Iowa Code Title III. Public Services and Regulation [Chs. 80-122C] § 99B.41. Definitions

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.