Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 491 - Racing and Gaming Commission › Chapter 6 - Occupational and Vendor Licensing › Rule 491-6.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
"Applicant"
means an individual applying for
				an occupational license.
"Beneficial interest"
means any and all direct
				and indirect forms of ownership or control, voting power, or investment power
				held through any contract, lien, lease, partnership, stockholding, syndication,
				joint venture, understanding, relationship (including family relationship),
				present or reversionary right, title or interest, or otherwise.
"Board"
means either the board of stewards or
				the gaming board, as appointed by the administrator, whichever is appropriate.
				The administrator may serve as a board of one.
"Commission"
means the Iowa racing and gaming
				commission.
"Commission representative"
means a gaming
				representative, steward, or any person designated by the commission or
				commission administrator.
"Conviction"
means the act or process of
				judicially finding someone guilty of a crime; the state of a person's having
				been proved guilty; the judgment that a person is guilty of a crime or criminal
				offense, which includes a guilty plea entered in conjunction with a deferred
				judgment, and a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent. The date of
				conviction shall be the date the sentence and judgment is entered.
"Deceptive practice"
means any deception or
				misrepresentation made by the person with the knowledge that the deception or
				misrepresentation could result in some benefit to the person or some other
				person.
"Facility"
means an entity licensed by the
				commission to conduct pari-mutuel wagering, gaming or sports wagering
				operations in Iowa.
"Internet fantasy sports contest service
				provider"
means a person, including a licensee under Iowa Code chapter
				99D or 99F, who conducts an internet fantasy sports contest as authorized by
				Iowa Code chapter 99E.
"Jockey"
means a person licensed to ride a
				horse in a race.
"Kennel/stable name"
means any type of name
				other than the legal name or names used by an owner or lessee and registered
				with the commission.
"Licensee"
means a person licensed by the
				commission to perform an occupation which the commission has identified as
				requiring a license for a person to work in the pari-mutuel, gambling
				structure, excursion gambling boat, sports wagering or internet fantasy sports
				contest industry in Iowa.
"Occupation"
means a license category listed
				on the commission's occupational license application form.
"Owner"
means a person or entity that holds
				any title, right or interest, whole or partial, in a racing animal.
"Rules"
means the rules promulgated by the
				commission to regulate the racing and gaming industries, sports wagering, and
				internet fantasy sports contests.
"Sports wagering"
means the acceptance of
				wagers on an authorized sporting event by any system of wagering as authorized
				by the commission. "Sports wagering" does not include placing a wager on the
				performance or nonperformance of any individual athlete participating in a
				single game or match of a collegiate sporting event in which a collegiate team
				from this state is a participant, or placing a wager on the performance of
				athletes in an individual international sporting event governed by the
				international Olympic committee in which any participant in the international
				sporting event is under 18 years of age.
"Theft"
includes, but is not limited
				to:
1. The act of taking possession or control of either facility
				property or the property of another without the express authorization of the
				owner;
2. The use, disposition, or destruction of property in a manner
				which is inconsistent with or contrary to the owner's rights in such
				property;
3. Misappropriation or misuse of property the person holds in
				trust for another; or
4. Any act which constitutes theft as defined by Iowa Code
				chapter 714. No specific intent requirement is imposed by rule
				491-6.5(99D,99E,99F) nor is it required that there be any showing that the
				licensee received personal gain from any act of theft.
"Year"
means a calendar year.