99B.31 Amusement concessions.
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
Subsection 1, paragraph h amended
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