99F.7A Sports wagering — license — terms and conditions — fees.
1. The commission shall, upon payment of an initial license fee of forty-five thousand dollars and submission of an application to the commission consistent with the requirements of section 99F.6, issue a license to conduct sports wagering to a licensee authorized to conduct gambling games at a pari-mutuel racetrack enclosure or a licensee authorized to operate an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure, subject to the requirements of this chapter. The annual renewal fee for a license to conduct sports wagering shall be ten thousand dollars.
2. A licensee under this section shall do all of the following:
a. Include on the internet site or mobile application used by the licensee to conduct advance deposit sports wagering as authorized in section 99F.9 the statewide telephone number authorized by the Iowa department of public health to provide problem gambling information and extensive responsible gaming features in addition to those described in section 99F.4, subsection 22.
b. Establish, subject to commission approval, sports wagering rules that specify the amounts to be paid on winning sports wagers, the effect of changes in the scheduling of an authorized sporting event subject to sports wagering, and the source of the information used to determine the outcome of a sports wager. The sports wagering rules shall be displayed in the licensee’s sports wagering area, posted on the internet site or mobile application used by the licensee to conduct advance deposit sports wagering as authorized in section 99F.9, and included in the terms and conditions of the licensee’s advance deposit sports wagering system.
3. A licensee under this section may enter into operating agreements with one or two entities to have up to a total of two individually branded internet sites to conduct advance deposit sports wagering for the licensee, unless one additional operating agreement or individually branded internet site is authorized by the commission. However, a person shall not sell, grant, assign, or turn over to another person the operation of an individually branded internet site to conduct advance deposit sports wagering for the licensee without the approval of the commission. This section does not prohibit an agreement entered into between a licensee under this section and an advanced deposit sports wagering operator as approved by the commission.
4. A licensee issued a license to conduct sports wagering under this section shall employ reasonable steps to prohibit coaches, athletic trainers, officials, players, or other individuals who participate in an authorized sporting event that is the subject of sports wagering from sports wagering under this chapter. In addition, a licensee shall employ reasonable steps to prohibit persons who are employed in a position with direct involvement with coaches, players, athletic trainers, officials, players, or participants in an authorized sporting event that is the subject of sports wagering from sports wagering under this chapter.
2019 Acts, ch 89, §37; 2019 Acts, ch 132, §10, 22, 23; 2021 Acts, ch 80, §56
Referred to in §99F.1, 99F.9, 99F.12
Subsection 3 amended
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 99F - GAMBLING GAMES AND SPORTS WAGERING REGULATION
Section 99F.2 - Scope of provisions.
Section 99F.3 - Gambling games and sports wagering authorized.
Section 99F.4A - Gambling games at pari-mutuel racetracks — fees and taxes.
Section 99F.4C - Gambling games prohibition area.
Section 99F.4D - Gambling games at gambling structures — requirements — licensing.
Section 99F.6 - Requirements of applicant — fee — penalty.
Section 99F.7 - Licenses — terms and conditions — revocation.
Section 99F.7A - Sports wagering — license — terms and conditions — fees.
Section 99F.8 - Bond of licensee.
Section 99F.9 - Wagering — advance deposit sports wagering — age restrictions.
Section 99F.10 - Regulatory fee — local fees — initial license fee.
Section 99F.11 - Gambling games and sports wagering taxes — rate — allocations.
Section 99F.12 - Licensees — records — reports — supervision — confidentiality.
Section 99F.13 - Annual audit of licensee operations.
Section 99F.14 - Annual report of commission.
Section 99F.15 - Prohibited activities — penalties.
Section 99F.16 - Forfeiture of property.
Section 99F.17 - Distributors and manufacturers — licenses.
Section 99F.17A - Inspection of gambling games or implements of gambling.