99B.41 Definitions.
For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Public place” means an indoor or outdoor area, whether privately or publicly owned, to which the public has access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not, but not a place when used exclusively by one or more individuals for a private gathering or other personal purpose.
2. “Social fantasy sports contest” means any fantasy or simulated game or contest in which the value of all prizes and awards offered to winning participants are established and made known to the participants in advance of the contest and do not exceed a total of one thousand dollars or equivalent consideration, all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and skill of the participants and shall be determined by accumulated statistical results of the performance of individuals in events occurring over more than a twenty-four-hour period, including athletes in the case of sporting events, and no winning outcome is solely based on the score, point spread, or any performance or performances of any single actual team or solely on any single performance of an individual athlete or player in any single actual event. “Social fantasy sports contest” does not include an internet fantasy sports contest as defined in section 99E.1.
3. “Social gambling” means an activity in which social games are played between individuals for any sum of money or other property of any value.
4. “Social games” or “social game” means card and parlor games, including but not limited to poker, pinochle, pitch, gin rummy, bridge, euchre, hearts, cribbage, dominoes, checkers, chess, backgammon, pool, and darts. “Social games” do not include casino-style games, except poker.
5. “Sports betting pool” or “pool” means a game in which the participants select a square on a grid corresponding to numbers on two intersecting sides of the grid and winners are determined by whether the square selected corresponds to numbers relating to an athletic event in the manner prescribed by the rules of the game.
2015 Acts, ch 99, §40; 2019 Acts, ch 132, §49
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.