2016 Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 99B - SOCIAL AND CHARITABLE GAMBLING
Section 99B.41 - Definitions.

99B.41

Definitions.

For purposes of this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Public place” means an indoor or outdoor area, whether privately or publicly owned, to which the public has access by right or by invitation, expressed or implied, whether by payment of money or not, but not a place when used exclusively by one or more individuals for a private gathering or other personal purpose.

2. “Social gambling” means an activity in which social games are played between individuals for any sum of money or other property of any value.

3. “Social games” or “social game” means card and parlor games, including but not limited to poker, pinochle, pitch, gin rummy, bridge, euchre, hearts, cribbage, dominoes, checkers, chess, backgammon, pool, and darts. “Social games” do not include casino-style games, except poker.

4. “Sports betting pool” or “pool” means a game in which the participants select a square on a grid corresponding to numbers on two intersecting sides of the grid and winners are determined by whether the square selected corresponds to numbers relating to an athletic event in the manner prescribed by the rules of the game.

2015 Acts, ch 99, §40

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