Cheating
108 Cheating
A person commits an offence if—
the person is in the casino; and
the person dishonestly—
obtains for the person or someone else; or
induces someone to deliver, give or credit to the person or someone else;
money, chips, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security; and
the person does so by—
trick, device, sleight of hand or representation; or
a scheme or practice; or
the use of gaming equipment; or
the use of—
an instrument or article of a kind, or appearing to be of a kind, used in relation to gaming; or
anything else.
Maximum penalty: 500 penalty units, imprisonment for 5 years or both.
A person commits an offence if the person uses, or has in the person’s possession, in the casino—
chips that the person knows are bogus or counterfeit chips; or
cards, dice, tokens, coins or other gaming equipment that the person knows have been marked or tampered with.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
Subsection (2) does not apply to the possession by a casino official, authorised officer or police officer of a thing seized for destruction or for use as evidence in relation to—
a proceeding for an offence; or
the taking of disciplinary action under this Act against the casino licensee or a casino employee.
A person commits an offence if—
the person has in the person’s possession in the casino any equipment, device or other thing that facilitates or allows cheating or stealing; and
the person possesses the thing with the intention of using it for cheating or stealing.
Maximum penalty: 200 penalty units, imprisonment for 2 years or both.
In this section:
device includes an electrical, electronic or mechanical device and a computer.
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