99B.17  Gambling on credit unlawful.

A person who tenders and a person who receives any promise, agreement, note, bill, bond, contract, mortgage or other security, or any negotiable instrument, as consideration for any wager or bet, whether or not lawfully conducted or engaged in pursuant to this chapter, commits a misdemeanor. However, a participant in a bingo occasion or in a contest lawful under section 99B.11 may make payment by personal check for any entry or participation fee assessed by the sponsor of the bingo occasion or contest.

Section History: Early form

  [C77, 79, 81, § 99B.17]

Section History: Recent form

  89 Acts, ch 231, §27


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