Amendment S-5072 to HF 2497
Relating to gambling regulation and wagering, concerning cashless wagering, forfeiture and withholding of certain gaming winnings, sports wagering, occupational licenses, limitations on gambling game licenses, and simulcasting licensure and taxation, providing penalties and making penalties applicable, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Withdrawn · May 23, 2022
Filed March 16, 2022 in the Senate by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment requires mobile gambling applications to include a state problem gambling telephone number and extensive responsible gaming features. It also adds penalties for people who use fraudulent identification or pass winning wagers to others to avoid losing money after being voluntarily excluded from gambling.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 10 and 11 and inserting “to cashless wagering systems where a person accesses a cash account through a mobile application used by the licensee to conduct cashless wagering. The mobile application shall include the statewide telephone number authorized by the Iowa department of public health to provide problem gambling information and extensive responsible gaming features in addition to those described in section 99D,7, subsection
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- Page 1, by striking lines 19 and 20 and inserting “apply to cashless wagering systems where a person accesses a cash account through a mobile application used by the licensee to conduct cashless wagering. The mobile application shall include the statewide telephone number authorized by the Iowa department of public health to provide problem gambling information and extensive responsible gaming features in addition to those described in section 99F.4, subsection
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- By striking page 1, line 23, through page 6, line 2, and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 99D.7, subsection 23, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- To establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded from advance deposit wagering as defined in section 99D.11 , from an internet fantasy sports contest as defined in section 99E.1 , from advance deposit sports wagering as defined in section 99F.9 , and from the wagering area of a racetrack enclosure, from the gaming floor, and from the sports wagering area, as defined in section 99F.1 , of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99F as provided in this subsection . The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life. The process established shall require that licensees be provided electronic access to names and social security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded through a secured interactive internet site maintained by the commission and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be disseminated to all licensees under this chapter , chapter 99E , and chapter 99F . The names, social security numbers, and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be kept confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or by another person duly authorized to release such information. The process established shall also require a person requesting to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options. The state and any licensee under this chapter , chapter 99E , or chapter 99F shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall be forfeited by the person and shall be credited to the general fund of the state. The commission shall not initiate any administrative action or impose penalties on a licensee who voluntarily reports to the commission activity described in section 99D.24, subsection 4, paragraph “c” . Sec. ___. Section 99D.24, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs: NEW PARAGRAPH . c. Knowingly or intentionally passes a winning wager or share to another person or provides fraudulent identification in order to avoid the forfeiture of any money or thing of value as a voluntarily excluded person pursuant to the processes established under section 99D.7, subsection
- NEW PARAGRAPH . d. Knowingly or intentionally passes a winning wager or share to another person or provides fraudulent identification in order to avoid the application of a setoff as provided in section 99D.28. Sec. ___. Section 99D.28, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- A claimant agency or licensee, acting in good faith, shall not be liable to any person for actions taken pursuant to this section . In addition, the commission shall not initiate any administrative action or impose penalties on a licensee who voluntarily reports to the commission activity described in section 99D.24, subsection 4, paragraph “d” . Sec. ___. Section 99F.4, subsection 22, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- To establish a process to allow a person to be voluntarily excluded from advance deposit wagering as defined in section 99D.11 , from an internet fantasy sports contest as defined in section 99E.1 , from advance deposit sports wagering as defined in section 99F.9 , from the gaming floor and sports wagering area of an excursion gambling boat, from the wagering area, as defined in section 99D.2 , and from the gaming floor and sports wagering area of all other licensed facilities under this chapter and chapter 99D as provided in this subsection . The process shall provide that an initial request by a person to be voluntarily excluded shall be for a period of five years or life and any subsequent request following any five-year period shall be for a period of five years or life. The process established shall require that licensees be provided electronic access to names and social security numbers of persons voluntarily excluded through a secured interactive internet site maintained by the commission and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be disseminated to all licensees under this chapter , chapter 99D , and chapter 99E . The names, social security numbers, and information regarding persons voluntarily excluded shall be kept confidential unless otherwise ordered by a court or by another person duly authorized to release such information. The process established shall also require a person requesting to be voluntarily excluded be provided information compiled by the Iowa department of public health on gambling treatment options. The state and any licensee under this chapter , chapter 99D , or chapter 99E shall not be liable to any person for any claim which may arise from this process. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any money or thing of value that has been obtained by, or is owed to, a voluntarily excluded person as a result of wagers made by the person after the person has been voluntarily excluded shall be forfeited by the person and shall be credited to the general fund of the state. The commission shall not initiate any administrative action or impose penalties on a licensee who voluntarily reports to the commission activity described in section 99F.15, subsection 4, paragraph “n” . Sec. ___. Section 99F.15, subsection 4, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraphs: NEW PARAGRAPH . n. Knowingly or intentionally passes a winning wager or share to another person or provides fraudulent identification in order to avoid the forfeiture of any money or thing of value as a voluntarily excluded person pursuant to the processes established under section 99F.4, subsection
- NEW PARAGRAPH . o. Knowingly or intentionally passes a winning wager or share to another person or provides fraudulent identification in order to avoid the application of a setoff as provided in section 99F.19. Sec. ___. Section 99F.19, subsection 7, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
- A claimant agency or licensee, acting in good faith, shall not be liable to any person for actions taken pursuant to this section . In addition, the commission shall not initiate any administrative action or impose penalties on a licensee who voluntarily reports to the commission activity described in section 99F.15, subsection 4, paragraph “o” .”
- Title page, line 4, after “penalties” by inserting “and making penalties applicable”
- By renumbering as necessary.