, ch 99, §39; 2021 Acts, ch 106, §6
Referred to in §99B.12, 99B.13, 99B.27
Subsection 1 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 99B - SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE GAMBLING
Section 99B.2 - Administrative rules.
Section 99B.3 - License denial, suspension, and revocation.
Section 99B.5 - Allowable forms for payment.
Section 99B.6 - Attorney general and county attorney — prosecution.
Section 99B.7 - Division of criminal investigation.
Section 99B.8 - Tax on prizes.
Section 99B.9A - Exceptions for certain areas.
Section 99B.10 - Electrical and mechanical amusement devices — penalties.
Section 99B.12 - Qualified organization licenses — general provisions — types of licenses.
Section 99B.13 - Licensed qualified organizations — general requirements.
Section 99B.14 - Distribution of proceeds — licensed qualified organizations.
Section 99B.15 - Prizes awarded by licensed qualified organizations.
Section 99B.16 - Records and reports — licensed qualified organization.
Section 99B.18 - Company games.
Section 99B.22 - Bingo conducted at a fair or community festival.
Section 99B.23 - Bingo — licensing exception.
Section 99B.25 - Electronic raffles.
Section 99B.27 - Card game tournaments conducted by qualified organizations representing veterans.
Section 99B.31 - Amusement concessions.
Section 99B.42 - Social gambling general requirements.
Section 99B.43 - Social gambling in licensed alcohol establishments.
Section 99B.44 - Social gambling in public places.
Section 99B.45 - Social gambling between individuals.
Section 99B.52 - Electrical or mechanical amusement devices.
Section 99B.53 - Electrical or mechanical amusement devices — registration required.
Section 99B.54 - Electrical or mechanical amusement devices — criminal penalties.
Section 99B.58 - Electrical or mechanical amusement devices — special fund.