{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-9.46.196","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 9.46.196","heading":"Cheating—Defined.","body":"\"Cheating,\" as used in this chapter, means to:\n(1) Employ or attempt to employ any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud any other participant or any operator;\n(2) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation as would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any other participant or any operator;\n(3) Engage in any act, practice, or course of operation while participating in a gambling activity with the intent of cheating any other participant or the operator to gain an advantage in the game over the other participant or operator; or\n(4) Cause, aid, abet, or conspire with another person to cause any other person to violate subsections (1) through (3) of this section.","path":["Title 9","Chapter 9.46"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.46.196","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:46:44Z","sha256":"0f9468cbf38f8b441df47f80b512c1c4d1c7263dfe07f6336a5269d3d4729a14","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-9.46.195","next":"us-wa/rcw-9.46.1961"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}