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Iowa Code Title III. Public Services and Regulation [Chs. 80-122C] § 99B.45. Social gambling between individuals

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

1. An individual may participate in social gambling if, subject to the requirements of section 99B.42, all of the following requirements are met:

a. The gambling is not participated in, either wholly or in part, on or in any schoolhouses, schoolhouse sites, or other property subject to chapter 297.

b. All participants in the gambling are individuals.

c. In any game requiring a dealer or operator, the participants must have the option to take their turn at dealing or operating the game in a regular order according to the standard rules of the game.

2. Social gambling allowed under this section is limited to any of the following:

a. Games of skill and games of chance, except casino-style games other than poker.

b. Wagers or bets between two or more individuals who are physically in the presence of each other with respect to any of the following:

(1) A contest specified in section 99B.61, except that no individual shall win or lose more than a total of two hundred dollars or equivalent consideration in one or more contests at any time during any period of twenty-four consecutive hours or over that entire period.

(2) Any other event or outcome which does not depend upon gambling or the use of a gambling device that is unlawful in this state.

c. A social fantasy sports contest.

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