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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 725.7, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. Except as authorized in chapters 99B, 1 4 99D, and 99E, a person shall not use the internet to conduct 1 5 or participate in a lottery or to do any act prohibited under 1 6 subsection 1. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 This bill prohibits a person from using the internet to 1 9 conduct or participate in a lottery or in a game for any sum 1 10 to of money or property, to make a bet, to engage in 1 11 bookmaking, or to deliver a wager for a fee. There are four 1 12 degrees or levels of penalties for engaging in illegal gaming, 1 13 ranging from a serious misdemeanor for a first offense if the 1 14 sum of money or the value of property involved is less than 1 15 $100, to a class "C" felony if the sum of money or value of 1 16 property involved exceeds $5,000. A serious misdemeanor is 1 17 punishable by a fine of at least $250 but not more than $1,500 1 18 and the court may order imprisonment not to exceed one year. 1 19 A class "C" felony is punishable by imprisonment for no more 1 20 than 10 years and, in addition, the court may impose a fine of 1 21 at least $500 but not more than $10,000. 1 22 LSB 1181HH 79 1 23 tj/pj/5
Text: HF00012 Text: HF00014 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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