Relating to the purchase of lottery shares and tickets by a courier service

This bill relates to the purchase of lottery shares and tickets by a courier service. The bill allows a courier service, defined in the bill as a person that purchases and stores a share or ticket on behalf of a customer and delivers the share or ticket, or the prize from the share or ticket, to the customer as a for-profit service, to enter into a written agreement with a lottery retailer to purchase, store, and deliver shares, tickets, and prizes on behalf of customers located in this state. The bill specifies certain terms that a written agreement between a courier service and a retailer must contain. These include terms for verifying the location and age of a customer making a purchase through a courier service, a requirement that a share or ticket be securely stored by a courier service before being picked up by or delivered to the customer or redeemed by the courier service for the purpose of pickup or delivery of the prize to the customer, a requirement that a courier service maintain certain responsible play controls and comply with advertising guidelines, a requirement that a courier service only purchase shares or tickets at a dedicated terminal or self-service kiosk, a provision allowing a courier service to charge reasonable fees to customers, a prohibition on the purchase of shares or tickets using a credit card, and a requirement that a courier service annually contract for an audit of the courier service’s compliance with the written agreement. Such agreements must be disclosed by the retailer to the administrator of the Iowa lottery within three business days after execution. The bill requires the Iowa lottery commission to issue dedicated self-service terminals or kiosks for use by courier services and prohibits a retailer from commingling retail share and ticket sales with sales to courier services.