2014 Iowa Code
TITLE III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
SUBTITLE 4 - GAMBLING
CHAPTER 99D - PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING
SECTION 99D.11 - Pari-mutuel wagering — advance deposit wagering — televising races — age restrictions.

99D.11  Pari-mutuel wagering — advance deposit wagering — televising races — age restrictions.

1.  Except as permitted in this section, the licensee shall permit no form of wagering on the results of the races.

2.  Licensees shall only permit the pari-mutuel or certificate method of wagering, or the  advance deposit method of wagering, as defined in this section.

3.  The licensee may receive wagers of money only from a person present in a licensed racetrack enclosure on a horse or dog in the race selected by the person making the wager to finish first in the race or from a person engaging in  advance deposit wagering as defined in this section. The person wagering shall acquire an interest in the total money wagered on all horses or dogs in the race as first winners in proportion to the amount of money wagered by the person.

4.  The licensee shall issue to each person wagering a certificate on which shall be shown the number of the race, the amount wagered, and the number or name of the horse or dog selected as first winner.

5.  As each race is run the licensee shall deduct sixteen percent from the total sum wagered on all horses or dogs as first winners.  However, the commission shall authorize at the request of the licensee a deduction of a higher or lower percentage of the total sum wagered not to exceed eighteen percent and the additional deduction shall be retained by the licensee.  The balance, after deducting breakage, shall be paid to the holders of certificates on the winning horse or dog in the proportion that the amount wagered by each certificate holder bears to the total amount wagered on all horses or dogs in the race as first winners.  The licensee may pay a larger amount if approved by the commission.  The licensee shall likewise receive other wagers on horses or dogs in places or combinations the commission may authorize.  The method, procedure, and the authority and right of the licensee, as well as the deduction allowed to the licensee, shall be as specified with respect to wagers upon horses or dogs selected to run first.  However, the commission shall authorize at the request of the licensee a deduction of a higher or lower percent of the total sum wagered not to exceed twenty-four percent on multiple or exotic wagering involving not more than two horses or dogs.  The deduction authorized above twenty percent on the multiple or exotic wagering involving not more than two dogs or horses shall be retained by the licensee.  For exotic wagering involving three or more horses or dogs, the commission shall authorize at the request of the licensee a deduction of a higher or lower percent of the total sum wagered not to exceed twenty-five percent on the exotic wagers.  The additional deduction authorized above twenty-two percent on the multiple or exotic wagers involving more than two horses or dogs shall be retained by the licensee.  One percent of the exotic wagers on three or more horses or dogs shall be distributed as provided in section 99D.12.

6.  a.  All wagering shall be conducted within the racetrack enclosure where the licensed race is held, except as provided in paragraphs “b” and “c”.

b.  The commission may authorize the licensee to simultaneously telecast within the racetrack enclosure, for the purpose of pari-mutuel wagering, a horse or dog race licensed by the racing authority of another state.  It is the responsibility of each licensee to obtain the consent of appropriate racing officials in other states as required by the federal Interstate Horseracing Act of 1978, 15 U.S.C. § 3001 – 3007, to televise races for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel wagering.  A licensee may also obtain the permission of a person licensed by the commission to conduct horse or dog races in this state to televise races conducted by that person for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel racing.  However, arrangements made by a licensee to televise any race for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel wagering are subject to the approval of the commission, and the commission shall select the races to be televised.  The races selected by the commission shall be the same for all licensees approved by the commission to televise races for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel wagering.  The commission shall not authorize the simultaneous telecast or televising of and a licensee shall not simultaneously telecast or televise any horse or dog race for the purpose of conducting pari-mutuel wagering unless the simultaneous telecast or televising is done at the racetrack of a licensee that schedules no less than sixty performances of nine live races each day of the season.  For purposes of the taxes imposed under this chapter, races televised by a licensee for purposes of pari-mutuel wagering shall be treated as if the races were held at the racetrack of the licensee.  Notwithstanding any contrary provision in this chapter, the commission may allow a licensee to adopt the same deductions as those of the pari-mutuel racetrack from which the races are being simultaneously telecast.

c.  (1)  The commission shall authorize the licensee of the horse racetrack located in Polk county to conduct  advance deposit wagering. An  advance deposit wager may be placed in person at a licensed racetrack enclosure, or from any other location via a telephone-type device or any other electronic means. The commission may also issue an  advance deposit wagering operator license to an entity who complies with subparagraph (3) and section 99D.8A.

(2)  For the purposes of this section,  “advance deposit wagering” means a method of pari-mutuel wagering in which an individual may establish an account, deposit money into the account, and use the account balance to pay for pari-mutuel wagering. Of the net revenue, less all taxes paid and expenses directly related to account deposit wagering incurred by the licensee of the horse racetrack located in Polk county, received through  advance deposit wagering, fifty percent shall be designated for the horse purses created pursuant to section 99D.7, subsection 5, and fifty percent shall be designated for the licensee for the pari-mutuel horse racetrack located in Polk county.

(3)  Before granting an  advance deposit wagering operator license to an entity other than the licensee of the horse racetrack located in Polk county, the commission shall enter into an agreement with the licensee of the horse racetrack located in Polk county, the Iowa horsemen’s benevolent and protective association, and the prospective  advance deposit wagering operator for the purpose of determining the payment of statewide source market fees and the host fees to be paid on all races subject to  advance deposit wagering. The commission shall establish the term of such an  advance deposit wagering operator license. Such an  advance deposit wagering operator licensee shall accept wagers on live races conducted at the horse racetrack in Polk county from all of its account holders if it accepts wagers from any residents of this state.

(4)  An unlicensed  advance deposit wagering operator or an individual taking or receiving wagers from residents of this state on races conducted at the horse racetrack located in Polk county is guilty of a class “D” felony.

(5)  For the purposes of this paragraph “c”,  “advance deposit wagering operator” means an  advance deposit wagering operator licensed by the commission who has entered into an agreement with the licensee of the horse racetrack in Polk county and the Iowa horsemen’s benevolent and protective association to provide  advance deposit wagering.

7.  A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not make or attempt to make a pari-mutuel wager.  A person who violates this subsection commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C, subsection 5, paragraph “a”.

83 Acts, ch 187, §11; 84 Acts, ch 1266, §11 – 13; 89 Acts, ch 216, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1175, §5; 90 Acts, ch 1261, §31; 91 Acts, ch 166, §2, 3; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §23; 92 Acts, ch 1203, §3, 4; 92 Acts, ch 1207, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1021, §3, 4; 96 Acts, ch 1211, §32; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §12; 2005 Acts, ch 3, §25; 2009 Acts, ch 88, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 111, §4 – 7; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §19, 20

Referred to in §99D.2, 99D.9, 99D.10, 99D.13, 99D.16, 99D.24, 805.8C(5a)