99F.9 - WAGERING -- AGE RESTRICTIONS.
99F.9 WAGERING -- AGE RESTRICTIONS.
1. Except as permitted in this section, the licensee shall permit
no form of wagering on gambling games.
2. Reserved.
3. The licensee may receive wagers only from a person present on
a licensed excursion gambling boat, licensed gambling structure, or
in a licensed racetrack enclosure.
4. The licensee shall exchange the money of each wagerer for
tokens, chips, or other forms of credit to be wagered on the gambling
games. However, nickels and quarters of legal tender may be used for
wagering in lieu of tokens or other forms of credit. The licensee
shall exchange the gambling tokens, chips, or other forms of wagering
credit for money at the request of the wagerer.
5. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not make or
attempt to make a wager on an excursion gambling boat, gambling
structure, or in a racetrack enclosure and shall not be allowed on
the gaming floor of an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure
or in the wagering area, as defined in section 99D.2, or on the
gaming floor of a racetrack enclosure. However, a person eighteen
years of age or older may be employed to work on the gaming floor of
an excursion gambling boat or gambling structure or in the wagering
area or on the gaming floor of a racetrack enclosure. A person who
violates this subsection with respect to making or attempting to make
a wager commits a scheduled violation under section 805.8C,
subsection 5, paragraph "a".
6. a. A person under the age of twenty-one years shall not
enter or attempt to enter the gaming floor or wagering area, as
defined in section 99D.2, of a facility licensed under this chapter
to operate gambling games.
b. A person under the age of twenty-one years does not
violate this subsection if any of the following circumstances apply:
(1) The person is employed to work at the facility.
(2) The person is an employee or agent of the commission, the
division, a distributor, or a manufacturer, and acting within the
scope of the person's employment.
(3) The person is present in a racetrack enclosure and does not
enter or attempt to enter the gaming floor or wagering area of the
facility.
c. A person who violates this subsection commits a simple
misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8C,
subsection 5, paragraph "b".
7. A licensee shall not accept a credit card as defined in
section 537.1301, subsection 17, to purchase coins, tokens, or other
forms of credit to be wagered on gambling games. Section History: Recent Form
89 Acts, ch 67, §9; 89 Acts, ch 139, §6; 91 Acts, ch 144, §1; 94
Acts, ch 1021, §19--24; 2004 Acts, ch 1136, §48; 2007 Acts, ch 188,
§13; 2009 Acts, ch 88, §2, 3
Referred to in § 99F.7, 99F.15, 99F.16, 805.8C(5)