(1) It is unlawful for a person playing a 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 a physical or electronic version of a game played with physical or electronic cards or a mechanical device, or any combination of games or devices, that have been marked or tampered with or placed in a condition or operated in a manner that tends to deceive the public or alter the normal random selection of characteristics or the normal chance of the game, or that could determine or alter the result of the game.
(2) A person violating any provision of this section commits a class 6 felony and shall be punished as provided in section 18-1.3-401.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 214, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2023: (2) amended, (HB 23-1293), ch. 298, p. 1798, � 72, effective October 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-47.1-826 as it existed prior to 2018.
44-30-826. Unlawful manufacture, sale, distribution, marking, altering, or modification of equipment and devices associated with 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 this article 30.
(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, that affects the operation of a game or that 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 this article 30.
(4) 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.
Source: L. 2018: Entire article added with relocations, (SB 18-034), ch. 14, p. 215, � 2, effective October 1. L. 2021: (4) amended, (SB 21-271), ch. 462, p. 3330, � 795, effective March 1, 2022.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 12-47.1-827 as it existed prior to 2018.