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Can I offer contests that involve mobile apps in Iowa? What are the requirements?

To offer contests that involve mobile apps in Iowa, the provider must be licensed by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission and meet certain requirements, including financial stability, good character and reputation, and disclosure of true owners. The provider must also comply with age restrictions and prize regulations [2.1].

For internet fantasy sports contests, the system of entering such contests through a mobile app is legal when conducted by a licensed internet fantasy sports contest service provider [3.1]. The provider must submit a description of internal controls to the administrator, including controls and reasonable methods that comply with and provide for prevention of employees of the internet fantasy sports contest service provider and relatives living in the same household of such employees from competing in any internet fantasy sports contest on the service provider’s digital platform in which the service provider offers a prize to the public, verification that any fantasy sports contest player is 21 years of age or older, restriction of entries from coaches, officials, athletes, contestants, or other individuals who participate in a game or contest that is the subject of an internet fantasy sports contest in which the outcome is determined, in whole or in part, by the accumulated statistical results of a team of individuals in the game or contest in which they participate, and measures used to determine the true identity, date of birth, and address of each player seeking to open an account [2.2].

The provider must also provide internal controls for the operation of the account, a detailed description and certification of systems and procedures used to validate the identity, age and location of licensee account holders and to validate the legality of wagers accepted, certification of secure retention of all records related to internet fantasy sports contests and accounts for a period of not less than three years or such longer period as specified by the commission, and certification of prompt commission access to all records relating to account holder identity, age and location in hard-copy or standard electronic format acceptable to the commission [2.3].

Additionally, a person under the age of twenty-one years shall not enter an internet fantasy sports contest [3.2]. The number and amount of prizes for a drawing or contest shall be determined by the lottery and set forth in the specific drawing rules or contest description [1.3].

Therefore, to offer contests that involve mobile apps in Iowa, the provider must be licensed by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission and meet certain requirements, including financial stability, good character and reputation, and disclosure of true owners. The provider must also comply with age restrictions and prize regulations. For internet fantasy sports contests, the provider must be a licensed internet fantasy sports contest service provider and submit a description of internal controls to the administrator.

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