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House File 13

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  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
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