Cheating and unlawful interference with gaming machines
80 Cheating and unlawful interference with gaming machines
A person who—
has possession of a device made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for interfering with the normal operation of an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club, or
does anything calculated, or likely, to interfere with the normal operation of an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club, or
does anything calculated to render an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club incapable, even temporarily, of producing a winning combination,
is guilty of an offence.
Subsection (1) does not apply to anything done in good faith in connection with—
the installation, alteration, adjustment, maintenance or repair of an approved gaming machine by a technician, or
the exercise by a person of a function conferred or imposed by this Act on an inspector.
A person who, with intent to dishonestly obtain money or a financial advantage for himself or herself or another person, inserts in an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club anything other than—
a coin or token of the denomination or type displayed on the gaming machine as that to be used to operate the gaming machine, or
a banknote of a denomination approved by the Authority for use in order to operate the gaming machine, or
a card of a type approved by the Authority for use in order to operate the gaming machine,
is guilty of an offence.
A person who, in connection with an approved gaming machine in a hotel or on the premises of a club—
by any fraudulent representation, or
by a fraudulent scheme or practice, or
by the fraudulent use of the approved gaming machine or any other thing,
obtains for himself or herself or another person, or induces a person to deliver, give or credit to him or her or another person, any money, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or security, is guilty of an offence.
A person who, without lawful excuse, uses or has in his or her possession in a hotel or on the premises of a club any equipment, device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating or stealing in connection with an approved gaming machine is guilty of an offence.
A person who knows of any faulty or fraudulent computer programming and as a result gains, or gains for another person, an advantage in the operation of an approved gaming machine is guilty of an offence.
A person who authorises or permits another person to act in a way that is an offence under another provision of this section is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.
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