Amusement concessions
[C75, §99B.2, 99B.3; C77, 79, 81, §99B.3; 81 Acts, ch 44, §6] 88 Acts, ch 1274, §31; 95 Acts, ch 163, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §7, 56 C2016, §99B.31 2018 Acts, ch 1072, §1, 2
1. A person may conduct an amusement concession if all of the following conditions are met:
- a. The person conducting the amusement concession has submitted a license application and a fee of fifty dollars for each amusement concession, and has been issued a license for the amusement concession, and prominently displays the license at the playing area of the amusement concession. A license is valid for a period of one year from the date of issue.
- b. The rules of the amusement concession are prominently posted and visible from all playing positions.
- c. The cost to play a single amusement concession does not exceed five dollars.
- d. A prize is not displayed which cannot be won.
- e. Cash prizes are not awarded.
- f. The amusement concession is not operated on a build-up or pyramid basis.
- g. A pet, as defined in section 717E.1, is not awarded.
- h. The actual retail value of any prize does not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars. If a prize consists of more than one item, unit, or part, the aggregate retail value of all items, units, or parts shall not exceed nine hundred fifty dollars.
- i. Merchandise prizes are not repurchased from the participants. However, a participant may have the option, at no additional cost to the participant, of trading multiple smaller prizes for a single larger prize.
- j. Concealed numbers or conversion charts are not used to play the amusement concession.
- k. The amusement concession is not designed or adapted with any control device to permit manipulation of the amusement concession by the operator in order to prevent a player from winning or to predetermine who the winner will be.
- l. The object of the amusement concession must be attainable and possible to perform under the rules stated from all playing positions.
- m. The amusement concession is conducted in a fair and honest manner.
- 2. An individual other than a person conducting the amusement concession may participate in an amusement concession, whether or not the amusement concession is conducted in compliance with this section.
[C75, §99B.2, 99B.3; C77, 79, 81, §99B.3; 81 Acts, ch 44, §6] 88 Acts, ch 1274, §31; 95 Acts, ch 163, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §7, 56 C2016, §99B.31 2018 Acts, ch 1072, §1, 2
Referred to in §99B.62