Tampering with or rigging sports contest

(1) A person is guilty of tampering with or rigging a sports contest when, with intent to influence the outcome of a sports contest, he or she: (a) Tampers with any sports participant or sports official or with any animal other than a horse, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest in a manner contrary to the rules governing the sports contest in question; or (b) Substitutes a sports participant, animal, other than a horse, equipment, or other thing involved in the conduct or operation of a sports contest for the genuine person, animal, or thing. (2) Tampering with or rigging a sports contest is a Class A misdemeanor.