Senate
File
2214
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2214
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
2129)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
sports
betting
and
including
an
1
implementation
provision.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99F.1,
subsection
12,
Code
2009,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
12.
“Gambling
game”
means
any
game
of
chance
authorized
by
3
the
commission.
However,
for
racetrack
enclosures,
“gambling
4
game”
does
not
include
table
games
of
chance
or
video
machines
5
which
simulate
table
games
of
chance,
unless
otherwise
6
authorized
by
this
chapter.
“Gambling
game”
does
not
may,
7
if
authorized
by
the
commission,
include
sports
betting
on
8
professional
sporting
events
.
9
Sec.
2.
CONTINGENT
IMPLEMENTATION.
This
Act
shall
be
10
implemented
only
upon
a
determination
by
the
racing
and
gaming
11
commission
that
federal
law
does
not
prohibit
professional
12
sports
betting
in
this
state
at
a
licensed
facility
under
the
13
jurisdiction
of
the
commission.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
permits
the
racing
and
gaming
commission
to
16
authorize
sports
betting
on
professional
sporting
events
17
as
a
gambling
game
that
may
be
conducted
on
a
gambling
18
boat,
gambling
structure,
or
racetrack
enclosure
authorized
19
to
conduct
gambling
games.
The
bill
provides
that
this
20
authorization
shall
be
implemented
only
upon
a
determination
by
21
the
commission
that
federal
law
does
not
prohibit
professional
22
sports
betting
in
this
state.
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