§ 44-30-822 — Fraudulent acts

(1) It is unlawful for a person:

(a) To alter or misrepresent the outcome of a game or other event on which
wagers have been made after the outcome is made sure but before it is revealed to
the players;

(b) To place, increase, or decrease a bet or to determine the course of play
after acquiring knowledge, not available to all players, of the outcome of the game
or any event that affects the outcome of the game or that is the subject of the bet
or to aid anyone in acquiring the knowledge for the purpose of placing, increasing,
or decreasing a bet or determining the course of play contingent upon that event or
outcome;

(c) To claim, collect, or take, or attempt to claim, collect, or take, money or
anything of value in or from a limited gaming activity with intent to defraud and
without having made a wager contingent thereon, or to claim, collect, or take an
amount greater than the amount won;

(d) Knowingly to entice or induce another to go to any place where limited
gaming is being conducted or operated in violation of the provisions of this article
30, with the intent that the other person play or participate in that limited gaming
activity;

(e) To place or increase a bet after acquiring knowledge of the outcome of
the game or other event that is the subject of the bet, including past-posting and
pressing bets;

(f) To reduce the amount wagered or to cancel a bet after acquiring
knowledge of the outcome of the game or other event that is the subject of the bet,
including pinching bets;

(g) To manipulate, with the intent to cheat, any component of a gaming
device in a manner contrary to the designed and normal operational purpose for the
component, with knowledge that the manipulation affects the outcome of the game
or with knowledge of an event that affects the outcome of the game;

(h) To, by any trick or sleight of hand performance, or by fraud or fraudulent
scheme, cards, or device, for himself or herself or another, win or attempt to win
money or property or a representative of either or reduce a losing wager or attempt
to reduce a losing wager in connection with limited gaming;

(i) To conduct any limited gaming operation without a valid license;

(j) To conduct any limited gaming operation on an unlicensed premises;

(k) To permit any limited gaming game or slot machine to be conducted,
operated, dealt, or carried on in any limited gaming premises by a person other than
a person licensed for the premises pursuant to this article 30;

(l) To place any limited gaming games or slot machines into play or display
the games or slot machines without the authorization of the commission;

(m) To employ or continue to employ any person in a limited gaming
operation who is not duly licensed or registered in a position whose duties require a
license or registration pursuant to this article 30; or

(n) To, without first obtaining the requisite license or registration pursuant to
this article 30, be employed, work, or otherwise act in a position whose duties would
require licensing or registration pursuant to this article 30.

(2) Any person issued a license pursuant to this article 30 violating any
provision of this section commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided
in section 18-1.3-401, and any other person violating any provision of this section
commits a class 2 misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-501. If the person is a repeating gambling offender, the person commits a class 5
felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 212, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (2) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3330, � 793, effective March 1, 2022.