N.Y. Penal Law § 225.90: Manipulation of gaming outcomes at an authorized gaming establishment

§ 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.