Counterfeit, Unapproved or Unlawful Instruments or Items

Counterfeit, Unapproved or Unlawful Instruments or Items. (a) It is unlawful for any person, in playing or using any gambling game, associated equipment or cashless wagering system designed to be played with, receive or be operated by chips, tokens, wagering credits or other wagering instruments approved by the Commission or by lawful coin or bills of the United States of America knowingly to use other than chips, tokens, wagering credits or other wagering instruments approved by the Commission or lawful coin or bills, legal tender of the United States of America, or to use coin or tokens not of the same denomination as the coin or tokens intended to be used in that gambling game, associated equipment or cashless wagering system. (b) It is unlawful for any person, neither a duly authorized employee of a licensee regulated by the Commission nor a law enforcement officer or member or agent of the Commission acting in furtherance of such employment, to have on his or her person or in his or her possession on or off the premises of any licensed gaming establishment any key or device known to have been designed for the purpose of and suitable for opening, entering or affecting the operation of any gambling game, cashless wagering system or drop box, or any electronic or mechanical device connected thereto, or for removing money or other contents therefrom. (c) Possession of more than one of the devices, equipment, products or materials described in this section permits a rebuttable inference that the possessor intended to use them for cheating. Source: PL 21-38 § 31 (Jan. 7, 2021), modified. Comment: Commission capitalized each word of the section title and numbered the section pursuant to 1 CMC 3806(f) and 1 CMC 3806(a). See also, Commission comment to 4 CMC § 2305.