Senate
Study
Bill
1079
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
STATE
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SMITH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
matters
under
the
purview
of
the
Iowa
1
lottery
authority,
including
authorization
to
conduct
sports
2
betting
as
a
lottery
game
and
providing
criminal
penalties.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
99G.3,
subsection
7,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
“Lottery”
,
“lotteries”
,
“lottery
game”
,
“lottery
games”
,
3
or
“lottery
products”
means
any
game
of
skill
or
chance
approved
4
by
the
board
and
operated
pursuant
to
this
chapter
,
including
5
but
not
limited
to
sports
betting,
and
games
using
mechanical
6
or
electronic
devices,
provided
that
the
authority
shall
not
7
authorize
a
monitor
vending
machine
or
a
player-activated
8
gaming
machine
that
utilizes
an
internal
randomizer
to
9
determine
winning
and
nonwinning
plays
and
that
upon
random
10
internal
selection
of
a
winning
play
dispenses
coins,
currency,
11
or
a
ticket,
credit,
or
token
to
the
player
that
is
redeemable
12
for
cash
or
a
prize,
and
excluding
gambling
or
gaming
conducted
13
pursuant
to
chapter
99B
,
99D
,
or
99F
.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
99G.3,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
16A.
“Sports
betting”
means
the
acceptance
17
of
wagers
on
collegiate
or
professional
sporting
events
by
any
18
system
of
wagering
as
authorized
by
the
board
and
conducted
19
pursuant
to
this
chapter.
20
Sec.
3.
Section
99G.9,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2019,
21
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
b.
The
sale
price
of
tickets
or
shares
and
the
manner
23
of
sale,
including
but
not
limited
to
authorization
of
sale
24
of
tickets
or
shares
at
a
discount
for
marketing
purposes;
25
provided,
however,
that
a
retailer
may
accept
payment
by
26
cash,
check,
money
order,
debit
card,
or
prepaid
gift
card,
27
nondeferred
electronic
payments
through
electronic
wallets
or
28
mobile
applications,
electronic
funds
transfer
and
,
or
other
29
form
of
cash-based
payment,
so
long
as
it
shall
not
extend
or
30
arrange
credit
for
the
purchase
of
a
ticket
or
share.
As
used
31
in
this
section
,
“cash”
means
United
States
currency.
32
Sec.
4.
Section
99G.36,
Code
2019,
is
amended
by
adding
the
33
following
new
subsection:
34
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
2A.
Any
person
who
influences
or
attempts
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to
influence
the
outcome
of
a
sporting
contest
where
a
sports
1
betting
wager
was
placed
pursuant
to
this
chapter
shall
be
2
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
concerns
the
Iowa
lottery
authority.
7
Code
section
99G.3,
definitions,
is
amended.
The
definition
8
of
“lottery”
is
amended
to
authorize
any
game
of
skill
approved
9
by
the
board
of
directors
of
the
Iowa
lottery
authority
and
to
10
also
authorize
sports
betting.
“Sports
betting”
is
defined
as
11
the
acceptance
of
wagers
on
collegiate
or
professional
sporting
12
events.
13
Code
section
99G.9,
concerning
lottery
board
of
directors’
14
duties
and
specifically
the
authority
to
adopt
administrative
15
rules,
is
amended.
The
bill
authorizes
the
board
to
adopt
16
rules
allowing
a
retailer
to
also
accept
payment
for
a
lottery
17
ticket
or
share
by
prepaid
gift
card,
nondeferred
electronic
18
payments
through
electronic
wallets
or
mobile
applications,
19
or
other
form
of
cash-based
payment,
so
long
as
the
retailer
20
does
not
extend
or
arrange
for
credit
to
purchase
the
ticket
or
21
share.
22
Code
section
99G.36,
concerning
criminal
penalties,
is
23
amended
to
provide
that
a
person
who
influences
or
attempts
24
to
influence
the
outcome
of
a
sporting
contest
where
a
sports
25
betting
wager
was
placed
shall
be
guilty
of
a
class
“D”
felony.
26
A
class
“D”
felony
is
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
27
than
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$750
but
not
more
than
28
$7,500.
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