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N.Y. PEN Law § 225.90

This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 225.90, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.

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Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment

Official statutory text

§ 225.90 Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming\n establishment.\n A person is guilty of manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized\ngaming establishment when he or she:\n 1. Knowingly conducts, operates, deals or otherwise manipulates, or\nknowingly allows to be conducted, operated, dealt or otherwise\nmanipulated, cards, dice or gaming equipment or device, for themselves\nor for another, through any trick or sleight of hand performance, with\nthe intent of deceiving or altering the elements of chance or normal\nrandom selection which determines the result or outcome of the game, or\nthe amount or frequency of the payment in a game; or\n 2. Knowingly uses, conducts, operates, deals, or exposes for play, or\nknowingly allows to be used, conducted, operated, dealt or exposed for\nplay any cards, dice or gaming equipment or device, or any combination\nof gaming equipment or devices, which have in any manner been altered,\nmarked or tampered with, or placed in a condition, or operated in a\nmanner, the result of which tends to deceive or tends to alter the\nelements of chance or normal random selection which determine the result\nof the game or outcome, or the amount or frequency of the payment in a\ngame; or\n 3. Knowingly uses, or possesses with the intent to use, any cards,\ndice or other gaming equipment or devices other than that provided by an\nauthorized gaming operator for current use in a permitted gaming\nactivity; or\n 4. Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a game or other event on\nwhich bets or wagers have been made after the outcome is made sure but\nbefore it is revealed to players.\n Possession of altered, marked or tampered with dice, cards, or gaming\nequipment or devices at an authorized gambling establishment is\npresumptive evidence of possession thereof with knowledge of its\ncharacter or contents and intention to use such altered, marked or\ntampered with dice, cards, or gaming equipment or devices in violation\nof this section.\n Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment\nis a class A misdemeanor provided, however, that if the person has\npreviously been convicted of this crime within the past five years this\ncrim shall be a class E felony.\n

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