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Gaming Control Act 1993
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69 Cheating
(1) A person shall not:
(a) by a fraudulent trick, device, sleight of hand or representation;
(b) by a fraudulent scheme or practice;
(c) by the fraudulent use of gaming equipment or any other thing;
or
(d) by the fraudulent use of an instrument or article of a type
normally used in connection with gaming, or appearing to be
of a type normally used in connection with gaming,
obtain for himself or herself or another person, or induce a person
to deliver, give or credit to him or her or another person, any
money, chips, benefit, advantage, valuable consideration or
security.
(2) A person shall not use or have in his or her possession:
(a) chips that he or she knows are bogus or counterfeit chips;
(b) an instrument of gaming that he or she knows has been
marked, loaded or tampered with; or
(c) for the purpose of cheating, stealing or obtaining a benefit or
advantage not ordinarily available to a person, any equipment,
device or thing that permits or facilitates cheating, stealing or
obtaining such a benefit or advantage.
(3) In so far as subsection (2) prohibits the possession of any thing
referred to in subsection (2)(a) or (b), the prohibition does not
extend to the possession by a person in charge of a casino, an
agent or employee of a Licensee, a gaming inspector or a member
of the Police Force, if the thing:
(a) has been seized under this Act for use as evidence in
proceedings for an offence; or
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(b) is being used for the purposes of instruction or comparison in
identifying such things.