CHAPTER 9. PENALTIES

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Chapter 9. Penalties

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Application of chapter

    

Sec. 1. This chapter applies only to gambling games authorized
under this article.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.

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Aiding, inducing, or causing an underage person to enter; Class A
misdemeanor

    

Sec. 2. A person who knowingly or intentionally aids, induces, or
causes a person who is:

        (1) less than twenty-one (21) years of age; and

        (2) not an employee of a licensee;

to enter or attempt to enter the licensee's slot machine facility
commits a Class A misdemeanor.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.

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Underage entry; Class A misdemeanor

    

Sec. 3. A person who:

        (1) is not an employee of a licensee;

        (2) is less than twenty-one (21) years of age; and

        (3) knowingly or intentionally enters the licensee's slot machine
facility;

commits a Class A misdemeanor.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.

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Other Class A misdemeanors

    

Sec. 4. A person who knowingly or intentionally:

        (1) makes a false statement on an application submitted under
this article;

        (2) conducts a gambling game in a manner other than the
manner required under this article; or

        (3) wagers or accepts a wager at a location other than a
licensee's slot machine facility;

commits a Class A misdemeanor.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.



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Class D felonies

    

Sec. 5. A person who knowingly or intentionally does any of the
following commits a Class D felony:

        (1) Offers, promises, or gives anything of value or benefit:

            (A) to a person who is connected with a licensee, including
an officer or employee of a licensee; and

            (B) under an agreement to influence or with the intent to

influence:

                (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

                (ii) an official action of a commission member.

        (2) Solicits, accepts, or receives a promise of anything of value
or benefit:

            (A) while the person is connected with a licensee, including
as an officer or employee of a licensee; and

            (B) under an agreement to influence or with the intent to
influence:

                (i) the actions of the person to affect or attempt to affect
the outcome of a gambling game; or

                (ii) an official action of a commission member.

        (3) Uses or possesses with the intent to use a device to assist in:

            (A) projecting the outcome of a gambling game;

            (B) analyzing the probability of the occurrence of an event
related to a gambling game; or

            (C) analyzing the strategy for playing or betting to be used
in a gambling game, except as permitted by the commission.

        (4) Cheats at a gambling game.

        (5) Manufactures, sells, or distributes any game or device that
is intended to be used to violate this article.

        (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.

        (7) Places a bet on the outcome of a gambling game after
acquiring knowledge that:

            (A) is not available to all players; and

            (B) concerns the outcome of the gambling game that is the
subject of the bet.

        (8) Aids a person in acquiring the knowledge described in
subdivision (7) to place a bet contingent on the outcome of a
gambling game.

        (9) Claims, collects, takes, or attempts to claim, collect, or take
money or anything of value in or from a gambling game:

            (A) with the intent to defraud; or

            (B) without having made a wager contingent on winning a
gambling game.

        (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.

        (11) Uses or possesses counterfeit tokens in or for use in a
gambling game.

        (12) Possesses a key or device designed for:

            (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

            (B) removing coins, tokens, or other contents of a gambling
game.

        This subdivision does not apply to a licensee or an employee of
a licensee acting in the course of the employee's employment.

        (13) Possesses materials used to manufacture a slug or device
intended to be used in a manner that violates this article.

As added by P.L.233-2007, SEC.21.