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SECTION 225.90
Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE M, ARTICLE 225
§ 225.90 Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming

establishment.

A person is guilty of manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized
gaming establishment when he or she:

1. Knowingly conducts, operates, deals or otherwise manipulates, or
knowingly allows to be conducted, operated, dealt or otherwise
manipulated, cards, dice or gaming equipment or device, for themselves
or for another, through any trick or sleight of hand performance, with
the intent of deceiving or altering the elements of chance or normal
random selection which determines the result or outcome of the game, or
the amount or frequency of the payment in a game; or

2. Knowingly uses, conducts, operates, deals, or exposes for play, or
knowingly allows to be used, conducted, operated, dealt or exposed for
play any cards, dice or gaming equipment or device, or any combination
of gaming equipment or devices, which have in any manner been altered,
marked or tampered with, or placed in a condition, or operated in a
manner, the result of which tends to deceive or tends to alter the
elements of chance or normal random selection which determine the result
of the game or outcome, or the amount or frequency of the payment in a
game; or

3. Knowingly uses, or possesses with the intent to use, any cards,
dice or other gaming equipment or devices other than that provided by an
authorized gaming operator for current use in a permitted gaming
activity; or

4. Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a game or other event on
which bets or wagers have been made after the outcome is made sure but
before it is revealed to players.

Possession of altered, marked or tampered with dice, cards, or gaming
equipment or devices at an authorized gambling establishment is
presumptive evidence of possession thereof with knowledge of its
character or contents and intention to use such altered, marked or
tampered with dice, cards, or gaming equipment or devices in violation
of this section.

Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment
is a class A misdemeanor provided, however, that if the person has
previously been convicted of this crime within the past five years this
crim shall be a class E felony.