(1) It is unlawful for any person playing any licensed game in licensed gaming premises to:
(a) Knowingly conduct, carry on, operate, or deal or allow to be conducted, carried on, operated, or dealt any cheating or thieving game or device; or
(b) Knowingly deal, conduct, carry on, operate, or expose for play any game or games played with cards or any mechanical device, or any combination of games or devices, which have in any manner been marked or tampered with or placed in a condition or operated in a manner the result of which tends to deceive the public or tends to alter the normal random selection of characteristics or the normal chance of the game which could determine or alter the result of the game.
(2) Any person violating any provision of this section commits a class 6 felony; except that, if the person is a repeating gambling offender, the person commits a class 5 felony.
Source: L. 91: Entire article added, p. 1589, � 11, effective June 4. L. 2001: (2) amended, p. 606, � 4, effective July 1.
18-20-111. Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering, or modification of equipment and devices related to limited gaming - unlawful instruction. (1) It is unlawful to manufacture, sell, or distribute any cards, chips, dice, game, or device that is intended to be used to violate any provision of article 30 of title 44.
(2) It is unlawful to mark, alter, or otherwise modify related equipment or a limited gaming device in a manner that:
(a) Affects the result of a wager by determining win or loss; or
(b) Alters the normal criteria of random selection, which affects the operation of a game or which determines the outcome of a game.
(3) It is unlawful for any person to instruct another in cheating or in the use of any device for that purpose, with the knowledge or intent that the information or use so conveyed may be employed to violate any provision of article 30 of title 44.
(4) Any person issued a license pursuant to article 30 of title 44 violating any provision of this section commits a class 6 felony, and any other person violating any provision of this section commits a class 2 misdemeanor.
Source: L. 91: Entire article added, p. 1589, � 11, effective June 4. L. 2013: IP(2) amended, (SB 13-173), ch. 397, p. 2323, � 19, effective July 1. L. 2018: (1), (3), and (4) amended, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 243, � 23, effective October 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3219, � 384, effective March 1, 2022. L. 2023: (4) amended, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1795, � 58, effective October 1.