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
and includes, but is not limited to, roulette wheels, klondike tables, punchboards, faro layouts,
keno layouts, numbers tickets, slot machines, pachislo skill-stop machine or any other similar
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\n\nTue Dec 09 21:55:39 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 725 (25, 1)
§725.9, VICE 4\n\npossession 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.
[S13, §4965-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13210; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.5;
C79, 81, §725.9]
85 Acts, ch 32, §118; 86 Acts, ch 1052, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1062, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 178, §117, 121;
2003 Acts, ch 179, §142; 2007 Acts, ch 38, §9, 10
Referred to in §99A.1, 99B.53, 99B.62, 725.15
Possession of gambling devices, see chapter 99A
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Notes of Decisions
Chelsea Theater Corp. v. City of Burlington, 258 N.W.2d 372 (Iowa 1977).
· cites it 9× “The trial court held that § 725.9, The Code, deprives the City of authority to enact an ordinance regulating the availability of obscene materials.”
H & Z Vending v. Iowa Dep't of Inspections & Appeals, 511 N.W.2d 397 (Iowa 1994).
· cites it 14× “Petitioner, H & Z Vending, appeals from a judgment of the district court upholding a determination of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals that petitioner’s electronic amusement devices are unlawful gambling devices under Iowa Code section 725.9 (1991). Upon reviewing…”
In Re the Prop. Seized on or About November 14-15, 1989, 501 N.W.2d 482 (Iowa 1993).
· cites it 2× “10, the machines are otherwise not gambling devices, the controlling definition is found in Iowa Code section 725.9(3). That statute provides: “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling and includes, but is not limited to, roulette…”
H & Z Vending v. Iowa Dep't of Inspections & Appeals, 593 N.W.2d 168 (Iowa Ct. App. 1999).
· cites it 4× “7 and that its use and activity does not contradict Iowa Code section 725.9. The department held that the game of “fraternal poker” was not a game of chance under Iowa Code sections 99B.”
— Iowa Code § 725.9(3) — 1 case
In Re the Prop. Seized on or About November 14-15, 1989, 501 N.W.2d 482 (Iowa 1993).
“10, the machines are otherwise not gambling devices, the controlling definition is found in Iowa Code section 725.9(3). That statute provides: “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling and includes, but is not limited to, roulette…”
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