Iowa § 725.9 Possession of gambling devices prohibited — exception for manufacturing

Iowa Statutes

§ 725.9 — Possession of gambling devices prohibited — exception for manufacturing

Iowa § 725.9

Title XVICRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE

Ch. 725VICE

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Iowa Code § 725.9 (2026).

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1.“Antique slot machine” means a slot machine which is twenty-five years old or older.

2.“Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling andincludes,butisnotlimitedto,roulettewheels,klondiketables,punchboards,farolayouts, kenolayouts, numberstickets, slotmachines, pachisloskill-stopmachineoranyothersimilar machine or device, push cards, jar tickets and pull-tabs. However, “gambling device” does not include an antique slot machine, or any device regularly manufactured and offered for sale and sold as a toy, except that any use of such a toy or antique slot machine for gambling purposes constitutes unlawful gambling.

3.A person who, in any manner or for any purpose, except under a proceeding to destroy the device, has in possession or control a gamblin

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1. “Antique slot machine” means a slot machine which is twenty-five years old or older.
2. “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling
andincludes,butisnotlimitedto,roulettewheels,klondiketables,punchboards,farolayouts,
kenolayouts, numberstickets, slotmachines, pachisloskill-stopmachineoranyothersimilar
machine or device, push cards, jar tickets and pull-tabs. However, “gambling device” does
not include an antique slot machine, or any device regularly manufactured and offered for
sale and sold as a toy, except that any use of such a toy or antique slot machine for gambling
purposes constitutes unlawful gambling.
3. A person who, in any manner or for any purpose, except under a proceeding to destroy
the device, has in possession or control a gambling device is guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
4. This chapter does not prohibit the possession of gambling devices by a manufacturer
or distributor if the possession is solely for sale out of the state in another jurisdiction where

possession of the device is legal or for sale in the state or use in the state if the use is licensed
pursuant to either chapter 99B or chapter 99G.