Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 531 - Lottery Authority, Iowa › Chapter 12 - Licensing › Rule 531-12.12 - Suspension or Revocation of a License

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) The lottery may
			 suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to these rules for one or more of
			 the following reasons:
a. Failing to meet or
			 maintain the eligibility criteria for license application and issuance
			 established by Iowa Code chapter 99G or these rules.
b. Violating any of the provisions of Iowa
			 Code chapter 99G, these rules, or the license terms and conditions.
c. Failing to file any return or report or to
			 keep records required by the lottery; failing to maintain an acceptable level
			 of financial responsibility as evidenced by the financial condition of the
			 business, incidents of failure to pay taxes or other debts, or by the giving of
			 financial instruments that are dishonored or electronic funds transfers that
			 are not paid; fraud, deceit, misrepresentation, or other conduct prejudicial to
			 the public confidence in the lottery.
d. If public convenience is adequately served
			 by other licensees.
e. Failing to
			 sell a minimum number of tickets as established by the lottery.
f. A history of thefts or other forms of
			 losses of tickets or revenue from the business.
g. Violating federal, state, or local law or
			 allowing the violation of any of these laws on premises occupied by or
			 controlled by any person over whom the retailer has substantial
			 control.
h. Obtaining a license by
			 fraud, misrepresentation, concealment or through inadvertence or
			 mistake.
i. Making a
			 misrepresentation of fact to the board or lottery on any report, record,
			 application form, or questionnaire required to be submitted to the board or
			 lottery.
j. Denying the lottery or
			 its authorized representative, including authorized local law enforcement
			 agencies, access to any place where a licensed activity is conducted.
k. Failing to promptly produce for inspection
			 or audit any book, record, document, or other item required to be produced by
			 law, these rules, or the terms of the license.
l. Systematically pursuing economic gain in
			 an occupational manner or context which is in violation of the criminal or
			 civil public policy of this state if such pursuit creates cause to believe that
			 the participation of such person in these activities is inimical to the proper
			 operation of an authorized lottery.
m. Failing to follow the instructions of the
			 lottery for the conduct of any particular game or special event.
n. Failing to follow security procedures of
			 the lottery for the management of personnel, handling of tickets, or for the
			 conduct of any particular game or special event.
o. Making a misrepresentation of fact to a
			 purchaser, or prospective purchaser, of a ticket, or to the general public with
			 respect to the conduct of a particular game or special event.
p. For a licensee who is an individual, when
			 the lottery receives a certificate of noncompliance from the child support
			 recovery unit in regard to the licensee, unless the unit furnishes the
			 department with a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance.
q. Allowing activities on the licensed
			 premises that could compromise the dignity of the state.
r. Failing to accurately or timely account or
			 pay for lottery products, lottery games, revenues, or prizes as required by the
			 lottery.
s. Filing for or being
			 placed in bankruptcy or receivership.
t. Engaging in any conduct likely to result
			 in injury to the property, revenue, or reputation of the lottery.
u. Making any material change, as determined
			 in the sole discretion of the lottery, in any matter considered by the lottery
			 in executing the contract with the retailer.
v. When the lottery receives a certificate of
			 noncompliance from the centralized collection unit of the department of revenue
			 in regard to nonpayment of a state debt, unless the unit furnishes the lottery
			 with a withdrawal of the certificate of noncompliance. This paragraph applies
			 both to sole proprietorships and to persons with the requisite ownership
			 interest in or relation to any other organized business entity as set forth in
			 531-12.3 (99G). This paragraph applies in addition to the procedures set forth
			 in Iowa Code chapter 272D.