{"data":{"id":"us-in/ic-4-35-9-5","jurisdiction":"us-in","citation":"IC 4-35-9-5","heading":"Level 6 felonies","body":"Sec. 5. A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the following commits a Level 6 felony:\n(1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit:\n(A) to a person who is connected with a licensee, including an officer or employee of a licensee; and\n(B) under an agreement to influence or with the intent to influence:\n(i) the actions of the person to whom the offer, promise, or gift was made in order to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game; or\n(ii) an official action of a commission member.\n(2) Solicits, accepts, or receives a promise of anything of value or benefit:\n(A) while the person is connected with a licensee, including as an officer or employee of a licensee; and\n(B) under an agreement to influence or with the intent to influence:\n(i) the actions of the person to affect or attempt to affect the outcome of a gambling game; or\n(ii) an official action of a commission member.\n(3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device to assist in:\n(A) projecting the outcome of a gambling game;\n(B) analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event related to a gambling game; or\n(C) analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used in a gambling game, except as permitted by the commission.\n(4) Cheats at a gambling game.\n(5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any game or device that is intended to be used to violate this article.\n(6) Alters or misrepresents the outcome of a gambling game on which wagers have been made after the outcome is made sure but before the outcome is revealed to the players.\n(7) Places a bet on the outcome of a gambling game after acquiring knowledge that:\n(A) is not available to all players; and\n(B) concerns the outcome of the gambling game that is the subject of the bet.\n(8) Aids a person in acquiring the knowledge described in subdivision (7) to place a bet contingent on the outcome of a gambling game.\n(9) Claims, collects, takes, or attempts to claim, collect, or take money or anything of value in or from a gambling game:\n(A) with the intent to defraud; or\n(B) without having made a wager contingent on winning a gambling game.\n(10) Claims, collects, or takes an amount of money or a thing of value that is of greater value than the amount won in a gambling game.\n(11) Uses or possesses counterfeit tokens in or for use in a gambling game.\n(12) Possesses a key or device designed for:\n(A) opening, entering, or affecting the operation of a gambling game, a drop box, or an electronic or a mechanical device connected with the gambling game; or\n(B) removing coins, tokens, or other contents of a gambling game.\nThis subdivision does not apply to a licensee or an employee of a licensee acting in the course of the employee's employment.\n(13) Possesses materials used to manufacture a slug or device intended to be used in a manner that violates this article.","path":["TITLE 4. STATE OFFICES AND ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 35. GAMBLING GAMES AT RACETRACKS","Chapter 9. Penalties"],"source_url":"https://iga.in.gov/ic/2026/Title_4.html#4-35-9-5","current_through":"2026","vintage":"2026","retrieved_at":"2026-08-30T06:26:00Z","sha256":"77426bfabd6b49bb8e2e43001faabfec50098b74c24b97dfba775fbad24e8734","source_id":"us-in","stale":false,"prev":"us-in/ic-4-35-9-4","next":"us-in/ic-4-35-9-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}