Iowa Code 99F.12 – Licensees — records — reports — supervision — confidentiality
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1. A licensee shall keep its books and records so as to clearly show all of the following:
a. The total number of admissions for each day of operation.
b. The total amount of money wagered and the adjusted gross receipts for each day of operation.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 99F.12
- Adjusted gross receipts: means the gross receipts on gambling games less winnings paid to wagerers on gambling games and less promotional play receipts on gambling games. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Authorized sporting event: means a professional sporting event, collegiate sporting event, international sporting event, or professional motor race event. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Commission: means the state racing and gaming commission created under section 99D. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Division: means the division of criminal investigation of the department of public safety as provided in section 80. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Excursion gambling boat: means an excursion boat or moored barge on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Gambling structure: means any man-made stationary structure approved by the commission that does not include a racetrack enclosure which is subject to land-based building codes rather than maritime or Iowa department of natural resources inspection laws and regulations on which lawful gambling is authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Gross receipts: means the total sums wagered under this chapter. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Licensee: means any person licensed under section 99F. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Racetrack enclosure: means all real property utilized for the conduct of a race meeting, including the racetrack, grandstand, concession stands, offices, barns, kennels and barn areas, employee housing facilities, parking lots, and any additional areas designated by the commission. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Sports wagering: means the acceptance of wagers on an authorized sporting event or sports-related event by any system of wagering as authorized by the commission. See Iowa Code 99F.1
- Sports-related event: includes but is not limited to professional sports drafts and individual player awards. See Iowa Code 99F.1
2. a. The licensee shall furnish to the commission reports and information as the commission may require with respect to the licensee’s activities.
b. A licensee under section 99F.7A shall promptly report to the commission any criminal or disciplinary proceedings commenced against the licensee or its employees in connection with the licensee conducting sports wagering or advance deposit sports wagering, any abnormal wagering activity or patterns that may indicate a concern about the integrity of an authorized sporting event or sports-related event, and any other conduct with the potential to corrupt a wagering outcome of an authorized sporting event or sports-related event for purposes of financial gain, including but not limited to match fixing, and suspicious or illegal wagering activities, including the use of funds derived from illegal activity, wagers to conceal or launder funds derived from illegal activity, use of agents to place wagers, or use of false identification. The commission is required to share any information received pursuant to this paragraph with the division of criminal investigation, any other law enforcement entity upon request, or any regulatory agency the commission deems appropriate. The commission shall promptly report any information received pursuant to this paragraph with any sports team or sports governing body as the commission deems appropriate, but shall not share any information that would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation.
c. The gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts from gambling shall be separately handled and accounted for from all other moneys received from operation of an excursion gambling boat or from operation of a racetrack enclosure or gambling structure licensed to conduct gambling games. The commission may designate a representative to board a licensed excursion gambling boat or to enter a racetrack enclosure or gambling structure licensed to conduct gambling games. The representative shall have full access to all places within the enclosure of the boat, the gambling structure, or the racetrack enclosure and shall directly supervise the handling and accounting of all gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts from gambling. The representative shall supervise and check the admissions. The compensation of a representative shall be fixed by the commission but shall be paid by the licensee.
d. With the approval of the commission, a licensee under section 99F.7A shall cooperate with investigations conducted by sports governing bodies, including but not limited to providing or facilitating the provision of account-level betting information and audio or video files relating to persons placing wagers. However, a licensee shall not share information that would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation.
3. Except as provided in subsection 4, the books and records kept by a licensee as provided by this section are public records and the examination, publication, and dissemination of the books and records are governed by the provisions of chapter 22.
4. The records of the commission shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 22, provided that, in addition to records that may be kept confidential pursuant to section 22.7, the following records provided by a licensee to the commission shall be kept confidential, unless otherwise ordered by a court, by the lawful custodian of the records, or by another person duly authorized to release such information:
a. Promotional play receipts records.
b. Patron and customer records.
c. Surveillance records.
d. Security reports and network audits.
e. Internal control and compliance records.
f. Employee records.
g. Marketing expenses.
h. Supplemental schedules to the certified audit, except for those books and records as described in subsection 1 of this section, that are obtained by the commission in connection with the annual audit under section 99F.13.
i. Any information specifically requested for inspection by the commission or a representative of the commission.