Iowa Code § 99B.23
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Bingo — licensing exception.
Official statutory text
A person shall be authorized to conduct a bingo occasion without a license as otherwise required by this chapter if all of the following requirements are met:
(1) Participants in the bingo occasion are not charged to enter the premises where bingo is conducted.
(2) Participants in the bingo occasion are not charged to play.
(3) Any prize awarded at the bingo occasion shall be donated.
(4) The bingo occasion is conducted as an activity and not for fundraising purposes.
2003 Acts, ch 77, §2CS2003, §99B.12A2010 Acts, ch 1193, §109; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §56C2016, §99B.23
(1) Participants in the bingo occasion are not charged to enter the premises where bingo is conducted.
(2) Participants in the bingo occasion are not charged to play.
(3) Any prize awarded at the bingo occasion shall be donated.
(4) The bingo occasion is conducted as an activity and not for fundraising purposes.
2003 Acts, ch 77, §2CS2003, §99B.12A2010 Acts, ch 1193, §109; 2015 Acts, ch 99, §56C2016, §99B.23
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