99B.8 - ANNUAL GAME NIGHT.
99B.8 ANNUAL GAME NIGHT.
1. Games of skill, games of chance, and card games lawfully may
be conducted during a period of sixteen consecutive hours within a
period of twenty-four consecutive hours once each year by any person.
The games may be conducted at any location except one for which a
license is required pursuant to section 99B.3 or section 99B.5, but
only if all of the following are complied with:
a. The sponsor of the event has been issued a license
pursuant to subsection 3 and prominently displays that license on the
premises covered by the license.
b. A bona fide social or employment relationship exists
between the sponsor and all of the participants.
c. No participant pays any consideration of any nature,
either directly or indirectly, to participate in the games.
d. All money or other items wagered are provided to the
participant free by the sponsor.
e. The person conducting the game receives no consideration,
either directly or indirectly, other than goodwill.
f. During the entire time activities permitted by this
section are being engaged in, no other gambling is engaged in at the
same location.
2. The other provisions of this section notwithstanding, if the
games are conducted by a qualified organization also licensed under
section 99B.7, the sponsor may charge an entrance fee or a fee to
participate in the games, and participants may wager their own funds
and pay an entrance or other fee for participation, provided that a
participant may not expend more than a total of two hundred fifty
dollars for all fees and wagers. The provisions of section 99B.7,
subsection 3, paragraphs "b" and "c", shall apply to games
conducted by a qualified organization pursuant to this section.
3. The department of inspections and appeals may issue a license
pursuant to this section only once during a calendar year to any one
person. The license may be issued only upon submission to the
department of an application and a license fee of twenty-five
dollars.
4. However, an organization may sponsor one or more game nights
using play money for participation by students without the
organization obtaining a license otherwise required by this section
if the organization obtains prior approval for the game night from
the board of directors of the accredited public school or the
authorities in charge of the nonpublic school accredited by the state
board of education for whose students the game night is to be held.
5. However, notwithstanding subsection 1, paragraphs "b" and
"c", if the games are conducted by a qualified organization
issued a license pursuant to subsection 3, the sponsor may charge an
entrance fee to a participant and the sponsor need not have a bona
fide social relationship with the participant.
6. a. Notwithstanding any provision of section 99B.7 to the
contrary, if the games are conducted by an eligible qualified
organization issued a license pursuant to subsection 3, the sponsor
may award cash or merchandise prizes in any games of skill, games of
chance, or card games lawfully conducted during the annual game night
in an aggregate amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars and no
participant shall win more than a total of five thousand dollars.
b. For purposes of this subsection, an "eligible qualified
organization" means any of the following:
(1) A qualified organization representing veterans as defined in
section 99B.7B.
(2) A qualified organization that represents volunteer emergency
services providers as defined in section 100B.31.
(3) A qualified organization that is exempt from federal income
tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and that has
conducted an annual game night during the period beginning January 1,
2001, and ending December 31, 2006. Section History: Early Form
[C77, 79, 81, § 99B.8] Section History: Recent Form
86 Acts, ch 1201, § 10; 87 Acts, ch 184, § 7, 8; 92 Acts, ch 1203,
§1; 2002 Acts, ch 1068, §11, 12; 2005 Acts, ch 106, §6; 2007 Acts, ch
119, §2, 3
Referred to in § 99B.7, 99B.9, 99B.12